American Vanguard AVD Institutional Ownership

Updated Oct 11, 2026

American Vanguard Corp (NYSE:AVD) counted 106 institutional investors among its 13F-reported shareholders for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

• Together they owned 49.97% of the outstanding stock in Q2 2026, down from 61.47% a quarter earlier.
• Total shares held in American Vanguard fell 16.29% versus Q1 2026, while the number of holders fell 13.11% versus Q2 2025.
• Of the 106 holders, 57 added to their positions, 35 reduced their stakes and 14 left their positions unchanged in Q2 2026.
• Combined, institutional investors held 14.74Mn shares of AVD as of Q2 2026, down 2.87Mn from the prior quarter and down 4.45Mn from a year earlier.
• Wellington Management Group LLP held the largest position in AVD at 1.72Mn shares as of June 30, 2026, or 5.84% of shares outstanding.
• Among existing holders, the largest additions to American Vanguard in Q2 2026 came from AQR Capital Management LLC (+205.26K shares), Renaissance Technologies LLC (+136.98K shares), Acadian Asset Management LLC (+106.79K shares), Tudor Investment Corp (+78.08K shares) and Wellington Management Group LLP (+68.11K shares).
• The largest position reductions in AVD for Q2 2026 were by BlackRock, Inc. (-1.15Mn shares), State Street Corp (-503.16K shares), Geode Capital Management, LLC (-359.33K shares), Invenomic Capital Management LP (-353.49K shares) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (-345.72K shares).
• According to Business Quant data, the leading holders of AVD for Q2 2026 were Wellington Management Group LLP (1.72Mn shares), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (1.15Mn shares), BlackRock, Inc. (933.47K shares), EVR Research LP (775K shares), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (774.6K shares), Two Sigma Investments, LP (732.82K shares), Cruiser Capital Advisors, LLC (571.78K shares), D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. (530.01K shares), CastleKnight Management LP (504.33K shares) and RBF Capital, LLC (418.58K shares).