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Steven D Macicek bought $40k of AVD

director at AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP. 19,000 shares at an average of $2.09, traded Aug 17, 2026, filed Aug 18, 2026.

Conviction score
45
Value
$40k
19,000 shares
Holdings after
99,711
+24% from before
From 52-week low
+8%
low $2.06, close $2.23
From 52-week high
-62%
high $5.81, as of Aug 17, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $40k at market
    +6
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 24%
    +6
  • Price context
    8% above the 52-week low; 62% below the 52-week high
    +18
  • 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 13, 2026 · close 1.33
Since filing Aug 18, 2026: -38.7%SPY +1.6% · excess -40.3%

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 0001193125-26-355692, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 17, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+19,000$2.09$40k99,711Aug 18, 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%
33Weak
AVDbuy
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Douglas Kaye
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
$13k
5,000 shares
+2%
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%
53Moderate
AVDbuy
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Keith M Rosenbloom
director
$791k
136,492 shares
+13%
52Moderate
AVDsell 2
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Eric G Wintemute
Chairman
$572k
100,000 shares
-10%

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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