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, Q4 2022
Institutional positions in Business First Bancshares, Inc. as of Dec 31, 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
- 97
- +15 vs. Q3 2022
- Shares held
- 10.5M
- +2.72M (+35.1%) vs. Q3 2022
- Total value
- $232.9M
- +$65.8M (+39.4%) vs. Q3 2022
- New holders
- 23
- 38 more added
- Sold out
- 8
- 18 more reduced
Compare with Q3 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, Q4 2022
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Business First Bancshares, Inc.; share changes are against Q3 2022.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindbrook Capital, LLC | 8 | $177 | 0.00% | +8 | New |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 13,552 | $300 | 0.00% | +13,552 | New |
| Covestor Ltd | 45 | $1.00K | 0.00% | −3−6.3% | Reduced |
| CWM, LLC | 69 | $2.00K | 0.00% | +69 | New |
| Signaturefd, LLC | 245 | $5.42K | 0.00% | +245 | New |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 275 | $6.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 406 | $8.99K | 0.00% | −12,886−96.9% | Reduced |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 533 | $12.0K | 0.00% | −1,245−70.0% | Reduced |
| Quadrant Capital Group LLC | 735 | $16.3K | 0.00% | +735 | New |
| Citigroup Inc | 753 | $16.7K | 0.00% | +432+134.6% | Added |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 838 | $19.0K | 0.00% | −190−18.5% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 951 | $21.0K | 0.00% | +951 | New |
| Dorsey Wright & Associates | 977 | $21.6K | 0.01% | +977 | New |
| FMR LLC | 1,365 | $30.2K | 0.00% | −9−0.7% | Reduced |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 1,500 | $33.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 1,600 | $35.0K | 0.00% | +1,600 | New |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 1,656 | $35.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Denali Advisors LLC | 1,600 | $35.4K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co | 1,617 | $35.8K | 0.00% | +498+44.5% | Added |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 2,922 | $64.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Amalgamated Bank | 2,956 | $65.0K | 0.00% | +266+9.9% | Added |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 4,067 | $90.0K | 0.00% | +4,067 | New |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 5,351 | $118.5K | 0.00% | −1,463−21.5% | Reduced |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 6,097 | $135.0K | 0.00% | +6,097 | New |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 6,664 | $147.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 7,995 | $177.0K | 0.00% | +1,729+27.6% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 8,513 | $188.5K | 0.00% | +6,513+325.7% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 8,840 | $195.7K | 0.00% | +8,840 | New |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 9,127 | $202.1K | 0.00% | +9,127 | New |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 9,162 | $203.0K | 0.00% | +9,162 | New |
| Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP | 9,193 | $203.5K | 0.02% | +9,193 | New |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc | 9,234 | $204.4K | 0.00% | −431−4.5% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 9,444 | $209.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Asset Planning Services Inc | 10,000 | $221.0K | 0.14% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 10,288 | $227.8K | 0.00% | +1,078+11.7% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 10,900 | $241.0K | 0.00% | −7,283−40.1% | Reduced |
| North Star Investment Management Corp. | 11,092 | $245.6K | 0.02% | +11,092 | New |
| American International Group, Inc. | 11,142 | $246.7K | 0.00% | +1,091+10.9% | Added |
| MetLife Investment Management | 11,920 | $263.9K | 0.00% | +1,306+12.3% | Added |
| International Assets Investment Management, LLC | 12,000 | $265.7K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC | 12,423 | $275.0K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 12,841 | $284.0K | 0.00% | +3,448+36.7% | Added |
| Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 15,295 | $338.6K | 0.01% | −3,334−17.9% | Reduced |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 16,000 | $354.2K | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank of America Corp | 17,182 | $380.4K | 0.00% | +1,957+12.9% | Added |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 17,455 | $386.5K | 0.01% | +50.0% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 17,878 | $395.8K | 0.00% | −16−0.1% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 20,489 | $453.6K | 0.00% | +20,489 | New |
