Business First Bancshares, Inc.
BFST- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Industry
- State Commercial Banks
- SEC CIK
- 0001624322
In the last 90 days, Business First Bancshares, Inc. insiders filed 1 open-market purchase and 11 sales; 173 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $579.8M in total; no superinvestor holds it.
13F holders, Q2 2022
Institutional positions in Business First Bancshares, Inc. as of Jun 30, 2022. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works
- Institutional holders
- 82
- −2 vs. Q1 2022
- Shares held
- 7.46M
- +654.3K (+9.6%) vs. Q1 2022
- Total value
- $159.0M
- −$6.62M (−4.0%) vs. Q1 2022
- New holders
- 8
- 30 more added
- Sold out
- 10
- 20 more reduced
3 institutions that held it in Q1 2022 haven't filed for Q2 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q1 2022: new holders, sold out and not filed yet
Holders and value by quarter
Institutions reporting BFST on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 173 | $579.8M |
| Q1 2026 | 170 | $457.4M |
| Q4 2025 | 167 | $402.5M |
| Q3 2025 | 156 | $356.3M |
| Q2 2025 | 147 | $366.2M |
| Q1 2025 | 149 | $347.0M |
| Q4 2024 | 143 | $353.4M |
| Q3 2024 | 128 | $322.6M |
| Q2 2024 | 112 | $262.6M |
| Q1 2024 | 111 | $268.6M |
| Q4 2023 | 118 | $295.9M |
| Q3 2023 | 109 | $205.3M |
| Q2 2023 | 96 | $162.3M |
| Q1 2023 | 99 | $181.5M |
| Q4 2022 | 97 | $232.9M |
| Q3 2022 | 82 | $167.1M |
| Q2 2022 | 82 | $159.0M |
| Q1 2022 | 87 | $172.6M |
| Q4 2021 | 84 | $202.0M |
| Q3 2021 | 70 | $153.3M |
| Q2 2021 | 61 | $149.3M |
| Q1 2021 | 59 | $150.1M |
Institutions, Q2 2022
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Business First Bancshares, Inc.; share changes are against Q1 2022.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credit Suisse AG | 20 | $0 | 0.00% | +20 | New |
| Ahrens Investment Partners LLC | 218 | $5.00K | 0.00% | +218 | New |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 268 | $6.00K | 0.00% | −11,283−97.7% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 275 | $6.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 262 | $6.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| US Bancorp | 590 | $13.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 1,028 | $22.0K | 0.00% | −1,892−64.8% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 1,093 | $23.0K | 0.00% | −2,526−69.8% | Reduced |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co | 1,119 | $23.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC | 1,374 | $29.0K | 0.00% | +63+4.8% | Added |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 1,500 | $32.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Citigroup Inc | 1,521 | $32.0K | 0.00% | +559+58.1% | Added |
| Dorsey Wright & Associates | 1,604 | $34.0K | 0.01% | −99−5.8% | Reduced |
| Denali Advisors LLC | 1,600 | $34.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 1,656 | $35.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 1,690 | $36.0K | 0.00% | +766+82.9% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 1,788 | $38.0K | 0.00% | +301+20.2% | Added |
| Amalgamated Bank | 2,690 | $57.0K | 0.00% | +386+16.8% | Added |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 2,922 | $62.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 5,229 | $111.4K | 0.00% | +2,065+65.3% | Added |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 6,664 | $142.0K | 0.00% | +1,666+33.3% | Added |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 8,158 | $174.0K | 0.00% | +8,158 | New |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 9,053 | $193.0K | 0.00% | +810+9.8% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 9,473 | $202.0K | 0.00% | −2,080−18.0% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 9,570 | $204.0K | 0.00% | −821−7.9% | Reduced |
| American International Group, Inc. | 9,909 | $211.0K | 0.00% | +408+4.3% | Added |
| Asset Planning Services Inc | 10,000 | $213.0K | 0.14% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 10,231 | $218.0K | 0.00% | +10,231 | New |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 10,622 | $226.0K | 0.00% | +233+2.2% | Added |
| Intrua Financial, LLC | 10,615 | $226.0K | 0.05% | +10,615 | New |
| MetLife Investment Management | 10,614 | $226.2K | 0.00% | +885+9.1% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 10,920 | $233.0K | 0.00% | +10,920 | New |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 11,678 | $249.0K | 0.00% | −2,657−18.5% | Reduced |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc | 12,408 | $264.0K | 0.00% | −4,180−25.2% | Reduced |
| Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC | 12,423 | $265.0K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Morgan Stanley | 12,567 | $268.0K | 0.00% | +7,395+143.0% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 13,128 | $280.0K | 0.00% | −45−0.3% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 14,386 | $307.0K | 0.00% | −2,045−12.4% | Reduced |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 14,890 | $317.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank of America Corp | 15,208 | $325.0K | 0.00% | +5,113+50.6% | Added |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 15,295 | $326.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mesirow Financial Investment Management, Inc. | 15,963 | $340.0K | 1.64% | −37−0.2% | Reduced |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 16,000 | $341.0K | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 16,231 | $345.0K | 0.00% | −12,447−43.4% | Reduced |
| ELCO Management Co., LLC | 16,285 | $347.0K | 0.28% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 17,450 | $372.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 17,942 | $382.0K | 0.00% | −16,512−47.9% | Reduced |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 19,700 | $420.0K | 0.00% | +8,100+69.8% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 19,742 | $421.0K | 0.00% | −15,444−43.9% | Reduced |
| Almanack Investment Partners, LLC. | 24,841 | $529.0K | 0.05% | +1,000+4.2% | Added |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 28,210 | $601.0K | 0.50% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 28,700 | $612.0K | 0.00% | −5,100−15.1% | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 29,800 | $635.0K | 0.00% | −4,800−13.9% | Reduced |
| Financial Management Professionals, Inc. | 30,000 | $639.0K | 0.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 30,051 | $640.0K | 0.00% | +7,971+36.1% | Added |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 37,102 | $791.0K | 0.83% | +202+0.5% | Added |
| Martingale Asset Management L P | 38,342 | $818.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Invesco Ltd. | 46,211 | $985.0K | 0.00% | +6,592+16.6% | Added |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 48,337 | $1.05M | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 53,868 | $1.15M | 0.00% | +3,620+7.2% | Added |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 54,600 | $1.16M | 0.00% | +320+0.6% | Added |
| LSV Asset Management | 67,170 | $1.43M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 73,762 | $1.57M | 0.00% | +15,930+27.5% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 74,482 | $1.59M | 0.00% | +29,395+65.2% | Added |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 100,000 | $2.13M | 0.05% | +5,000+5.3% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 107,693 | $2.29M | 0.00% | −3,339−3.0% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 109,452 | $2.33M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ratio Wealth Group | 141,384 | $3.01M | 0.98% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 170,128 | $3.63M | 2.24% | +160,428+1,653.9% | Added |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 175,000 | $3.73M | 0.13% | +175,000 | New |
| Northern Trust Corp | 184,506 | $3.93M | 0.00% | +14,482+8.5% | Added |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 185,000 | $3.94M | 0.11% | +185,000 | New |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 222,089 | $4.73M | 0.00% | +48,706+28.1% | Added |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 228,003 | $4.86M | 0.44% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 264,815 | $5.64M | 0.00% | −7,223−2.7% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 361,581 | $7.71M | 0.00% | +30,185+9.1% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 368,636 | $7.86M | 0.00% | +9,728+2.7% | Added |
| EJF Capital LLC | 382,060 | $8.14M | 1.37% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 450,011 | $9.59M | 0.07% | −4,235−0.9% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 656,435 | $14.0M | 0.01% | −5,616−0.8% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 1,019,620 | $21.7M | 0.00% | +121,330+13.5% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 1,262,552 | $26.9M | 0.00% | +38,647+3.2% | Added |
| Jacobs Asset Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −102,102−100.0% | Sold out |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −17,353−100.0% | Sold out |
| tru Independence LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Stephens Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,103−100.0% | Sold out |
| Zebra Capital Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,544−100.0% | Sold out |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,523−100.0% | Sold out |
| Summit Financial Wealth Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,334−100.0% | Sold out |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,600−100.0% | Sold out |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −200−100.0% | Sold out |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mendon Capital Advisors Corp | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| John W. Rosenthal Capital Management, Inc. | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Amalgamated Financial Corp. | – | – | – | – | Not filed |