American Vanguard Reports Third Quarter 2025 Results

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American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) reported Q3 2025 results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, with adjusted EBITDA of $8.2 million versus $1.8 million a year ago and maintained full‑year 2025 adjusted EBITDA guidance of $40.0–$44.0 million. Net sales were $119 million versus $118 million a year ago and gross profit margin rose to 29% from 15%.

The company recorded a $7.6 million charge related to product liability and contamination recovery (expected to be recouped from the counterparty), reduced total inventory by $47 million year‑over‑year, and reported a net loss of $12.4 million. Management cites improved manufacturing efficiency, lower working capital and lower transformation spending.

Positive

• Adjusted EBITDA $8.2M in Q3 2025 (vs $1.8M)
• Gross profit margin 29% in Q3 2025 (vs 15%)
• Inventory reduction of $47M year‑over‑year
• Maintained FY 2025 adjusted EBITDA guidance $40.0–$44.0M

Negative

• Reported net loss of $12.4M in Q3 2025
• $7.6M charge for product liability and contamination recovery
• Net sales essentially flat at $119M vs $118M

Insights

Corporate Financial Analyst

Stronger margins and a big EBITDA rebound; guidance reiterated, with inventory and liability charge as key drivers.

Sales held near prior-year levels at $119 million while gross margin expanded to 29% from 15%, driving adjusted EBITDA to $8.2 million versus $1.8 million a year earlier. Management cites manufacturing efficiency, lower net trade working capital and reduced transformation spending as the operational levers behind the margin recovery. The company recorded a $7.6 million charge for product liability (including $6.7 million related to contaminated product) that was included in the EBITDA adjustment and which management expects to recover from the counterparty and insurers.

The results depend on three observable items: maintaining higher gross margins, realizing the planned recourse for the $7.6 million charge, and seasonal strength in the fourth quarter (management expects material free cash flow and to allocate it to debt paydown). Key monitorables are the company’s reiterated full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance of $40 million to $44 million, inventory level at $199 million (down $47 million year-over-year), and any updates on recovery from the third-party formulator. Expect near-term clarity by late Q4 results and the next filings following the November 10, 2025 conference call.

Quarterly Adjusted EBITDA of $8.2 million vs. $1.8 million in Q3 last year

Maintains full year 2025 EBITDA Guidance of $40 million to $44 million

NEWPORT BEACH, CA / ACCESS Newswire / November 10, 2025 / American Vanguard ^® Corporation, a diversified specialty and agricultural products company that develops, manufactures, and markets solutions for crop protection and nutrition, turf and ornamental management and commercial pest control, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025.

Financial and Operational Highlights Third Quarter 2025 - versus Third Quarter 2024 ¹ :

• Net sales of $119 million vs. $118 million;

• Gross profit margin of 29% vs. 15%;

• Net loss of $12.4 million vs. $25,7 million

• Adjusted EBITDA ^[2] of $8.2 million vs. $1.8 million;

• EPS of $(0.43) vs. ($0.91);

• Total inventory of $199 million, down $47 million year-over-year.

Dak Kaye, CEO of American Vanguard, stated "Since joining the company 11 months ago, my message has been to simplify, prioritize and deliver. I can see that our efforts to follow that mantra are yielding positive results. In the midst of a challenging agricultural environment, we experienced improved results compared to the year ago period. Greater manufacturing efficiency, lower net trade working capital, and reduced operational expenses have contributed to higher gross profit margins and a substantial improvement in EBITDA. By controlling the things that we can control and leaning into our customers' needs, we have achieved these results in the midst of industry-wide uncertainty. Looking forward, we see signs of greater stability in our markets as we finish out the year and head into 2026. Against this backdrop, I am pleased to reiterate our full year 2025 adjusted EBITDA target in the range of $40 million to $44 million."

Mr. Kaye continued, "In addition, in future filings and communications we intend to change the nomenclature of our non-crop business to the Specialty business. We think that changing the name to Specialty will help to put a clearer focus on the world-class technologies that this business is bringing to market and align the business terminology with our peers."

