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sellModerate cluster of 2

David Hibbert Watson sold $70k of AGX

PRESIDENT AND CEO at ARGAN INC. 500 shares at an average of $139.89, traded Dec 23, 2024, filed Apr 21, 2025.

Warning score
46
Value
$70k
500 shares
Holdings after
0
-100% from before
From 52-week low
+59%
low $87.12, close $138.67
From 52-week high
-13%
high $158.97, as of Dec 23, 2024

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $70k at market
    +8
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 100% of holdings
    +20
  • 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 Apr 21, 2025: +205.1%SPY +54.0% · excess +151.1%

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 0001415889-25-011085, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Dec 23, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: Held in The David and Laura Watson Foundation
-500$139.89$70k0Apr 21, 2025
Apr 16, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock
+1,856$0.00$052,647Apr 21, 2025
Apr 17, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock
+2,286$0.00$054,933Apr 21, 2025
Apr 18, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock
+1,958$0.00$056,891Apr 21, 2025
Apr 18, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock
+11,745$0.00$068,636Apr 21, 2025
Apr 16, 2025MOption exercise
Time-Based Restricted Stock Unitsderivative
-3,333$0.00$018,001Apr 21, 2025
Apr 16, 2025AGrant or award
Time-Based Restricted Stock Unitsderivative
+4,000$0.00$022,001Apr 21, 2025
Apr 16, 2025AGrant or award
Option to Purchase Common Stockderivative
+2,000$0.00$013,334Apr 21, 2025
Apr 16, 2025AGrant or award
Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unitsderivative
+3,000$0.00$022,000Apr 21, 2025
Apr 16, 2025AGrant or award
Earnings Per Share Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unitsderivative
+7,500$0.00$025,500Apr 21, 2025
Apr 17, 2025MOption exercise
Time-Based Restricted Stock Unitsderivative
-4,000$0.00$018,001Apr 21, 2025
Apr 18, 2025MOption exercise
Time-Based Restricted Stock Unitsderivative
-3,334$0.00$014,667Apr 21, 2025
Apr 18, 2025MOption exercise
Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unitsderivative
-10,000$0.00$012,000Apr 21, 2025

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
55Moderate
AGXsell 4
ARGAN INC
Charles Edwin Collins IV
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, GEMMA
$1.3M
5,000 shares
-19%
43Moderate
AGXsell 4
ARGAN INC
Peter W Getsinger
director
$265k
1,000 shares
-8%
75Notable
AGXsell 4
ARGAN INC
James W Quinn
director
$4.3M
16,557 shares
-100%
60Notable
AGXsell 4
ARGAN INC
Charles Edwin Collins IV
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, GEMMA
$1.9M
7,500 shares
-26%
45Moderate
AGXsell 4
ARGAN INC
Karen Sweeney
director
$103k
390 shares
-23%
40Moderate
AGXsell 4
ARGAN INC
Peter W Getsinger
director
$625k
2,609 shares
-17%
75Notable
AGXsell 4
ARGAN INC
Charles Edwin Collins IV
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, GEMMA
$1.6M
6,500 shares
-31%
55Moderate
AGXsell 4
ARGAN INC
John Ronald Jeffrey Jr.
director
$618k
2,621 shares
-22%
43Moderate
AGXsell 4
ARGAN INC
Richard H Deily
Compliance Officer, Former CFO
$389k
1,604 shares
-17%
67Notable
AGXsell 4
ARGAN INC
Cynthia Flanders
director
$469k
2,000 shares
-100%

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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