American Vanguard Corporation
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US0303711081

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Peter Eilers. Insiders are officers, directors, or significant investors in a company. It is illegal for insiders to make trades in their companies based on specific, non-public information. This does not mean it is illegal for them to make any trades in their own companies. However, they must report all trades to the SEC via a Form 4. Despite these restrictions, academic research suggests that insiders - in general - tend to outperform the market in their own companies.

Average Trade Profitability

The average trade profitability is the average return of all the open market purchases made by the insider in the last three years. To calculate this, we examine every open-market, unplanned purchase made by the insider, excluding all trades that were marked as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. We then calculate the average performance of those trades over 3, 6, and 12 months, averaging each of those durations to generate a final performance metric for each trade. Finally, we average all of the performance metrics to calculate a performance metric for the insider. This list only includes insiders that have made at least three trades in the last two years.

If this insiders trade profitability is "N/A", then the insider either has not made any open-market purchases in the last three years, or the trades they’ve made are too recent to calculate a reliable performance metric.

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Companies with Reported Insider Positions

The SEC filings indicate Peter Eilers has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:AVD / American Vanguard Corporation See Remarks 32,177
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Peter Eilers. Non-planned trade are trades that were not made as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. The stock performance is charted as cumulative percent change in share price. For example, if an insider trade was made on January 1, 2019, the chart will show the daily percent change of the security to the present day. If the share price were to go from $10 to $15 during this time, the cumulative percent change in share price would be 50%. A change in price from $10 to $20 would be 100%, and a change in price of $10 to $5 would be -50%.

Ultimately, we are trying to determine how closely the insider’s trades correlate to excess returns (positive or negative) in the share price in order to see if the insider is timing their trades to profit from insider information. Consider the situation where an insider was doing this. In this situation, we would expect either (a) positive returns after purchases, or (b) negative returns after sales. In the case of (a), the PURCHASE chart would show a series of upwardly sloping curves, indicating positive returns after each purchase transaction. In the case of (b), the SALE chart would show a series of downward sloping curves, indicating negative returns after each sale transaction.

However, this alone is not enough to draw conclusions. If, for example, the share price of the company was in a non-cyclical climb over many years, then we would expect all the post-purchase plots to be upwardly sloping. Likewise, non-cyclical declines over many years would result in downward sloping post-trade plots. Neither of these charts would suggest insider trading activity.

The strongest indicator would be a situation where the share price was extremely cyclical, and there were both positive signals in the PURCHASE chart and negative plots on the SALE chart. This situation would be highly suggestive of an insider that was timing trades to their financial advantage.

Insider Purchases AVD / American Vanguard Corporation - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in AVD / American Vanguard Corporation. This analysis helps to understand if the insider consistently generates abnormal returns, and is worth following. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market purchases that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date Ticker Insider Reported
Shares
Reported
Price
Adjusted
Shares
Adjusted
Price
Cost Basis Days to
Max
Price at
Max
Max
Profit ($)
Max Return (%)
2020-04-30 AVD Eilers Peter 0 0.0000 0 0.0000 0 316 22.3500 0

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

AVD / American Vanguard Corporation Insider Trades
Insider Sales AVD / American Vanguard Corporation - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in AVD / American Vanguard Corporation. A consistent pattern of loss avoidance may suggest that future sale transactions may predict declines in price. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market sales that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date Ticker Insider Reported
Shares
Reported
Price
Adjusted
Shares
Adjusted
Price
Cost Basis Days to
Min
Price at
Min
Max Loss
Avoided ($)
Max Loss
Avoided (%)
2025-09-04 AVD Eilers Peter 6,000 5.3500 6,000 5.3500 32,100 0 5.4400 540 1.68
2024-12-13 AVD Eilers Peter 3,000 5.3500 3,000 5.3500 16,050
2024-08-29 AVD Eilers Peter 5,000 5.8000 5,000 5.8000 29,000
2023-08-16 AVD Eilers Peter 6,000 15.2300 6,000 15.2300 91,380
2022-09-15 AVD Eilers Peter 5,000 20.2600 5,000 20.2600 101,300

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

AVD / American Vanguard Corporation Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Peter Eilers as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).

File Date Tran Date Form Ticker Security Code 10b5-1 Shares Remaining Shares Percent
Change
Share
Price
Tran
Value
Remaining
Value
2025-09-05 2025-09-04 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
S - Sale -6,000 32,177 -15.72 5.35 -32,100 172,147
2024-12-17 2024-12-13 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
S - Sale -3,000 38,177 -7.29 5.35 -16,050 204,247
2024-08-30 2024-08-29 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
S - Sale -5,000 42,905 -10.44 5.80 -29,000 248,849
2024-08-30 2024-04-16 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
F - Taxes -1,728 41,177 -4.03
2024-01-24 2024-01-22 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 2,019 47,905 4.40
2023-08-17 2023-08-16 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
S - Sale -6,000 45,886 -11.56 15.23 -91,380 698,844
2023-04-12 2023-04-10 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 2,022 51,886 4.06
2023-04-12 2023-04-10 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 2,022 51,886 4.06
2022-09-23 2022-09-15 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
S - Sale -5,000 47,842 -9.46 20.26 -101,300 969,279
2022-04-22 2022-04-20 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 2,152 54,994 4.07
2022-04-22 2022-04-20 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 2,152 54,994 4.07
2021-04-23 2021-04-16 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 3,147 50,690 6.62
2021-04-23 2021-04-16 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 3,147 50,690 6.62
2020-11-17 2020-11-13 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 5,187 44,396 13.23
2020-11-17 2020-11-13 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 5,187 44,396 13.23
2020-05-07 2020-04-30 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
P - Purchase 0 34,022 0.00
2019-04-01 2019-03-29 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 1,419 31,961 4.65
2019-04-01 2019-03-28 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 3,749 30,542 13.99
2019-04-01 2019-03-28 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 3,749 30,542 13.99
2018-03-13 2018-03-09 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 2,757 23,044 13.59
2018-03-13 2018-03-09 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 2,757 23,044 13.59
2017-04-07 2017-04-04 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award -3,900 17,530 -18.20
2017-04-07 2017-04-04 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award -3,900 17,530 -18.20
2017-02-10 2017-02-08 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 2,943 15,616 23.22
2017-02-10 2017-02-08 4 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
A - Award 2,943 15,616 23.22
2017-02-07 3 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
19,460
2017-02-07 3 AVD AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
Common Stock
19,460
P
Open market or private purchase of non-derivative or derivative security
S
Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security
A
Grant, award, or other acquisition of securities from the company (such as an option)
C
Conversion of derivative
D
Sale or transfer of securities back to the company
F
Payment of exercise price or tax liability using portion of securities received from the company
G
Gift of securities by or to the insider
K
Equity swaps and similar hedging transactions
M
Exercise or conversion of derivative security received from the company (such as an option)
V
A transaction voluntarily reported on Form 4
J
Other (accompanied by a footnote describing the transaction)