David Johnson, Chief Financial Officer stated, "I am pleased to see the positive results of our business improvement plan. Our gross profit margin increased, in comparison to the same quarter of 2024, and our adjusted EBITDA margin increased by 540 basis points quarter-over-quarter. These results are noteworthy given the backdrop of a weak overall agricultural market, which has affected grower spending levels. We continue to keep a close eye on net trade working capital, as evidenced by a reduction in total inventory of $47 million, as compared to this time last year, which, in turn, limited the need to access our credit facility. Also, as planned we continue to wind down spending on our business transformation, which was almost $7 million lower than the year ago period, and down more than $11 million when compared to the first nine months of 2025. We have transitioned the initial transformation effort towards an internally driven business improvement plan; accordingly, we expect that associated expenses will continue to decrease over the coming quarters. In addition, we recorded a total charge of $7.6 million to cover products liability claims of $6.7 million and related expenses, including the recovery and disposal of unused material at growers, arising from one of our products that had been contaminated by the third party formulator; in the future we expect to fully recover this expense through recourse against the counterparty and its insurers. The charge is included as an adjustment to EBITDA. One final point to note, the fourth quarter has historically been our strongest period, and we expect that to be the case this year. Given this seasonal strength, we expect to generate a material amount of free cash flow during this period, which we plan to allocated towards debt paydown."

¹ Third quarter 2024 are GAAP figures and include adjustments related to a product recall.

² Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (Adjusted EBITDA) is not a financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss), operating income (loss) or any other financial measure so calculated and presented, nor as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. The items excluded from adjusted EBITDA are detailed in the reconciliation attached to this news release. Other companies (including the Company's competitors) may define adjusted EBITDA differently.

 

Earnings Conference Call
The company will be hosting an earnings conference call at November 10, 2025 at 9 am Eastern Time/6 am Pacific Time.

The conference call can be accessed through the following link: https://www.webcaster5.com/Webcast/Page/3070/53091

A replay of this event can be accessed through the company website.

The company plans to post on the Investor Relations section of the company's website a supplemental presentation that should be read in connection with this earnings release.

About American Vanguard
American Vanguard Corporation is a diversified specialty and agriculture products company that develops and markets products for crop protection and management, turf and ornamentals management, and public and animal health. Over the past 20 years, through product and business acquisitions, the Company has significantly expanded its operations and now has more than 1,000 product registrations worldwide. To learn more about the Company, please reference www.american-vanguard.com.

The Company, from time to time, may discuss forward-looking information. Except for the historical information contained in this release the matters set forth in this press release include forward-looking statements. These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements often use words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "project," "outlook," "forecast," "target," "trend," "plan," "goal," or other words of comparable meaning or future-tense or conditional verbs such as "may," "will," "should," "would," or "could." These forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations and estimates by the Company's management and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that may cause results to differ from management's current expectations. Such factors include risks detailed from time-to-time in the Company's SEC reports and filings. All forward-looking statements, if any, in this release represent the Company's judgment as of the date of this release. The company disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Company Contact
American Vanguard Corporation
Anthony Young, Director of Investor Relations
anthonyy@amvac.com
(949) 221-6119

Investor Representative
Alpha IR Group
Robert Winters
Robert.winters@alpha-ir.com
(929) 266-6315

 

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share data)
(Unaudited)

