On the 31st of December, Royce & Associates sold 124 thousand National Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NKSH) shares for $3.9 million at an average price of $31.31 per share. Royce & Associates's holding in National Bankshares, Inc. decreased to about 285 thousand shares with the transaction.
Royce & Associates first bought National Bankshares, Inc. stock in the second quarter of 2015. Royce & Associates also owns First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (FCNCA), Home BancShares, Inc. (HOMB), Independent Bank Group, Inc (NASDAQ:IBTX) and BOK Financial Corporation (BOKF). National Bankshares, Inc. is its number twelve position by number of shares and market value among banks stocks.
Other investors who also reduced their National Bankshares, Inc. shares include Citigroup (NYSE:C). Contrary to Royce & Associates, Millennium Management established new holdings in National Bankshares, Inc.
Royce & Associates has also recently reduced their share in Ames National Corporation (ATLO). The total value of the shares sold is estimated at around $7.3 million.
In addition, Royce & Associates added to their share in Fauquier Bankshares, Inc. (FBSS).
Royce & Associates also reduced their share in AXT Inc (NASDAQ:AXTI), Hurco Companies, Inc. (HURC), Century Casinos , Inc. (NASDAQ:CNTY), Heidrick & Struggles Internatio (NASDAQ:HSII), Intevac , Inc. (NASDAQ:IVAC), Haynes International, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAYN), Kimball International, Inc. (KBAL), Insteel Industries , Inc. (NASDAQ:IIIN), Invacare Corporation (NYSE:IVC), Meredith Corp (NYSE:MDP), FARO Technologies, Inc. (FARO), Bowl America, Inc. (BWL.A), Lindsay Corporation (NYSE:LNN), Frequency Electronics, Inc. (FEIM), Kadant Inc (NYSE:KAI), Miller Industries, Inc. (MLR), Synalloy Corporation (SYNL), LSI Industries Inc. (LYTS), PICO Holdings Inc. (PICO), Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC), Universal Stainless & Alloy Pro (USAP), LightPath Technologies, Inc. (LPTH), Aehr Test Systems (AEHR), GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE:GPX), Timberland Bancorp, Inc. (TSBK), Northrim BanCorp Inc (NRIM), Gencor Industries Inc. (GENC), Chembio Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:CEMI), Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE:VPG), New Home Company Inc. (The) (NWHM), Marcus & Millichap (MMI) and SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc . (NYSE:SMHI). The total value of the shares sold is estimated at around $149 million.
Additionally, Royce & Associates added to their share in Houston Wire & Cable Company (HWCC), Northwest Pipe Company (NASDAQ:NWPX), Shoe Carnival , Inc. (NASDAQ:SCVL), Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVGI), National Presto Industries, Inc (NPK), John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (JBSS), Hooker Furniture Corporation (NASDAQ:HOFT), Johnson Outdoors Inc. (NASDAQ:JOUT), Forrester Research , Inc. (NASDAQ:FORR), Luna Innovations Inc (NASDAQ:LUNA), PCTEL, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCTI), Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (RELL), Seneca Foods Corp. (SENEA), AstroNova, Inc. (ALOT), Flexsteel Industries, Inc. (FLXS), IntriCon Corporation (IIN), Mesa Laboratories , Inc. (NASDAQ:MLAB), America's Car-Mart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRMT), CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (NYSE:CVU), EVI Industries, Inc. (EVI), Kulicke and Soffa Industries, I (KLIC), Iteris , Inc. (NASDAQ:ITI), Aviat Networks , Inc. (NASDAQ:AVNW), Silvercrest Asset Management Gr (SAMG), Horizon Global Corporation (NYSE:HZN), MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCFT), Unique Fabricating, Inc. (NYSE:UFAB), SecureWorks Corp. (NASDAQ:SCWX), Infrastructure and Energy Alter (IEA), International Money Express, In (NASDAQ:IMXI), RA Medical Systems Inc (RMED) and OneWater Marine Inc. (NASDAQ:ONEW). The total value of the shares bought is estimated at around $130 million.