Powder neutron diffraction data collected for AMo 2 S 4 (A ) V, Cr, Fe, Co) reveal that the materials crystallize in the space group Cc (a ≈ 11.8 Å, b ≈ 6.5 Å, c ≈ 13 Å, β ≈ 114°). The structure consists of dichalcogenide (MS 2 ) layers of edge-sharing octahedra, separated by a layer in which 50% of cation sites are occupied in an ordered fashion. Cations in the MS 2 unit are distorted from an ideal hexagonal array. For the early transition series cations A ) Cr, V, the distortion involves the formation of triangular clusters of cations, whereas for A ) Fe, Co diamond-shape cation clusters are observed. The semiconducting properties of these materials are discussed in light of these results. Both FeMo 2 S 4 and CoMo 2 S 4 order antiferromagnetically with T N ) 110 and <300 K, respectively. Low-temperature powder neutron diffraction data demonstrate that both materials have a similar magnetic structure and that the ordered magnetic moments (µ(Fe) ) 3.16(3)µ B , µ(Co) ) 2.14(3)µ B ) are confined to the A cations in the vacancy layer.