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, Q3 2022
Institutional positions in Business First Bancshares, Inc. as of Sep 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
- +1 vs. Q2 2022
- Shares held
- 7.76M
- +304.2K (+4.1%) vs. Q2 2022
- Total value
- $167.1M
- +$8.17M (+5.1%) vs. Q2 2022
- New holders
- 9
- 25 more added
- Sold out
- 8
- 24 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q2 2022 haven't filed for Q3 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 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, Q3 2022
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Business First Bancshares, Inc.; share changes are against Q2 2022.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo & Company | 53 | $1.00K | 0.00% | −215−80.2% | Reduced |
| Covestor Ltd | 48 | $1.00K | 0.00% | +48 | New |
| Credit Suisse AG | 118 | $2.00K | 0.00% | +98+490.0% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 275 | $6.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Citigroup Inc | 321 | $7.00K | 0.00% | −1,200−78.9% | Reduced |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 1,028 | $22.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co | 1,119 | $24.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC | 1,374 | $30.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Allworth Financial LP | 1,510 | $33.0K | 0.00% | +1,510 | New |
| Denali Advisors LLC | 1,600 | $34.0K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 1,656 | $35.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 1,500 | $37.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 1,778 | $38.0K | 0.00% | +88+5.2% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 2,000 | $43.0K | 0.00% | +212+11.9% | Added |
| Amalgamated Bank | 2,690 | $58.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 2,922 | $63.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Dark Forest Capital Management LP | 5,427 | $117.0K | 0.02% | +5,427 | New |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 6,266 | $135.0K | 0.00% | −1,892−23.2% | Reduced |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 6,664 | $143.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 6,814 | $146.7K | 0.00% | +1,585+30.3% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 8,357 | $180.0K | 0.00% | −696−7.7% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 9,210 | $198.0K | 0.00% | −1,412−13.3% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 9,393 | $202.0K | 0.00% | −80−0.8% | Reduced |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 9,438 | $203.0K | 0.00% | −2,240−19.2% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 9,444 | $203.3K | 0.00% | +9,444 | New |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc | 9,665 | $208.0K | 0.00% | −2,743−22.1% | Reduced |
| Asset Planning Services Inc | 10,000 | $215.0K | 0.15% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Martingale Asset Management L P | 10,001 | $216.0K | 0.00% | −28,341−73.9% | Reduced |
| American International Group, Inc. | 10,051 | $216.0K | 0.00% | +142+1.4% | Added |
| MetLife Investment Management | 10,614 | $228.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Intrua Financial, LLC | 10,615 | $229.0K | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| International Assets Investment Management, LLC | 12,000 | $258.0K | 0.06% | +12,000 | New |
| Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC | 12,423 | $267.0K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 13,292 | $286.0K | 0.00% | −2,939−18.1% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 14,380 | $309.0K | 0.00% | −60.0% | Reduced |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 14,890 | $320.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank of America Corp | 15,225 | $328.0K | 0.00% | +17+0.1% | Added |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 16,000 | $344.0K | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mesirow Financial Investment Management, Inc. | 15,963 | $344.0K | 1.64% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| ELCO Management Co., LLC | 16,499 | $355.0K | 0.28% | +214+1.3% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 16,990 | $365.0K | 0.00% | +4,423+35.2% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 17,206 | $370.0K | 0.00% | −2,536−12.8% | Reduced |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 17,450 | $376.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 17,894 | $385.0K | 0.00% | +4,766+36.3% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 18,183 | $391.0K | 0.00% | −10,517−36.6% | Reduced |
| Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 18,629 | $401.0K | 0.02% | +18,629 | New |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 19,616 | $422.0K | 0.00% | +1,674+9.3% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 20,421 | $440.0K | 0.00% | −25,790−55.8% | Reduced |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 21,424 | $461.0K | 0.00% | +1,724+8.8% | Added |
| Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc | 23,346 | $503.0K | 0.09% | +23,346 | New |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 28,210 | $607.0K | 0.51% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Financial Management Professionals, Inc. | 30,000 | $646.0K | 0.15% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| LPL Financial LLC | 30,760 | $662.0K | 0.00% | −78,692−71.9% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 31,803 | $685.0K | 0.00% | +1,752+5.8% | Added |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 32,100 | $691.0K | 0.00% | +2,300+7.7% | Added |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 37,289 | $803.0K | 0.88% | +187+0.5% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 44,755 | $964.0K | 0.00% | +33,835+309.8% | Added |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 48,337 | $1.04M | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| LSV Asset Management | 53,970 | $1.16M | 0.00% | −13,200−19.7% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 56,034 | $1.21M | 0.00% | +2,166+4.0% | Added |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 56,300 | $1.21M | 0.00% | +1,700+3.1% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 71,779 | $1.54M | 0.00% | −1,983−2.7% | Reduced |
| John W. Rosenthal Capital Management, Inc. | 93,000 | $2.00M | 1.87% | +93,000 | New |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 97,339 | $2.10M | 0.00% | +22,857+30.7% | Added |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 100,000 | $2.15M | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 115,049 | $2.48M | 0.00% | +7,356+6.8% | Added |
| Ratio Wealth Group | 141,384 | $3.04M | 0.99% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 165,553 | $3.56M | 2.37% | −4,575−2.7% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 179,783 | $3.87M | 0.00% | −4,723−2.6% | Reduced |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 200,000 | $4.31M | 0.16% | +25,000+14.3% | Added |
| Bokf, NA | 205,916 | $4.43M | 0.09% | +205,916 | New |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 228,003 | $4.91M | 0.45% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 251,708 | $5.42M | 0.16% | +66,708+36.1% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 258,037 | $5.56M | 0.00% | −6,778−2.6% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 266,398 | $5.74M | 0.00% | +44,309+20.0% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 363,977 | $7.84M | 0.00% | +2,396+0.7% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 372,588 | $8.02M | 0.00% | +3,952+1.1% | Added |
| EJF Capital LLC | 379,031 | $8.16M | 1.60% | −3,029−0.8% | Reduced |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 420,105 | $9.04M | 0.07% | −29,906−6.6% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 635,888 | $13.7M | 0.01% | −20,547−3.1% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 1,037,940 | $22.3M | 0.00% | +18,320+1.8% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 1,255,777 | $27.0M | 0.00% | −6,775−0.5% | Reduced |
| Almanack Investment Partners, LLC. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −24,841−100.0% | Sold out |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,295−100.0% | Sold out |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,231−100.0% | Sold out |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,570−100.0% | Sold out |
| UBS Group AG | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,093−100.0% | Sold out |
| US Bancorp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −590−100.0% | Sold out |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −262−100.0% | Sold out |
| Ahrens Investment Partners LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −218−100.0% | Sold out |
| Dorsey Wright & Associates | – | – | – | – | Not filed |