ASSETS		September 30, 2025				December 31, 2024
Current assets:
Cash		$	16,795			$	12,514
Receivables:
Trade, net of allowance for credit losses of $11,363 and $9,190, respectively			167,138				169,743
Other			8,009				4,699
Total receivables, net			175,147				174,442
Inventories			199,005				179,292
Prepaid expenses			10,087				7,615
Income taxes receivable			5,434				5,030
Total current assets			406,468				378,893
Property, plant and equipment, net			55,799				58,169
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net			17,749				19,735
Intangible assets, net of amortization			143,407				150,497
Goodwill			21,040				19,701
Deferred income tax assets			3,523				1,242
Other assets			7,027				8,484
Total assets		$	655,013			$	636,721
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable		$	84,204			$	69,159
Customer prepayments			31,234				52,675
Accrued program costs			81,909				69,449
Accrued expenses and other payables			24,271				31,989
Operating lease liabilities, current			6,185				6,136
Income taxes payable			2,364				2,942
Total current liabilities			230,167				232,350
Long-term debt			182,250				147,332
Operating lease liabilities, long term			12,154				14,339
Deferred income tax liabilities			8,997				7,989
Other liabilities			457				1,601
Total liabilities			434,025				403,611
Commitments and contingent liabilities (Note 13)
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.10 par value per share; authorized 400,000 shares; none issued			-				-
Common stock, $0.10 par value per share; authorized 40,000,000 shares; issued 34,970,687 shares at September 30, 2025 and 34,794,548 shares at December 31, 2024			3,497				3,479
Additional paid-in capital			116,885				114,679
Accumulated other comprehensive loss			(11,406	)			(18,729	)
Retained earnings			183,213				204,882
			292,189				304,311
Less treasury stock at cost, 5,915,182 shares at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024			(71,201	)			(71,201	)
Total stockholders' equity			220,988				233,110
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		$	655,013			$	636,721

 

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

		For the Three Months Ended September 30,								For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2025				2024				2025				2024
Net sales		$	119,313			$	118,307			$	364,426			$	381,659
Cost of sales			(85,099	)			(101,014	)			(259,474	)			(284,185	)
Gross profit			34,214				17,293				104,952				97,474
Operating expenses
Selling, general and administrative			(26,747	)			(26,365	)			(81,998	)			(86,885	)
Research, product development and regulatory			(5,654	)			(11,177	)			(17,139	)			(25,482	)
Product liability claims			(7,029	)			-				(7,029	)			-
Transformation			(1,442	)			(8,139	)			(5,254	)			(16,636	)
Assets impairment			(93	)			-				(227	)			-
Gain from sale of asset			246				-				246				-
Operating loss			(6,505	)			(28,388	)			(6,449	)			(31,529	)
Change in fair value of equity investment			(511	)			-				(511	)			513
Interest expense, net			(4,920	)			(4,378	)			(13,135	)			(11,988	)
Loss before provision for income taxes			(11,936	)			(32,766	)			(20,095	)			(43,004	)
Income tax (expense) benefit			(422	)			7,024				(1,574	)			7,093
Net loss		$	(12,358	)		$	(25,742	)		$	(21,669	)		$	(35,911	)
Net loss per common share - basic		$	(0.43	)		$	(0.91	)		$	(0.76	)		$	(1.28	)
Net loss per common share - assuming dilution		$	(0.43	)		$	(0.91	)		$	(0.76	)		$	(1.28	)
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic			28,511				28,173				28,377				28,015
Weighted average shares outstanding - assuming dilution			28,511				28,173				28,377				28,015

 

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
ANALYSIS OF SALES
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

For the three months ended September 30:

		2025				2024				Change				% Change
Net sales:
U.S. crop		$	43,310			$	35,533			$	7,777				22	%
U.S. non-crop			19,233				22,454				(3,221	)			-14	%
Total U.S.			62,543				57,987				4,556				8	%
International			56,770				60,320				(3,550	)			-6	%
Total net sales		$	119,313			$	118,307			$	1,006				1	%
Total cost of sales			(85,099	)			(101,014	)			15,915				-16	%
Total gross profit		$	34,214			$	17,293			$	16,921				98	%
Total gross margin			29	%			15	%

For the nine months ended September 30:

		2025				2024				Change				% Change
Net sales:
U.S. crop		$	153,511			$	155,075			$	(1,564	)			-1	%
U.S. non-crop			54,067				59,241				(5,174	)			-9	%
Total U.S.			207,578				214,316				(6,738	)			-3	%
International			156,848				167,343				(10,495	)			-6	%
Total net sales		$	364,426			$	381,659			$	(17,233	)			-5	%
Total cost of sales		$	(259,474	)		$	(284,185	)		$	24,711				-9	%
Total gross profit		$	104,952			$	97,474			$	7,478				8	%
Total gross margin			29	%			26	%

