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Insider Cluster (2 insiders) ·Filed Aug 20, 2026

AVD

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
BEARISH
Impact 5/10
Horizonweeks Processed2mo ago
Insider cluster: 2 insiders, $1.3M total
Actionable Insight ▼ Bearish

A lone director selling $1.22M near the current $2.20 price is a notable bearish signal at this market cap, even with a small offsetting buy. No C-suite participation moderates the impact. Monitor for further director sales and next quarterly filing for fundamental context.

DirectionBearish
Confidencemedium
Horizonweeks
Latest settled — T+20d
AVD ▼ -10.43% at T+20d
SHORT call ✓ call won +10.43% · α vs SPY +9.91% · entry $2.30 → $2.06
Next anchor: T+60d in 17d
Latest observation: T+44 +46.15% FF3 residual α
Entry = T+0 close
Aug 20, 2026
via day close
T+1d
-5.65%
call +5.65% · α +5.36%
$2.17
settled 2mo ago
T+5d
-4.78%
call +4.78% · α +5.26%
$2.19
settled 2mo ago
T+20d
-10.43%
call +10.43% · α +9.91%
$2.06
settled 6w ago
T+60d
Pending
in 17d

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Executive Summary

Two AVD directors traded in opposing directions within a week: a $1.22M open-market sale by Rosenbloom and a $40K purchase by Macicek. The sale is large relative to the $69M market cap (1.8%) but comes from a single director, not a C-suite cluster; the much smaller buy does not offset the sale's size or direction. The cluster is mixed in net direction but dominated by selling value.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
mixed
Total Value
$1.3M
Insiders
2

Key Facts

  • Director Rosenbloom sold 556,580 shares for $1.22M at $2.20 on 2026-08-18
  • Director Macicek bought 19,000 shares for $39,710 at $2.09 on 2026-08-17
  • Total cluster value of $1.26M is ~1.8% of AVD's $69M market cap
  • Sale is the dominant dollar event: 30x larger than the buy

Financial Impact

Director sale of $1.22M represents ~1.8% of AVD market cap, a substantial portion from one insider

insider ownershipfloat supply

Risk Factors

  • Director selling could indicate bearish view of upcoming fundamentals
  • No known 10b5-1 plan context — sale may be opportunistic
  • Small offsetting buy from another director may be symbolic only

Market Snapshot

Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Agricultural Chemicals
Analyst Consensus
80% bullish (5 analysts)

Investment Themes

Materials & Mining

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-AVD-1787274507668
4 reports for AVD
Performance horizon
Filters
Rows
Reports for AVD — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Oct 1, 2026
25d ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$1.75awaiting T+20—$1.07 (−38.86%)
Aug 20, 2026
9w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$2.30 $2.06▲ +10.43%▲ +9.91%$1.07 (+53.48%)
Jun 8, 2026
20w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 5/10
$2.99 $2.97▼ −0.67%▼ −2.12%$1.07 (−64.21%)
Mar 18, 2026
31w ago
8-K
MIXED ★ 6/10
$2.61 $2.64▲ +1.15%▼ −6.47%$1.07 (−59.00%)
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Report published Aug 20, 2026