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United States · SEC Form 4 · Snapshot date: 2026-10-18 · Built: 2026-10-18 · 中文

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US · SEC FORM 4

BUTLER NATIONAL CORP

BUKS · OTC · CIK 0000015847 · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense

INSIDER SIGNAL

49.1 / 100

3 buyers · 20 purchase transaction lines · $527.8K gross purchase

WHY THIS SIGNAL?

Buyer breadthModerate
Purchase sizeLow
RoleModerate
RecencyModerate
ConvictionLow
Score anatomy

Each bar shows the contribution to the current score; the weights and formula stay unchanged.

Cluster+21.0 / 35
Purchase size+5.5 / 25
Role+14.0 / 20
Recency+7.7 / 10
Conviction+1.0 / 10

What is holding the score back?

  • ⚠ Cluster breadth is moderate · 3 insider(s), not 4+
  • ⚠ Purchase size is modest relative to the model scale
  • ⚠ Role scores low · most senior buyer: TenPercentOwner (CEO, chair and 10% owners score lowest)
  • ⚠ Buying conviction is reduced by concurrent selling
  • ✓ Recent activity · latest purchase 2026-10-02

Purchase-size comments are relative to the model scale. Average daily volume is a separate market-context diagnostic.

US-v1.2 ranks qualifying equity purchases under the current 180-day rules. The score is a research priority, not a return forecast or probability. Backtests have not shown that a higher US score is followed by better returns.

Insider activity timeline

Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Daly Joseph PatrickDirector,TenPercentOwner
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Zeff Capital, LPTenPercentOwner
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Loh Michael AnthonyDirector
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Sefchick Adam BrettChief Financial Officer
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Yowell Jeffrey DavidDirector
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Bowen Julie MarieDirector
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

Showing the six most active owners; 1 additional owner(s) remain in Form 4 evidence.

Purchase breadth & concentration

QUALIFYING BUYERS3
PURCHASE CONCENTRATION47%Largest buyer: Daly Joseph Patrick · $250.6K
CLUSTER BUYING · 15D3 insidersPeak activity: 2026-09-14–2026-09-22

Roles in the peak window: Director, Director,TenPercentOwner, TenPercentOwner. Concentration uses priced qualifying P lines only and does not change the saved score.

SIGNAL HISTORY

49.1 / 100

Latest recorded score

↓ -0.3 ptsversus the previous recorded snapshot
  1. 61.2
  2. 61.0
  3. 60.8
  4. 49.4
  5. 49.1

Only scores saved when a full US scoring run completed are shown; gaps are not reconstructed.

Recent Form 4 activity

30Purchases
9Sales
19Other Form 4 lines
34SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING20 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING6 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER11 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDNot detected in parsed evidence

P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.

Market context

Market context provides additional background on recent price performance and risk. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Price performance

1M
+14.3%
3M
-1.8%
6M
+22.6%
12M
+84.5%

Volatility & liquidity

Volatility
47.3%
Beta
0.18
Avg daily value
USD 307,313

Valuation

Market cap
USD 280.3M
P/E
12.8×

Fundamentals

Profit margin
22.4%
ROE
26.8%
Industry
Aerospace & Defense

Market data

Price data up to: 2026-10-09 · Price source: OpenBB/yfinance · From SEC filings: Market cap, P/E, Profit margin, ROE · Fiscal year ended: 2026-04-30 · Market cap is the shares outstanding stated on the filing cover multiplied by the latest close. Share count date: 2026-09-11 · Status: PASS

Short interest

Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Shares short
27,661
Previous report
29,289
Avg daily volume
206,630
Days to cover
≤ 1.0

FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.

Historical equity purchases

Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.

Transaction dateReporting ownerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-02Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock13,190USD 4.10USD 54,075SEC filing ↗
2026-10-01Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock1,810USD 4.04USD 7,312SEC filing ↗
2026-09-22Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock6,303USD 4.05USD 25,510SEC filing ↗
2026-09-21Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock4,000USD 4.10USD 16,400SEC filing ↗
2026-09-15Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock1,500USD 4.00USD 5,994SEC filing ↗
2026-09-15Veradace Capital Management LLC; Veradace Partners LPPurchase (P)BUTLER NATIONAL CORP15,000USD 3.91USD 58,650SEC filing ↗
2026-09-15Loh Michael AnthonyPurchase (P)Butler National Common Stock10,000USD 3.91USD 39,100SEC filing ↗
2026-09-14Veradace Capital Management LLC; Veradace Partners LPPurchase (P)BUTLER NATIONAL CORP40,000USD 4.09USD 163,600SEC filing ↗
2026-07-14Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock2,126USD 4.66USD 9,907SEC filing ↗
2026-07-13Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 4.43USD 44,300SEC filing ↗
2026-07-10Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock20,000USD 4.36USD 87,120SEC filing ↗
2026-07-10Loh Michael AnthonyPurchase (P)Butler National Common Stock3,658USD 4.34USD 15,876SEC filing ↗
2026-03-20Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 3.88USD 3,880SEC filing ↗
2026-03-19Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock745USD 3.93USD 2,928SEC filing ↗
2026-01-12Loh Michael AnthonyPurchase (P)Butler National Common Stock8,000USD 2.87USD 22,960SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

