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Vol. II · No. 255Saturday, 12 September 2026
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The Screen · Financials

National Bankshares, Inc.

NKSH · Nasdaq · USD · Market cap $225M

FAIL · Does not pass the screen
34.80 USD

At the last full screen
2026-05-22

Screened 2026-05-22 · the tape above runs as of 22:12 UTC · 11 Sep · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed

The Label · The Season, Not the Day

This name holds its markdown label.

National Bankshares, Inc. holds its Markdown at $34.80. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 497 days.

As held on the ledger · 2026-05-22
PhaseMarkdown · caution
Quantitative stateConsolidating, no directional conviction, held for 497 days
Price at the screen$34.80
Valuation12.83 trailing · 10.57 forward price to earnings
Values screenFAIL
The Workings

Five Screens, Shown in Full

Does not pass. Business activity

TestFigureLimitWhat it meansStatus
Business activity Excluded Core business clean Financial sector: banks Fail
Debt load 0.00% Below 33% Interest-bearing debt is just 0.0% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money. Pass
Interest-bearing cash 0.00% Below 33% Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. Pass
Receivables 0.00% Below 49% Money owed to the company is 0.0% of assets, under the 49% limit. Pass
Revenue purity 0.00% Below 5% Only 0.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. Pass

Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.

What the Numbers Say It Is Worth

The Fair Value Range

37.69Conservative41.20Base case62.81Growth case 34.80Price

Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-05-22 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 18.4% margin of safety to the base estimate.

Price History & Projections
$42.4$33.5$24.5TODAY5y agoPROJECTIONOur fair value$41.20 +14%Conservative$37.69 +4%

Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-05-22 screen.

Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.

The Business, in Plain Words
The fundamentals · plain-English read
Forward P/E10.6xcheap for a company growing this fast
Trailing P/E12.8xreasonably valued
EPS, trailing2.76
EPS, forward3.35
Revenue growth+22.7%strong top-line growth
Profit margin30.1%highly profitable on every dollar of sales
Return on equity9.9%a modest return on shareholder capital
Dividend yield423.00%
Debt to equity0.00minimal debt: a conservative balance sheet
MoatWEAK
Market cap$225M

The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market.

Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.

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The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited

Every Entry, As Written

2026-09-06 Markup $34.80 +0.0% Entry 5

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 9% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 40%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 23%. The street (1 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $47.

2026-08-06 Markup · changed $34.80 +0.0% Entry 4

The framework has shifted from accumulation to markup since the last review. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 9% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 40%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 23%. The street (1 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $41.

2026-07-18 Accumulation $34.80 +0.0% Entry 3

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 9% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 40%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 23%. The street (1 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $41.

2026-07-03 Accumulation $34.80 +0.0% Entry 2

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns.

2026-07-02 Accumulation $34.80 Entry 1

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns.

Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.

The Insider Ledger · Form 4 Filings, As Filed
Most recent filings · NKSH
DateInsiderTitleTypeSharesValue
2026-03-13 SWEET ALAN JEFFREY Director 215 $7,976
2026-02-13 SKEENS DAVID K Chief Operating Officer 1,036 ·
2026-02-13 RAMSEY LARA E Chief Executive Officer 1,228 ·
2026-02-13 MYLUM PAUL M Officer 1,215 ·
2026-02-13 JONES LORA M Chief Financial Officer 994 ·
2025-12-10 DENARDO F BRAD Director 219 ·
2025-12-10 MILLER MARY G Director 219 ·
2025-12-10 BALL LAWRENCE J Director 219 ·
2025-12-10 REYNOLDS GLENN P Director 219 ·
2025-12-10 DOOLEY JOHN ELLIOTT Director 219 ·

Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.

What Holding Actually Paid · Price Plus Dividends
If $1,000 had been placed · historical, not a promise
PeriodPrice thenPrice returnDivs per share$1,000 becameTotal return
1 month $35.21 +2.8% $0.75 $1,049 +4.9%
2 months $36.45 -0.7% $0.75 $1,014 +1.4%
3 months $36.22 -0.1% $0.75 $1,020 +2.0%
6 months $31.98 +13.2% $0.75 $1,155 +15.5%
1 year $25.81 +40.3% $1.53 $1,462 +46.2%
2 years $26.52 +36.5% $3.04 $1,480 +48.0%
3 years $25.78 +40.4% $4.55 $1,581 +58.1%
5 years $27.82 +30.1% $8.52 $1,607 +60.7%

Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

The Ledger's Promise

This entry now belongs to the ledger. Whatever NKSH does next, these words stay.

National Bankshares, Inc. · NKSH · Markdown · $34.80
Recorded 2026-05-22 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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