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BOTJ

BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC

Financial Services State Commercial Banks Market cap: $121.4M All insider activity → Quote and statistics → Sign in to watch BOTJ 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$107.8K27 Form 4 purchases
Distinct insiders12open-market buyers
Lead insiderCHAPMAN ROBERT RPresident
Cluster window2023-04-25 → 2023-05-12closed

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)
80%
Commitment purchase size relative to company & holdings
60%
Context buying into stock weakness signals conviction
70%
Timing coordinated purchases within a tight window
97%
Routine-purchase discount × 0.86
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

27 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
2023-04-26 → 2023-05-03 BRYANT WILLIAM C III 48 purchases with a 63-day result · median -1.7% Director 4,306 $9.24 avg $39.8K
routine
2023-04-26 BRYANT WILLIAM C III 1,368 $9.75 $13.3K
routine
SEC filing for BRYANT WILLIAM C III (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-03 BRYANT WILLIAM C III 2,938 $9.00 $26.4K
SEC filing for BRYANT WILLIAM C III (opens in a new tab)
2023-04-25 → 2023-05-12 CHAPMAN ROBERT R 40 purchases with a 63-day result · median -2.4% President 1,200 $9.52 avg $11.4K
2023-04-25 CHAPMAN ROBERT R 500 $10.14 $5.1K
SEC filing for CHAPMAN ROBERT R (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-02 CHAPMAN ROBERT R 100 $9.01 $901
SEC filing for CHAPMAN ROBERT R (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-02 CHAPMAN ROBERT R 100 $8.99 $899
SEC filing for CHAPMAN ROBERT R (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-02 CHAPMAN ROBERT R 200 $9.16 $1.8K
SEC filing for CHAPMAN ROBERT R (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-12 CHAPMAN ROBERT R 300 $9.06 $2.7K
SEC filing for CHAPMAN ROBERT R (opens in a new tab)
2023-04-25 → 2023-05-05 SYREK MICHAEL A 9 purchases with a 63-day result · median +6.1% President 1,150 $9.32 avg $10.7K
2023-04-25 SYREK MICHAEL A 500 $9.88 $4.9K
SEC filing for SYREK MICHAEL A (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-02 SYREK MICHAEL A 250 $9.25 $2.3K
SEC filing for SYREK MICHAEL A (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-03 SYREK MICHAEL A 200 $8.37 $1.7K
SEC filing for SYREK MICHAEL A (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-05 SYREK MICHAEL A 200 $8.96 $1.8K
SEC filing for SYREK MICHAEL A (opens in a new tab)
2023-04-25 FOSTER WATT R JR 30 purchases with a 63-day result · median -6.4% Director 953 $10.24 $9.8K
routine
SEC filing for FOSTER WATT R JR (opens in a new tab)
2023-04-25 → 2023-05-03 ALFORD JOHN R JR 23 purchases with a 63-day result · median +0.9% Director 1,000 $9.14 avg $9.1K
2023-04-25 ALFORD JOHN R JR 337 $9.85 $3.3K
SEC filing for ALFORD JOHN R JR (opens in a new tab)
2023-04-25 ALFORD JOHN R JR 163 $9.84 $1.6K
SEC filing for ALFORD JOHN R JR (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-03 ALFORD JOHN R JR 100 $8.53 $853
SEC filing for ALFORD JOHN R JR (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-03 ALFORD JOHN R JR 100 $8.55 $855
SEC filing for ALFORD JOHN R JR (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-03 ALFORD JOHN R JR 300 $8.37 $2.5K
SEC filing for ALFORD JOHN R JR (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-08 DOYLE JULIE P 11 purchases with a 63-day result · median -1.1% Director 950 $9.24 avg $8.8K
2023-05-08 DOYLE JULIE P 935 $9.24 $8.6K
SEC filing for DOYLE JULIE P (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-08 DOYLE JULIE P 15 $9.15 $137
SEC filing for DOYLE JULIE P (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-03 SORENSON ERIC JOHN JR history of SORENSON ERIC JOHN JR's purchases EVP / SVP 705 $8.63 avg $6.1K
2023-05-03 SORENSON ERIC JOHN JR 100 $8.67 $867
SEC filing for SORENSON ERIC JOHN JR (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-03 SORENSON ERIC JOHN JR 375 $8.57 $3.2K
SEC filing for SORENSON ERIC JOHN JR (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-03 SORENSON ERIC JOHN JR 230 $8.70 $2.0K
SEC filing for SORENSON ERIC JOHN JR (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-08 PETTYJOHN THOMAS W JR history of PETTYJOHN THOMAS W JR's purchases Director 500 $9.25 $4.6K
SEC filing for PETTYJOHN THOMAS W JR (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-12 DALTON AUBREY DOUGLAS III history of DALTON AUBREY DOUGLAS III's purchases Director 400 $9.10 $3.6K
SEC filing for DALTON AUBREY DOUGLAS III (opens in a new tab)
2023-05-10 PETTICOLAS AUGUSTUS A JR history of PETTICOLAS AUGUSTUS A JR's purchases Director 206 $9.10 $1.9K
SEC filing for PETTICOLAS AUGUSTUS A JR (opens in a new tab)
2023-04-25 ADDISON LEWIS C 25 purchases with a 63-day result · median -2.6% Director 144 $9.80 $1.4K
routine
SEC filing for ADDISON LEWIS C (opens in a new tab)
2023-04-25 SCRUGGS J TODD 7 purchases with a 63-day result · median +9.1% General counsel 58 $10.00 $580
SEC filing for SCRUGGS J TODD (opens in a new tab)
Total $107.8K

Other buying runs at BOTJ

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 -14.9%63 days -8.0%126 days +1.5%

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
2026-08-06 → 2026-08-10 4 $34.7K 41 +4.4%–– active
2026-05-06 → 2026-05-07 3 $49.4K 42 +6.9%+11.1%– active
2026-02-10 → 2026-02-20 3 $47.4K 31 +5.8%+1.2%+17.1% closed
2025-11-17 → 2025-11-25 3 $31.4K 24 -8.7%+1.2%+2.9% closed
2025-08-11 → 2025-08-25 5 $51.3K 33 +7.6%+18.5%+36.1% closed
2025-05-05 → 2025-05-22 4 $158.6K 39 +0.9%-4.6%+11.2% closed
2024-02-06 → 2024-02-16 6 $105.6K 41 -13.5%-17.4%+2.3% closed
2023-10-24 → 2023-11-17 7 $105.2K 41 -6.8%+5.8%-21.1% closed
2023-02-14 → 2023-02-21 8 $168.2K 46 -2.9%-19.6%-12.9% closed
2022-10-24 → 2022-11-17 7 $141.5K 42 -4.2%-1.1%-21.2% closed
2022-07-28 4 $39.4K 39 -4.3%-7.9%-5.6% closed
2022-04-27 → 2022-04-28 4 $96.4K 33 -9.0%-11.8%-15.8% closed