AMES NATIONAL CORP Segments Disclosure
Note 17. Segment Information
The Company adopted ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures on January 1, 2024. The Company has determined that its bank operating model is structured whereby all banking locations serve a similar base of customers utilizing a company-wide offering of similar products and services managed through similar processes and technology platforms that are collectively reviewed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, who has been designated as the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”). The CODM regularly assesses performance of the aggregated single banking segment in determining how to allocate resources.
The banking segment generates revenues through personal, business, agricultural and commercial lending, management of the investment securities portfolio, deposit account services and wealth management services.
Accounting policies for the banking segment are the same as those described in Note 1. The CODM assesses performance of the banking segment and decides how to allocate resources based on net income as reported in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. All categories of interest expense, credit loss expense, and noninterest expense as disclosed in the Company’s consolidated statements of income are considered significant to the banking segment. For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, there were no adjustments or reconciling items between the banking segment net income and consolidated net income as presented in the consolidated statements of income.
The measure of segment assets is based on total assets as reported on the consolidated balance sheets. For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, there were no adjustments or reconciling items between the banking segment total assets and total assets as presented on the consolidated balance sheets.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mar 12, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Mar 12, 2025 | |
About Segments Disclosures
Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.
Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.