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Lawrence J Ball bought $27k of NKSH

director at NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC. 1,000 shares at an average of $27.00, traded Aug 8, 2024, filed Aug 9, 2024.

Conviction score
32
Value
$27k
1,000 shares
Holdings after
20,688
+5% from before
From 52-week low
+27%
low $19.48, close $24.81
From 52-week high
-23%
high $32.24, as of Aug 8, 2024

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $27k at market
    +5
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 5%
    +3
  • Price context
    23% below the 52-week high
    +4
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Median 6-month excess return +5% over 3 past buys
    +5

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +2.8%, 3m +12.2%, 6m +2.8%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

NKSHOct 12, 2026 · close 43.38
Since filing Aug 9, 2024: +69.6%SPY +49.8% · excess +19.8%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001276854-24-000002, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 8, 2024POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+1,000$27.00$27k20,688Aug 9, 2024

Related signals

Other insiders at NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
15Weak
NKSHbuy
NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC
Alan Jeffrey Sweet
director
$7,977
215 shares
+2%
32Weak
NKSHbuy 2
NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC
Lawrence J Ball
director
$26k
1,000 shares
+5%
30Weak
NKSHbuy 3
NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC
Alan Jeffrey Sweet
director
$5,963
225 shares
+3%
37Weak
NKSHbuy 2
NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC
Lutheria H. Smith
director
$628
24 shares
+2%
20Weak
NKSHbuy
NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC
Charles E Green III
director
$27k
1,000 shares
+2%
20Weak
NKSHbuy
NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC
Lawrence J Ball
director
$28k
1,000 shares
+5%
22Weak
NKSHbuy
NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC
Alan Jeffrey Sweet
director
$13k
425 shares
+6%
19Weak
NKSHbuy
NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC
John Elliott Dooley
director
$14k
470 shares
+4%
41Moderate
NKSHbuy
NATIONAL BANKSHARES INC
Lawrence J Ball
director
$25k
1,000 shares
+5%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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