58 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 284 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-15Zeff Capital, LPSale (S)Common Stock34,800USD 4.72USD 164,256SEC filing ↗
2026-10-14Zeff Capital, LPSale (S)Common Stock5,000USD 4.80USD 24,000SEC filing ↗
2026-10-13Zeff Capital, LPSale (S)Common Stock10,303USD 4.68USD 48,218SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (30 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-15Zeff Capital, LPSale (S)Common Stock34,800USD 4.72USD 164,256SEC filing ↗
2026-10-14Zeff Capital, LPSale (S)Common Stock5,000USD 4.80USD 24,000SEC filing ↗
2026-10-13Zeff Capital, LPSale (S)Common Stock10,303USD 4.68USD 48,218SEC filing ↗
2026-10-02Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock13,190USD 4.10USD 54,075SEC filing ↗
2026-10-01Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock1,810USD 4.04USD 7,312SEC filing ↗
2026-09-22Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock6,303USD 4.05USD 25,510SEC filing ↗
2026-09-21Daly Joseph PatrickAward / grant (A)Common Stock3,197USD 3.91USD 12,500SEC filing ↗
2026-09-21Yowell Jeffrey DavidAward / grant (A)Butler National Common Stock3,197USD 3.91USD 12,500SEC filing ↗
2026-09-21Loh Michael AnthonyAward / grant (A)Butler National Common Stock3,197USD 3.91USD 12,500SEC filing ↗
2026-09-21Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock4,000USD 4.10USD 16,400SEC filing ↗
2026-09-21Bowen Julie MarieAward / grant (A)Butler National Common Stock3,197USD 3.91USD 12,500SEC filing ↗
2026-09-15Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock1,500USD 4.00USD 5,994SEC filing ↗
2026-09-15Veradace Capital Management LLC; Veradace Partners LPPurchase (P)BUTLER NATIONAL CORP15,000USD 3.91USD 58,650SEC filing ↗
2026-09-15Loh Michael AnthonyPurchase (P)Butler National Common Stock10,000USD 3.91USD 39,100SEC filing ↗
2026-09-14Veradace Capital Management LLC; Veradace Partners LPPurchase (P)BUTLER NATIONAL CORP40,000USD 4.09USD 163,600SEC filing ↗
2026-07-22Sefchick Adam BrettTax withholding (F)Butler National Common Stock1,978USD 4.95USD 9,791SEC filing ↗
2026-07-22Sefchick Adam BrettAward / grant (A)Butler National Common Stock20,222USD 4.95USD 100,099SEC filing ↗
2026-07-14Yowell Jeffrey DavidAward / grant (A)Butler National Common Stock2,874USD 4.35USD 12,502SEC filing ↗
2026-07-14Loh Michael AnthonyAward / grant (A)Butler National Common Stock2,874USD 4.35USD 12,502SEC filing ↗
2026-07-14Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock2,126USD 4.66USD 9,907SEC filing ↗
2026-07-14Daly Joseph PatrickAward / grant (A)Common Stock2,874USD 4.35USD 12,502SEC filing ↗
2026-07-14Bowen Julie MarieAward / grant (A)Butler National Common Stock2,874USD 4.35USD 12,502SEC filing ↗
2026-07-14Zeff Capital, LPSale (S)Common Stock36,925USD 4.65USD 171,701SEC filing ↗
2026-07-13Zeff Capital, LPSale (S)Common Stock11,050USD 4.46USD 49,283SEC filing ↗
2026-07-13Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 4.43USD 44,300SEC filing ↗
2026-07-10Zeff Capital, LPSale (S)Common Stock4,000USD 4.41USD 17,640SEC filing ↗
2026-07-10Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock20,000USD 4.36USD 87,120SEC filing ↗
2026-07-10Loh Michael AnthonyPurchase (P)Butler National Common Stock3,658USD 4.34USD 15,876SEC filing ↗
2026-05-01Sefchick Adam BrettTax withholding (F)Butler National Common Stock5,645USD 4.08USD 23,032SEC filing ↗
2026-03-20Daly Joseph PatrickPurchase (P)Common Stock1,000USD 3.88USD 3,880SEC filing ↗

Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.

Snapshot & identity

Snapshot date2026-10-18
Ranking versionUS-v1.2
Data qualityPASS ELIGIBLE · —
TickerBUKS
CIK0000015847
SectorIndustrials
IndustryAerospace & Defense Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC7990 Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation
ExchangeOTC

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history284 transaction lines from 2020-03-19 to 2026-10-15
205 P purchase lines · 11 S sale lines · 68 other lines
SEC company submissionsOpen SEC filings ↗

Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.