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

		For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2025				2024
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss		$	(21,669	)		$	(35,911	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment and amortization of intangible assets			14,007				16,602
Amortization of other long-term assets			16				199
Amortization and accretion of deferred loan fees and discounted liabilities			1,167				342
Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment			(246	)			-
Impairment of assets			227				-
Provision for estimated credit losses			1,944				1,278
Stock-based compensation			1,741				3,887
Change in deferred income taxes			(353	)			(9,110	)
Changes in liabilities for uncertain tax positions or unrecognized tax benefits			(522	)			106
Change in equity investment fair value			511				(513	)
Other			-				110
Unrealized foreign currency transactions (loss) gain			(704	)			121
Changes in assets and liabilities associated with operations:
Decrease in net receivables			935				33,475
Increase in inventories			(16,513	)			(29,429	)
Increase in prepaid expenses and other assets			(965	)			(4,107	)
Change in income tax receivable/payable, net			(1,083	)			(6,216	)
Decrease in net operating lease liability			(150	)			(48	)
Increase in accounts payable			11,859				14,512
Decrease in customer prepayments			(21,453	)			(38,375	)
Increase in accrued program costs			12,285				17,721
(Decrease) increase in other payables and accrued expenses			(8,178	)			13,878
Net cash used in operating activities			(27,144	)			(21,478	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures			(2,398	)			(6,106	)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment			492				66
Intangible assets			(136	)			(341	)
Net cash used in investing activities			(2,042	)			(6,381	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments under line of credit agreement			(179,415	)			(214,259	)
Borrowings under line of credit agreement			214,334				245,737
Payment of deferred loan fees			(3,339	)			-
Net receipt from the issuance of common stock under ESPP			629				901
Net payment for tax withholding on stock-based compensation awards			(147	)			(1,416	)
Payment of cash dividends			-				(2,510	)
Net cash provided by financing activities			32,062				28,453
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents			2,876				594
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents			1,405				(130	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period			12,514				11,416
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period		$	16,795			$	11,880

 

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
RECONCILIATION OF NET LOSS TO ADJUSTED EBITDA
(Unaudited)

		Three Months Ended September 30,								Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2025				2024				2025				2024
Net loss		$	(12,358	)		$	(25,742	)		$	(21,669	)		$	(35,911	)
Income tax expense (benefit)			422				(7,024	)			1,574				(7,093	)
Interest expense, net			4,920				4,378				13,135				11,988
Depreciation and amortization			4,565				5,703				14,023				16,801
Stock compensation			760				1,135				1,741				3,887
Dacthal returns			(217	)			16,191				(646	)			16,191
Asset impairment & other writedowns			801				-				935				-
Product liability claims & related expenses			7,610				-				7,610				-
Equity investment fair value adjustment			511				-				511				-
Transformation costs & legal reserves			1,442				7,159				5,254				17,402
Gain on sales of assets			(246	)			-				(246	)			-
Adjusted EBITDA3		$	8,210			$	1,800			$	22,222			$	23,265

³ Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (Adjusted EBITDA) is not a financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss), operating income (loss) or any other financial measure so calculated and presented, nor as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. The items excluded from adjusted EBITDA are detailed in the reconciliation attached to this news release. Other companies (including the Company's competitors) may define adjusted EBITDA differently.

SOURCE: American Vanguard

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FAQ

What did American Vanguard (AVD) report for Q3 2025 adjusted EBITDA?

American Vanguard reported Q3 2025 adjusted EBITDA of $8.2 million versus $1.8 million in Q3 2024.

Does American Vanguard (AVD) maintain 2025 EBITDA guidance after Q3 results?

Yes, the company reiterated full‑year 2025 adjusted EBITDA guidance of $40.0–$44.0 million.

How did American Vanguard's gross margin change in Q3 2025?

Gross profit margin increased to 29% in Q3 2025 from 15% in Q3 2024.

What was the impact of inventory on American Vanguard (AVD) in Q3 2025?

Total inventory decreased by $47 million year‑over‑year, reducing the need to access the credit facility.

What was the product liability charge reported by American Vanguard in Q3 2025?

The company recorded a $7.6 million charge related to product liability and contamination; it expects to recover this amount from the counterparty and insurers.

When is American Vanguard's Q3 2025 earnings call replay available?

The company hosted the earnings call on November 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM ET and a replay is available on the company website.