BOTJ — BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP INC
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
Technicals
Dividends
Measured signals that fired on BOTJ
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | Cluster buy: three or more insiders insider | +0.63% over 21 days · t = 1.84 · n = 3,050 not distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-30 | Short volume far above its own normal short | -0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-03-06 | Short volume far above its own normal short | -0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | ADDISON LEWIS C Director | Open-market purchase | 70 | 27.21 | 1.9K |
| 2026-08-07 | SYREK MICHAEL A President - Bank of the James | Open-market purchase | 100 | 27.05 | 2.7K |
| 2026-08-06 | BRYANT WILLIAM C III Director | Open-market purchase | 650 | 27.10 | 17.6K |
| 2026-08-06 | FOSTER WATT R JR Director | Open-market purchase | 447 | 28.01 | 12.5K |
| 2026-05-07 | JAMERSON PHILLIP C Director | Open-market purchase | 1.0K | 23.40 | 23.4K |
| 2026-05-07 | ADDISON LEWIS C Director | Open-market purchase | 82 | 23.18 | 1.9K |
| 2026-05-06 | BRYANT WILLIAM C III Director | Open-market purchase | 1.0K | 23.11 | 24.1K |
| 2026-02-20 | CHAPMAN ROBERT R President | Open-market purchase | 1.2K | 20.89 | 25.1K |
| 2026-02-19 | BRYANT WILLIAM C III Director | Open-market purchase | 600 | 20.82 | 12.5K |
| 2026-02-12 | BRYANT WILLIAM C III Director | Open-market purchase | 396 | 20.00 | 7.9K |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| Fourthstone LLC | 7.9M | 385.5K |
| PETTYJOHN, WOOD & WHITE, INC | 4.6M | 224.3K |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 3.3M | 159.8K |
| Daytona Street Capital LLC | 3.2M | 157.1K |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS | 3.0M | 147.3K |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 746.5K | 36.2K |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 730.6K | 35.5K |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 689.3K | 33.5K |
| Krilogy Financial LLC | 653.4K | 28.9K |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO | 532.2K | 25.8K |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
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