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AMES NATIONAL CORP

Financial Services National Commercial Banks Market cap: $286.2M All insider activity → Quote and statistics → Sign in to watch ATLO Sign in to set a price alert
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Insider Score Band below 60

AI score not needed: the AI review runs from a match score of 55.

Research score, not a recommendation.

Total bought$122.4K21 Form 4 purchases
Distinct insiders12open-market buyers
Lead insiderNELSON JOHN PATRICKPresident
Cluster window2024-10-23 → 2024-12-13closed

Market data

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Why this score

Research score: a weighted blend of the five factors, times the routine and offering discounts, minus the selling penalty.

Breadth number & diversity of participating insiders
100%
Seniority executive rank of buyers (CEO/CFO/Director)
78%
Commitment purchase size relative to company & holdings
60%
Context buying into stock weakness signals conviction
52%
Timing coordinated purchases within a tight window
92%
Routine-purchase discount × 0.96
Company-type / offering discount × 1.00
Net insider selling penalty − 0

Why are they buying?

AI score not needed: the AI review runs only on clusters with a match score of 55 or more. The filings in the table below are the primary evidence.

Stock Price & Insider Purchase History

Daily close price with open-market insider purchases plotted over time

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Transactions

21 Form 4 trades · 12 insiders Sign in to download CSV
Purchases in this cluster, grouped by insider, largest first
Date Insider Role Shares Price Value Flags Filing
2024-10-30 Benson David W. 21 purchases with a 63-day result · median -0.3% Director 1,600 $17.20 $27.5K
SEC filing for Benson David W. (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-25 NELSON JOHN PATRICK 8 purchases with a 63-day result · median -2.0% President 1,198 $16.70 $20.0K
SEC filing for NELSON JOHN PATRICK (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-23 → 2024-12-13 Hagan Patrick G 48 purchases with a 63-day result · median -2.1% Director 1,130 $17.13 avg $19.4K
2024-10-23 Hagan Patrick G 500 $17.63 $8.8K
SEC filing for Hagan Patrick G (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-25 Hagan Patrick G 330 $16.75 $5.5K
SEC filing for Hagan Patrick G (opens in a new tab)
2024-11-04 Hagan Patrick G 100 $16.69 $1.7K
SEC filing for Hagan Patrick G (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-13 Hagan Patrick G 200 $16.75 $3.4K
SEC filing for Hagan Patrick G (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-30 → 2024-12-04 Wilson Michael A 5 purchases with a 63-day result · median +1.1% EVP / SVP 800 $17.00 avg $13.6K
2024-10-30 Wilson Michael A 250 $17.05 $4.3K
SEC filing for Wilson Michael A (opens in a new tab)
2024-11-04 Wilson Michael A 250 $16.35 $4.1K
SEC filing for Wilson Michael A (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-04 Wilson Michael A 300 $17.51 $5.3K
SEC filing for Wilson Michael A (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-31 → 2024-11-29 Cassabaum Michelle R 41 purchases with a 63-day result · median +0.4% Director 436 $17.06 avg $7.4K
routine
2024-10-31 Cassabaum Michelle R 2 $17.17 $34
SEC filing for Cassabaum Michelle R (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-31 Cassabaum Michelle R 88 $17.28 $1.5K
routine
SEC filing for Cassabaum Michelle R (opens in a new tab)
2024-11-29 Cassabaum Michelle R 346 $17.00 $5.9K
routine
SEC filing for Cassabaum Michelle R (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-30 Swartz Kevin L 8 purchases with a 63-day result · median +13.7% Director 400 $17.00 $6.8K
SEC filing for Swartz Kevin L (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-25 → 2024-12-04 Bauer Scott T 11 purchases with a 63-day result · median -3.0% Other 400 $16.93 avg $6.8K
2024-10-25 Bauer Scott T 200 $16.72 $3.3K
SEC filing for Bauer Scott T (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-04 Bauer Scott T 200 $17.15 $3.4K
SEC filing for Bauer Scott T (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-25 → 2024-11-05 PUTZIER JEFFREY K 7 purchases with a 63-day result · median -4.4% Other 400 $16.82 avg $6.7K
2024-10-25 PUTZIER JEFFREY K 200 $16.93 $3.4K
SEC filing for PUTZIER JEFFREY K (opens in a new tab)
2024-11-05 PUTZIER JEFFREY K 200 $16.72 $3.3K
SEC filing for PUTZIER JEFFREY K (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-06 Johnson Dan E 3 purchases with a 63-day result · median +4.9% Other 210 $17.23 $3.6K
SEC filing for Johnson Dan E (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-05 Trost Scot A. history of Trost Scot A.'s purchases Director 200 $17.56 $3.5K
SEC filing for Trost Scot A. (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-25 Clausen Justin C history of Clausen Justin C's purchases CFO 210 $16.70 $3.5K
SEC filing for Clausen Justin C (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-25 Thomas Robert A 5 purchases with a 63-day result · median -2.1% Other 200 $17.51 $3.5K
SEC filing for Thomas Robert A (opens in a new tab)
Total $122.4K

Other buying runs at ATLO

A run ends after a pause in the buying, so one company can have several. Returns are the stock's return minus its benchmark's (IWM for small companies, SPY otherwise), from the first open after the run became a cluster. Past results, not a forecast.

After this run became a cluster: 21 days -7.2%63 days +6.6%126 days +18.1%

Other insider buying runs at this company, newest first, with the return against the benchmark that followed
Window Insiders Total Score 21 days63 days126 days Status
2026-07-31 → 2026-09-09 4 $39.6K 35 +4.0%–– active
2025-10-24 → 2025-12-10 7 $31.3K 32 +7.3%+20.4%+18.2% closed
2025-04-25 → 2025-06-20 11 $64.6K 42 -1.9%-3.6%-1.3% closed
2024-08-02 → 2024-09-05 7 $38.1K 35 -4.8%-19.0%-11.6% closed
2023-10-27 → 2023-11-30 4 $35.9K 33 +1.0%-0.3%0.0% closed
2023-07-31 → 2023-09-15 7 $61.6K 38 -0.2%+7.1%-2.7% closed
2023-04-25 → 2023-06-12 14 $120.1K 49 -4.5%-10.7%-6.8% closed
2022-10-31 → 2022-12-12 4 $40.6K 29 +6.5%+5.2%-14.3% closed
2022-07-27 → 2022-09-02 5 $72.0K 36 +8.5%+9.1%+13.1% closed
2022-04-29 → 2022-06-15 15 $127.3K 47 -0.8%-18.2%-8.0% closed
2022-01-31 → 2022-03-11 3 $27.3K 26 -3.1%+1.2%+2.2% closed
2021-10-25 → 2021-10-29 3 $10.8K 24 +5.5%+14.5%+13.1% closed