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Ulrich Trogele bought $159k of AVD

See Remarks at AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP. 18,200 shares at an average of $8.75, traded May 16, 2024, filed May 17, 2024.

Conviction score
62
Value
$159k
18,200 shares
Holdings after
209,876
+9% from before
From 52-week low
+4%
low $8.36, close $8.73
From 52-week high
-51%
high $17.97, as of May 16, 2024

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $159k at market
    +11
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 9%
    +3
  • Price context
    4% above the 52-week low; 51% below the 52-week high
    +18
  • Cluster
    3 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • 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 May 17, 2024: -82.4%SPY +51.3% · excess -133.7%

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 0000950170-24-062017, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 16, 2024POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+11,400$8.75$100k203,076May 17, 2024
May 16, 2024POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+3,400$8.75$30k206,476May 17, 2024
May 16, 2024POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+3,400$8.77$30k209,876May 17, 2024

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%
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%

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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