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Douglas Kaye bought $13k of AVD

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER at AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP. 5,000 shares at an average of $2.50, traded Jun 3, 2026, filed Jun 8, 2026.

Conviction score
33
Value
$13k
5,000 shares
Holdings after
300,251
+2% from before
From 52-week low
+20%
low $2.06, close $2.47
From 52-week high
-57%
high $5.81, as of Jun 3, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $12k at market
    0
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 1.7%
    0
  • Price context
    57% below the 52-week high
    +8
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

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.

AVDOct 9, 2026 · close 1.60
Since filing Jun 8, 2026: -39.8%SPY +5.8% · excess -45.6%

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 0001193125-26-261662, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jun 3, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+5,000$2.50$13k300,251Jun 8, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
60Notable
AVDsell
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Keith M Rosenbloom
director
$1.2M
556,580 shares
-97%
45Moderate
AVDbuy
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Steven D Macicek
director
$40k
19,000 shares
+24%
39Weak
AVDbuy
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Patrick E Gottschalk
director
$117k
40,000 shares
+32%
39Weak
AVDbuy
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Patrick E Gottschalk
director
$68k
25,000 shares
+15%
25Weak
AVDsell
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Peter Eilers
See Remarks
$32k
6,000 shares
-16%
24Weak
AVDbuy
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Douglas Kaye
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
$9,340
2,000 shares
+1%
15Weak
AVDsell
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Peter Eilers
See Remarks
$16k
3,000 shares
-7%
33Weak
AVDbuy
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Steven D Macicek
director
$72k
12,000 shares
+62%
35Weak
AVDbuy
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Ulrich Trogele
See Remarks
$54k
5,000 shares
+3%
35Weak
AVDbuy
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Ulrich Trogele
See Remarks
$50k
5,015 shares
+3%

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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