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United States · SEC Form 4 · Snapshot date: 2026-10-18 · Built: 2026-10-18 · 中文

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US · SEC FORM 4

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP

AVD · NYSE · CIK 0000005981 · Basic Materials · Agricultural Inputs

INSIDER SIGNAL

No active buy signal

5 qualifying P purchase groups
in the current 180-day scoring window

13 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
1 sales · 7 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines

Last qualifying purchase2026-08-17 · Macicek Steven D · $39.7K

WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?

Purchase activityPresent
Recent buying5 qualifying line group(s)
Recent salesLow
Buy signal statusInactive
Score anatomy

No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.

ClusterNot calculated
Purchase sizeNot calculated
RoleNot calculated
RecencyNot calculated
ConvictionNot calculated

Why is there no score?

  • No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
  • Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.

Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.

Insider activity timeline

Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Gottschalk Patrick EDirector
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Macicek Steven DDirector
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Kaye DouglasCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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ROSENBLOOM KEITH MDirector
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McDougal Rubin JDirector
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Bassett Mark RDirector
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

Showing the six most active owners; 2 additional owner(s) remain in Form 4 evidence.

Purchase breadth & concentration

QUALIFYING BUYERS3
PURCHASE CONCENTRATION78%Largest buyer: Gottschalk Patrick E · $184.9K
CLUSTER BUYING · 15D2 insidersPeak activity: 2026-05-19–2026-06-03

Roles in the peak window: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Director. Concentration uses priced qualifying P lines only and does not change the saved score.

SIGNAL HISTORY

51.7 / 100

Latest recorded score

→ +0.0 ptsversus the previous recorded snapshot
  1. 51.7

Only scores saved when a full US scoring run completed are shown; gaps are not reconstructed.

Recent Form 4 activity

5Purchases
1Sales
11Other Form 4 lines
16SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING5 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING1 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER7 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDUnavailable

P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.

Market context

Market context provides additional background on recent price performance and risk. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Price performance

1M
-17.8%
3M
-35.7%
6M
-28.9%
12M
—

Volatility & liquidity

Volatility
66.3%
Beta
—
Avg daily value
—

Valuation

Market cap
—
P/E
—

Fundamentals

Profit margin
-9.7%
ROE
-25.9%
Industry
Agricultural Inputs

Market data

Price data up to: 2026-09-29 · Price source: OpenBB/yfinance · From SEC filings: Profit margin, ROE · Fiscal year ended: 2025-12-31 · Status: PASS

Short interest

Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Shares short
389,582
Previous report
196,244
Avg daily volume
345,148
Days to cover
1.1

FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.

Historical equity purchases

Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.

Transaction dateReporting ownerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-08-17Macicek Steven DPurchase (P)Common Stock19,000USD 2.09USD 39,710SEC filing ↗
2026-06-03Kaye DouglasPurchase (P)Common Stock5,000USD 2.50USD 12,500SEC filing ↗
2026-05-19Gottschalk Patrick EPurchase (P)Common Stock25,000USD 2.70USD 67,500SEC filing ↗
2026-05-13Gottschalk Patrick EPurchase (P)Common Stock20,000USD 2.95USD 59,000SEC filing ↗
2026-05-12Gottschalk Patrick EPurchase (P)Common Stock20,000USD 2.92USD 58,400SEC filing ↗
2025-06-11Kaye DouglasPurchase (P)Common Stock2,000USD 4.67USD 9,340SEC filing ↗
2024-11-15Macicek Steven DPurchase (P)Common Stock12,000USD 5.97USD 71,640SEC filing ↗
2024-09-04Cruiser Capital Advisors, LLC; ROSENBLOOM KEITH MPurchase (P)Common Stock7,000USD 6.08USD 42,560SEC filing ↗
2024-09-03Cruiser Capital Advisors, LLC; ROSENBLOOM KEITH MPurchase (P)Common Stock25,000USD 5.94USD 148,500SEC filing ↗
2024-08-30Cruiser Capital Advisors, LLC; ROSENBLOOM KEITH MPurchase (P)Common Stock104,492USD 5.74USD 599,784SEC filing ↗
2024-08-29Cruiser Capital Advisors, LLC; ROSENBLOOM KEITH MPurchase (P)Common Stock16,480USD 5.74USD 94,595SEC filing ↗
2024-08-28Cruiser Capital Advisors, LLC; ROSENBLOOM KEITH MPurchase (P)Common Stock33,555USD 5.66USD 189,921SEC filing ↗
2024-05-16Trogele UlrichPurchase (P)Common Stock18,200USD 8.75USD 159,318SEC filing ↗
2024-05-15Macicek Steven DPurchase (P)Common Stock8,500USD 9.01USD 76,625SEC filing ↗
2024-05-15Cruiser Capital Advisors, LLC; ROSENBLOOM KEITH MPurchase (P)Common Stock40,000USD 8.88USD 355,200SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

17 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 274 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-08-18Cruiser Capital Advisors, LLC; ROSENBLOOM KEITH MSale (S)Common Stock556,580USD 2.20USD 1,224,476SEC filing ↗
2026-08-17Macicek Steven DPurchase (P)Common Stock19,000USD 2.09USD 39,710SEC filing ↗
2026-07-10Kaye DouglasJ (J)Common Stock6,527USD 2.36USD 15,404SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (17 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-08-18Cruiser Capital Advisors, LLC; ROSENBLOOM KEITH MSale (S)Common Stock556,580USD 2.20USD 1,224,476SEC filing ↗
2026-08-17Macicek Steven DPurchase (P)Common Stock19,000USD 2.09USD 39,710SEC filing ↗
2026-07-10Kaye DouglasJ (J)Common Stock6,527USD 2.36USD 15,404SEC filing ↗
2026-06-04ROSENBLOOM KEITH MAward / grant (A)Common Stock31,872USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-04McDougal Rubin JAward / grant (A)Common Stock31,872USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-04Macicek Steven DAward / grant (A)Common Stock31,872USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-04Gottschalk Patrick EAward / grant (A)Common Stock31,872USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-04Bassett Mark RAward / grant (A)Common Stock31,872USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-04Angelini MarisolAward / grant (A)Common Stock31,872USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-06-03Kaye DouglasPurchase (P)Common Stock5,000USD 2.50USD 12,500SEC filing ↗
2026-05-19Gottschalk Patrick EPurchase (P)Common Stock25,000USD 2.70USD 67,500SEC filing ↗
2026-05-13Gottschalk Patrick EPurchase (P)Common Stock20,000USD 2.95USD 59,000SEC filing ↗
2026-05-12Gottschalk Patrick EPurchase (P)Common Stock20,000USD 2.92USD 58,400SEC filing ↗
2026-01-29Kaye DouglasI (I)Common Stock4,790USD 3.26USD 15,615SEC filing ↗
2025-11-26ROSENBLOOM KEITH MJ (J)Common Stock217,503USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2025-11-26Gottschalk Patrick EJ (J)Common Stock47,281USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2025-11-26Bassett Mark RJ (J)Common Stock23,636USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗

Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.

Snapshot & identity

Snapshot date2026-10-18
Ranking versionUS-v1.2
Data qualityPASS ELIGIBLE · —
TickerAVD
CIK0000005981
SectorBasic Materials
IndustryAgricultural Inputs Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC2870 Agricultural Chemicals
ExchangeNYSE

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history274 transaction lines from 2020-03-13 to 2026-08-18
40 P purchase lines · 15 S sale lines · 219 other lines
SEC company submissionsOpen SEC filings ↗

Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.