| Credit Suisse AG | 20,639 | $456.9K | 0.00% | +20,521+17,390.7% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 22,256 | $492.7K | 0.00% | +7,876+54.8% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 23,135 | $512.2K | 0.00% | +6,145+36.2% | Added |
| Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc | 23,346 | $516.9K | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | 26,631 | $589.6K | 0.20% | +26,631 | New |
| ELCO Management Co., LLC | 27,894 | $617.6K | 0.46% | +11,395+69.1% | Added |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 28,210 | $624.6K | 0.46% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Financial Management Professionals, Inc. | 30,000 | $664.0K | 0.14% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 30,140 | $667.3K | 0.00% | +21,783+260.7% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 30,760 | $681.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 32,572 | $721.1K | 0.00% | +11,148+52.0% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 34,612 | $766.0K | 0.00% | +2,809+8.8% | Added |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 37,485 | $829.9K | 0.82% | +196+0.5% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 38,032 | $842.0K | 0.00% | +17,611+86.2% | Added |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 41,427 | $917.2K | 0.00% | +21,811+111.2% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 46,135 | $1.02M | 0.00% | +28,929+168.1% | Added |
| LSV Asset Management | 47,170 | $1.04M | 0.00% | −6,800−12.6% | Reduced |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 47,837 | $1.06M | 0.06% | −500−1.0% | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 55,000 | $1.22M | 0.00% | +22,900+71.3% | Added |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 55,630 | $1.23M | 0.00% | −670−1.2% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 57,608 | $1.28M | 0.00% | +57,608 | New |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 62,251 | $1.38M | 0.00% | +6,217+11.1% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 65,412 | $1.45M | 0.00% | −6,367−8.9% | Reduced |
| Stieven Capital Advisors, L.P. | 81,842 | $1.81M | 0.33% | +81,842 | New |
| John W. Rosenthal Capital Management, Inc. | 42,600 | $2.06M | 1.85% | −50,400−54.2% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 96,927 | $2.15M | 0.00% | −412−0.4% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 97,845 | $2.17M | 0.00% | +97,845 | New |
| American Century Companies Inc | 98,722 | $2.19M | 0.00% | +53,967+120.6% | Added |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 100,000 | $2.21M | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 134,239 | $2.97M | 0.00% | +19,190+16.7% | Added |
| Ratio Wealth Group | 141,384 | $3.13M | 0.89% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bokf, NA | 162,626 | $3.60M | 0.07% | −43,290−21.0% | Reduced |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 165,553 | $3.67M | 2.26% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 174,494 | $3.86M | 0.01% | +159,604+1,071.9% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 210,537 | $4.66M | 0.00% | +30,754+17.1% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 215,100 | $4.76M | 0.00% | +215,100 | New |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 253,640 | $5.62M | 0.42% | +253,640 | New |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 256,561 | $5.68M | 0.16% | +4,853+1.9% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 266,537 | $5.90M | 0.00% | +8,500+3.3% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 325,128 | $7.20M | 0.00% | +58,730+22.0% | Added |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 388,007 | $8.59M | 0.07% | −32,098−7.6% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 415,972 | $9.21M | 0.00% | +43,384+11.6% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 441,266 | $9.77M | 0.00% | +77,289+21.2% | Added |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 478,003 | $10.6M | 0.93% | +250,000+109.6% | Added |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 500,000 | $11.1M | 0.39% | +300,000+150.0% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 692,612 | $15.3M | 0.01% | +56,724+8.9% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 788,131 | $17.4M | 0.00% | +788,131 | New |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 1,235,273 | $27.3M | 0.00% | +197,333+19.0% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 1,501,827 | $33.3M | 0.00% | +246,050+19.6% | Added |
| EJF Capital LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −379,031−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mesirow Financial Investment Management, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,963−100.0% | Sold out |
| Intrua Financial, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,615−100.0% | Sold out |