AMES NATIONAL CORP
AI score not needed: the AI review runs from a match score of 55.
Research score, not a recommendation.
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.
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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| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Price | Value | Flags | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-15 | Baker Jeffery C 5 purchases with a 63-day result · median +2.9% | Director | 1,000 | $22.70 | $22.7K | SEC filing for Baker Jeffery C (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2022-10-31 → 2022-11-30 | Cassabaum Michelle R 41 purchases with a 63-day result · median +0.4% | Director | 310 | $22.67 avg | $7.0K | ||
| 2022-10-31 | Cassabaum Michelle R | 67 | $22.18 | $1.5K | SEC filing for Cassabaum Michelle R (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2022-11-30 | Cassabaum Michelle R | 243 | $22.80 | $5.5K | SEC filing for Cassabaum Michelle R (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2022-12-12 | Wilson Michael A 5 purchases with a 63-day result · median +1.1% | EVP / SVP | 250 | $23.26 | $5.8K | SEC filing for Wilson Michael A (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2022-10-31 → 2022-11-30 | Benson David W. 21 purchases with a 63-day result · median -0.3% | Director | 222 | $22.72 avg | $5.0K | ||
| 2022-10-31 | Benson David W. | 27 | $22.18 | $599 | SEC filing for Benson David W. (opens in a new tab) | ||
| 2022-11-30 | Benson David W. | 195 | $22.80 | $4.4K | SEC filing for Benson David W. (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Total | $40.6K | ||||||
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 +6.5%63 days +5.2%126 days -14.3%
| Window | Insiders | Total | Score | 21 days | 63 days | 126 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 |
| 2024-10-23 → 2024-12-13 | 12 | $122.4K | 47 | -7.2% | +6.6% | +18.1% | 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 |
| 2022-07-27 → 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 |