REX executive sells 50,000 shares

What happened

Rex American Resources Corp (NYSE: REX) filed a Form 4 showing Stuart A. Rose, executive COB and a director, sold 50,000 shares of common stock on 2026-09-30. The filing lists a weighted average price of $42.55 a share. It says the shares were sold in multiple transactions from $42.335 to $42.915. The sale was worth about $2.13 million. After the sale, Rose held 2,278,324 shares. The Rule 10b5-1 box is not checked.

The filing footnote says the Stuart Rose Family Foundation sold the shares. It describes the foundation as an Ohio nonprofit corporation of which Rose is the sole Member and Trustee, Chief Executive Officer, President and Treasurer. Edward M. Kress signed the form on 2026-10-01 for Rose.

Key numbers

Metric	Latest	Change	Source
Shares sold	50,000 shares		SEC Form 4
Weighted average sale price	$42.55		SEC Form 4
Total sale value	about $2.13 million		SEC Form 4
Shares held after sale	2,278,324 shares		SEC Form 4
Sale as share of pre-trade holding	about 2.1%		Calculated from SEC Form 4

Read more: Rex American Resources (REX) stock analysis and investment case

Why it matters

OptimistFi's case is that REX works if disciplined plant operations and commodity-spread management keep turning volatile ethanol markets into cash rather than a temporary margin cycle. This filing does not change that view. It shows a trim, not a shift in the business, and Rose still held 2,278,324 shares. The 50,000 shares were about 2.1% of his pre-trade holding, according to OptimistFi's calculation.

That makes the sale a modest reduction, not a full exit. The remaining stake is still large. The filing is centered on a partial sale, not a broader corporate announcement. Rose still held 2,278,324 shares after the trade, so the filing reads as a position update.

The trade price mainly helps size the sale. The filing reports a weighted average $42.55 a share, and the sale was spread across several trades, not one block. The counterpoint is that this is still only one insider transaction and it leaves Rose with a very large remaining stake. Investors will compare that with the next filing.

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What's next

The next Form 4 will be the next dated check on insider activity. A later sale would support the idea of a continuing trim. No further sales would leave this brief unchanged. Until then, the main takeaway is that Rose remains a large holder after the reported sale. The filing was filed on 2026-10-01.

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