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sellModerate cluster of 2

David Hibbert Watson sold $1.5M of AGX

PRESIDENT AND CEO at ARGAN INC. 10,000 shares at an average of $146.05, traded Dec 18, 2024, filed Dec 20, 2024.

Warning score
48
Value
$1.5M
10,000 shares
Holdings after
51,291
-16% from before
From 52-week low
+57%
low $87.12, close $136.92
From 52-week high
-14%
high $158.97, as of Dec 18, 2024

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $1.5M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 16% of holdings
    +5
  • Cluster
    2 insiders selling within 14 days
    +8
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

AGXOct 9, 2026 · close 392.61
Since filing Dec 20, 2024: +185.0%SPY +34.3% · excess +150.8%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001415889-24-029969, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Dec 18, 2024MOption exercise
Common Stock
+12,502$64.25$803k61,291Dec 20, 2024
Dec 18, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-10,000$146.05$1.5M51,291Dec 20, 2024
Dec 18, 2024GGift
Common Stock
-500$0.00$050,791Dec 20, 2024
Dec 18, 2024MOption exercise
Option to Purchase Common Stockderivative
-40,000$64.25$2.6M11,334Dec 20, 2024

Related signals

Other insiders at ARGAN INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
53Moderate
AGXsell 2
ARGAN INC
William F. Leimkuhler
director
$2.6M
11,655 shares
-19%
56Moderate
AGXsell 3
ARGAN INC
Peter W Getsinger
director
$733k
3,456 shares
-19%
65Notable
AGXsell 8
ARGAN INC
Cynthia Flanders
director
$3.3M
15,000 shares
-31%
45Moderate
AGXsell 7
ARGAN INC
William F. Leimkuhler
director
$1.8M
8,345 shares
-12%
50Moderate
AGXsell 7
ARGAN INC
John Ronald Jeffrey Jr.
director
$1.2M
5,500 shares
-32%
39Weak
AGXsell 7
ARGAN INC
Charles Edwin Collins IV
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, GEMMA
$305k
1,265 shares
-6%
60Notable
AGXsell 7
ARGAN INC
David Hibbert Watson
PRESIDENT AND CEO
$4.3M
20,000 shares
-28%
60Notable
AGXsell 7
ARGAN INC
James W Quinn
director
$8.3M
40,000 shares
-71%
40Moderate
AGXsell 7
ARGAN INC
Rainer H Bosselmann
director
$3.0M
13,728 shares
-7%
40Moderate
AGXsell
ARGAN INC
Richard H Deily
Compliance Officer, Former CFO
$238k
1,565 shares
-17%

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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