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AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP

Insider trading from SEC Form 4. Last filing Aug 20, 2026. Close $1.60 on Oct 9, 2026, 0% from the 52-week low and -70% from the high.

In brief

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP (AVD) has 44 SEC Form 4 filings on file from 18 insiders, the latest filed on Aug 20, 2026. In the last 90 days insiders made 1 open-market buy worth $40k and 1 open-market sell worth $1.2M, net -$1.2M.

14 open-market trades have been scored at AVD. The newest: Keith M Rosenbloom (director) sold $1.2M of stock on Aug 18, 2026, filed Aug 20, 2026, scored 60 (notable). 2 insiders bought within 14 days of each other around Nov 21, 2023.

2 Form 144 notices of planned sales are on file, the latest filed Sep 4, 2025.

Last 90 days

Net insider value
-$1.2M
more sold than bought
Buys
1
$40k by 1 insider
Sells
1
$1.2M by 1 insider
Insiders on file
18
with a Form 4 at this company

Price and insider trades, last year

AVDOct 9, 2026 · close 1.60

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value. Click a marked bar to open the signal.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Signals

Open-market buys and sells at AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP, scored.

ScoreInsiderValueHoldingsPrice contextFiled
60NotableKeith M Rosenbloom
director
sell
$1.2M
556,580 shares
-97%+5% from low-63% from high
45ModerateSteven D Macicek
director
buy
$40k
19,000 shares
+24%+8% from low-62% from high
33WeakDouglas Kaye
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
buy
$13k
5,000 shares
+2%+20% from low-57% from high
39WeakPatrick E Gottschalk
director
buy
$117k
40,000 shares
+32%+42% from low-50% from high
39WeakPatrick E Gottschalk
director
buy
$68k
25,000 shares
+15%+30% from low-54% from high
25WeakPeter Eilers
See Remarks
sell
$32k
6,000 shares
-16%+62% from low-15% from high
24WeakDouglas Kaye
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
buy
$9,340
2,000 shares
+1%+33% from low-28% from high
15WeakPeter Eilers
See Remarks
sell
$16k
3,000 shares
-7%-
33WeakSteven D Macicek
director
buy
$72k
12,000 shares
+62%-
35WeakUlrich Trogele
See Remarks
buy
$54k
5,000 shares
+3%+28% from low-53% from high
35WeakUlrich Trogele
See Remarks
buy
$50k
5,015 shares
+3%+20% from low-56% from high
33WeakUlrich Trogele
See Remarks
buy
$25k
2,488 shares
+1%+19% from low-56% from high
33WeakKeith M Rosenbloom
director
buy
$52k
5,700 shares
+1%+12% from low-59% from high
54ModerateUlrich Trogele
See Remarks
buy
$97k
10,786 shares
+6%+9% from low-60% from high

Planned sales

Form 144 notices filed before a sale of restricted or control stock, newest first. The sale itself usually reaches a Form 4 within days. All planned sales

FiledSellerSharesValueSale datePast 3 months
Sep 4, 2025 Eilers Peter
Officer
6,000
0.02% of outstanding
$32kSep 4, 2025none
Dec 13, 2024 Eilers Peter
Director
3,000
0.01% of outstanding
$16kDec 13, 2024none

Transactions

Every row filed, 49 in all.

DateInsiderTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 18, 2026Keith M Rosenbloom
director
SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: See Footnote
-556,580$2.20$1.2M15,201Aug 20, 2026
Aug 17, 2026Steven D Macicek
director
POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+19,000$2.09$40k99,711Aug 18, 2026
Jul 10, 2026Douglas Kaye
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
JOther
Common Stock
+6,527$2.36$15k306,778Jul 14, 2026
Jun 4, 2026Keith M Rosenbloom
director
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+31,872$0.00$066,283Jun 9, 2026
Jun 4, 2026Rubin J McDougal
director
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+31,872$0.00$031,872Jun 8, 2026
Jun 4, 2026Douglas Kaye
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AGrant or award
Option to Buyderivative
+50,000$0.00$050,000Jun 8, 2026
Jun 4, 2026David` T. Johnson
See Remarks
AGrant or award
Option to Buyderivative
+20,000$0.00$020,000Jun 8, 2026
Jun 3, 2026Douglas Kaye
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+5,000$2.50$13k300,251Jun 8, 2026
Jun 4, 2026Mark R Bassett
director
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+31,872$0.00$089,919Jun 5, 2026
Jun 4, 2026Steven D Macicek
director
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+31,872$0.00$080,711Jun 5, 2026
Jun 4, 2026Timothy J Donnelly
See Remarks
AGrant or award
Option to Buyderivative
+20,000$0.00$020,000Jun 5, 2026
Jun 4, 2026Nolteanous Gilliam
SVP Manufacturing
AGrant or award
Option to Buyderivative
+20,000$0.00$020,000Jun 5, 2026
Jun 4, 2026Shirin Khosravi
CHRO
AGrant or award
Option to Buyderivative
+20,000$0.00$020,000Jun 5, 2026
Jun 4, 2026Jared Straley
SVP Operations & Supply Chain
AGrant or award
Option to Buyderivative
+20,000$0.00$020,000Jun 5, 2026
Jun 4, 2026Patrick E Gottschalk
director
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+31,872$0.00$0223,577Jun 5, 2026
Jun 4, 2026Michael Joseph DiPaola
Chief Commercial Officer
AGrant or award
Option to Buyderivative
+20,000$0.00$020,000Jun 5, 2026
Jun 4, 2026Marisol Angelini
director
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+31,872$0.00$068,762Jun 4, 2026
May 19, 2026Patrick E Gottschalk
director
POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+25,000$2.70$68k191,705May 19, 2026
May 12, 2026Patrick E Gottschalk
director
POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+20,000$2.92$58k146,705May 19, 2026
May 13, 2026Patrick E Gottschalk
director
POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+20,000$2.95$59k166,705May 19, 2026
Jan 29, 2026Douglas Kaye
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
IDiscretionary transaction
Common Stock
+4,790$3.26$16k295,251Jan 29, 2026
Nov 26, 2025Keith M Rosenbloom
director
JOther
Common Stockindirect: See Note
-217,503$0.00$0571,781Dec 1, 2025
Nov 26, 2025Mark R Bassett
director
JOther
Common Stock
+23,636$0.00$058,047Dec 1, 2025
Nov 26, 2025Patrick E Gottschalk
director
JOther
Common Stock
+47,281$0.00$0126,705Dec 1, 2025
Sep 4, 2025Peter Eilers
See Remarks
SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-6,000$5.35$32k32,177Sep 5, 2025
Aug 7, 2025Keith M Rosenbloom
director
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+17,621$0.00$034,411Aug 14, 2025
Oct 17, 2024Keith M Rosenbloom
director
JOther
Common Stockindirect: See Footnote
-411,398--789,284Aug 13, 2025
Aug 7, 2025de Mino Carmen Tiu
director
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+17,621$0.00$024,407Aug 11, 2025
Aug 7, 2025Mark R Bassett
director
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+17,621$0.00$034,411Aug 11, 2025
Aug 7, 2025Scott Baskin
director
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+8,810$0.00$041,997Aug 8, 2025
Aug 7, 2025Steven D Macicek
director
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+17,621$0.00$048,839Aug 8, 2025
Aug 7, 2025Emer Gunter
director
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+8,810$0.00$033,723Aug 8, 2025
Aug 7, 2025Marisol Angelini
director
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+17,621$0.00$036,890Aug 8, 2025
Aug 7, 2025Patrick E Gottschalk
director
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+17,621$0.00$079,424Aug 8, 2025
Jun 11, 2025Douglas Kaye
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+2,000$4.67$9,340290,461Jun 12, 2025
Dec 11, 2024de Mino Carmen Tiu
director
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+6,786$5.72$39k6,786Jan 24, 2025
Dec 9, 2024Douglas Kaye
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+59,003$5.72$337k59,003Jan 21, 2025
Dec 9, 2024Douglas Kaye
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+118,007$5.72$675k177,010Jan 21, 2025
Dec 9, 2024Douglas Kaye
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+59,003$5.72$337k236,013Jan 21, 2025
Dec 9, 2024Douglas Kaye
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AGrant or award
Common Stock
+52,448$5.72$300k288,461Jan 21, 2025
Dec 13, 2024Peter Eilers
See Remarks
SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-3,000$5.35$16k38,177Dec 17, 2024
Nov 15, 2024Steven D Macicek
director
POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+12,000$5.97$72k31,218Nov 18, 2024
Oct 17, 2024Keith M Rosenbloom
director
JOther
Common Stockindirect: See Footnote
-411,398--652,792Oct 21, 2024
Dec 14, 2023Ulrich Trogele
See Remarks
POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+2,500$10.75$27k189,176Dec 14, 2023
Dec 14, 2023Ulrich Trogele
See Remarks
POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+2,500$10.70$27k191,676Dec 14, 2023
Dec 11, 2023Ulrich Trogele
See Remarks
POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+2,488$10.05$25k186,676Dec 12, 2023
Dec 7, 2023Ulrich Trogele
See Remarks
POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+5,015$9.97$50k184,188Dec 12, 2023
Nov 21, 2023Keith M Rosenbloom
director
POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: See footnote
+5,700$9.05$52k974,155Nov 22, 2023
Nov 17, 2023Ulrich Trogele
See Remarks
POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+10,786$8.99$97k179,173Nov 21, 2023

Insiders

Everyone who has filed a Form 4 here.

Questions about AVD

Answered from the filings on this page, as of the latest one.

Are insiders buying AVD?

As of Aug 20, 2026, SEC Form 4 filings show 1 open-market buy worth $40k by 1 insider and 1 open-market sell worth $1.2M by 1 insider at AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP in the last 90 days, net -$1.2M. Only purchases (code P) and sales (code S) count; grants, option exercises and tax withholding do not.

Who was the last insider to trade AVD on the open market?

Keith M Rosenbloom (director) sold $1.2M of AVD on Aug 18, 2026 and filed the Form 4 on Aug 20, 2026. InsiderTell scored 60 (notable).

How many insiders file Form 4 at AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP?

18 people have filed a Form 4 at AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP, among them Marisol Angelini (director), Scott Baskin (director), Mark R Bassett (director). Officers, directors and holders of more than 10% of a share class must report their trades within two business days.

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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