American Vanguard Corp. (NYSE:AVD)

CAPS Rating: 5 out of 5

A specialty chemical manufacturer that develops and markets safe and effective products for agricultural and commercial uses. The Company manufactures and formulates chemicals for crops, human and animal protection.

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Player Avatar minsk74 (79.58) Submitted: 4/16/2008 8:14:10 PM : Outperform Start Price: $16.72 AVD Score: +53.38

This stock is a phantom of sorts. It does not come up in most search results when you research the industry. There are no lengthy discussions about it in the news or blogs. It has not been overly analyzed by professional analysts, urging hordes of panicking people to either buy or sell. Thus, the company did not attract too much attention to itself from those hordes of panicking people, who are trying to find some kind of consensus among financial advisors, as well as among private investor bloggers, who, as expected by panicking hordes, will lead the way to the “risk-free” investments that would set them for life. Meanwhile, the company’s financials look solid, P/E is below the industry average, and therefore the stock is priced decently, without the surcharge of the industry craze, that is hiking the prices of the more actively tracked stocks in the same industry. I have not done an extensive research, but I think AVD could be given a try, at least while it is on the rise.

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