Buyback yield (TTM)
0.45%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
3.41%
5Y share count change
-2.5%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$1.13M
Cumulative buybacks
$11.67M
Key takeaways
- Ames National (ATLO) repurchased about $1.13M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 2.5% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -3.3% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 8% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Ames National (ATLO)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Ames National (ATLO)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Ames National (ATLO)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Ames National (ATLO)
Latest: $1.68M
Overview
The 2025 reading of Ames National (ATLO) buyback spend is $1.68M – surged 139.2% year-over-year.
Through 2020–2025 (5 years), Ames National buyback spend delivered a -3.3% annualised rate; sustaining 2 straight years of year-over-year growth.
Ames National buyback spend peaked at $2.30M in 2022; the latest annual figure is $1.68M in 2025 (26.8% below peak).
Across the available history, buyback spend reached its high of $2.30M in 2022 and its low of $0.00 in 2000.
Ames National Buyback Spend 2025: $1.68M
2025's buyback spend for Ames National came in at $1.68M, surged 139.2% from 2024.
Ames National Buyback Spend 2024: $704.00K
Ames National buyback spend in 2024 was $704.00K.
Ames National Buyback Spend 2023: $0.00
In 2023, Ames National reported buyback spend of $0.00, plunged 100.0% below 2022.
Ames National Buyback Spend 2022: $2.30M
Ames National buyback spend in 2022 was $2.30M, surged 223.9% from 2021. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Ames National Buyback Spend 2021: $710.00K
Ames National buyback spend in 2021 was $710.00K.
See more financial history for Ames National (ATLO).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $1.68M | $0.00 | $1.68M | 0.82% | 0.01B | -0.8% | |
| 2024 | $704.00K | $0.00 | $704.00K | 0.48% | 0.01B | -0.0% | |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | -0.5% | |
| 2022 | $2.30M | $0.00 | $2.30M | 1.08% | 0.01B | -0.9% | |
| 2021 | $710.00K | $0.00 | $710.00K | 0.32% | 0.01B | -0.4% | |
| 2020 | $1.99M | $0.00 | $1.99M | 0.91% | 0.01B | -1.0% | |
| 2019 | $1.81M | $0.00 | $1.81M | 0.70% | 0.01B | -0.8% | |
| 2018 | $452.22K | $0.00 | $452.22K | 0.19% | 0.01B | -0.1% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | +0.1% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | -0.2% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | +0.3% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | -0.0% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | -0.1% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | -0.9% | |
| 2011 | $2.02M | $0.00 | $2.02M | 1.11% | 0.01B | -0.4% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | -0.5% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | +0.5% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | +0.2% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | -0.2% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | -0.0% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | +0.2% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | +0.2% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | +0.3% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | +0.1% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | -0.1% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | — |
- 2025$1.68M
- 2024$704.00K
- 2023$0.00
- 2022$2.30M
- 2021$710.00K
- 2020$1.99M
- 2019$1.81M
- 2018$452.22K
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$2.02M
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Ames National (ATLO)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: N/A.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Ames National (ATLO)
How Ames National splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Ames National, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
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Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $14.91M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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