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, Q1 2023
Institutional positions in Business First Bancshares, Inc. as of Mar 31, 2023. 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
- 99
- +3 vs. Q4 2022
- Shares held
- 10.6M
- +252.8K (+2.4%) vs. Q4 2022
- Total value
- $181.5M
- −$48.3M (−21.0%) vs. Q4 2022
- New holders
- 18
- 41 more added
- Sold out
- 15
- 23 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q4 2022 haven't filed for Q1 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Business First Bancshares, Inc.; share changes are against Q4 2022.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Advisors, Ltd. LLC | 16 | $0 | 0.00% | +16 | New |
| IFP Advisors, Inc | 29 | $694 | 0.00% | +29 | New |
| Covestor Ltd | 84 | $1.00K | 0.00% | +39+86.7% | Added |
| Allworth Financial LP | 78 | $1.34K | 0.00% | +78 | New |
| US Bancorp | 113 | $1.94K | 0.00% | +113 | New |
| Lindbrook Capital, LLC | 170 | $2.91K | 0.00% | +162+2,025.0% | Added |
| Signaturefd, LLC | 618 | $10.6K | 0.00% | +373+152.2% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 622 | $10.7K | 0.00% | −131−17.4% | Reduced |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 754 | $13.0K | 0.00% | +221+41.5% | Added |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 838 | $14.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Dorsey Wright & Associates | 878 | $15.0K | 0.00% | −99−10.1% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 951 | $16.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co | 1,309 | $22.4K | 0.00% | −308−19.0% | Reduced |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 1,325 | $23.0K | 0.00% | −175−11.7% | Reduced |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 1,383 | $23.7K | 0.00% | −12,169−89.8% | Reduced |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 1,656 | $28.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | 2,008 | $34.4K | 0.00% | +2,008 | New |
| Amalgamated Bank | 2,489 | $43.0K | 0.00% | −467−15.8% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 2,644 | $45.3K | 0.00% | +1,279+93.7% | Added |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 2,922 | $50.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 4,067 | $69.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 4,186 | $71.7K | 0.00% | +4,186 | New |
| Quadrant Capital Group LLC | 4,717 | $80.8K | 0.01% | +3,982+541.8% | Added |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 4,998 | $85.6K | 0.00% | −1,666−25.0% | Reduced |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | 5,404 | $92.6K | 0.01% | +5,404 | New |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 8,892 | $152.0K | 0.00% | +897+11.2% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 9,104 | $156.0K | 0.00% | +591+6.9% | Added |
| North Star Investment Management Corp. | 9,428 | $161.5K | 0.01% | −1,664−15.0% | Reduced |
| Asset Planning Services Inc | 10,000 | $171.0K | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 10,341 | $177.0K | 0.00% | −2,500−19.5% | Reduced |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. | 10,560 | $180.9K | 0.00% | +10,560 | New |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 10,658 | $182.6K | 0.00% | +10,658 | New |
| International Assets Investment Management, LLC | 11,000 | $188.4K | 0.03% | −1,000−8.3% | Reduced |
| American International Group, Inc. | 11,369 | $194.8K | 0.00% | +227+2.0% | Added |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 11,423 | $195.7K | 0.00% | +11,423 | New |
| MetLife Investment Management | 11,920 | $204.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 12,073 | $207.0K | 0.00% | +12,073 | New |
| Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC | 12,423 | $212.8K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 12,543 | $214.9K | 0.00% | −7,946−38.8% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 13,049 | $223.5K | 0.00% | +7,698+143.9% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 14,255 | $244.2K | 0.00% | +5,415+61.3% | Added |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 14,627 | $250.0K | 0.01% | +14,627 | New |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 14,837 | $254.2K | 0.00% | +4,549+44.2% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 15,126 | $258.8K | 0.00% | +15,126 | New |
| Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 15,295 | $262.0K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 15,508 | $265.7K | 0.00% | −2,370−13.3% | Reduced |
| Credit Suisse AG | 19,071 | $326.7K | 0.00% | −1,568−7.6% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 22,100 | $379.0K | 0.00% | +11,200+102.8% | Added |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 23,150 | $396.6K | 0.01% | +5,695+32.6% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 23,371 | $400.3K | 0.00% | −7,389−24.0% | Reduced |
| Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc | 25,693 | $440.1K | 0.08% | +2,347+10.1% | Added |
| BHZ Capital Management, LP | 25,987 | $445.2K | 0.27% | +25,987 | New |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 26,000 | $445.4K | 0.09% | +10,000+62.5% | Added |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | 26,631 | $456.2K | 0.14% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| New York Life Investment Management LLC | 27,498 | $471.0K | 0.01% | +27,498 | New |
| ELCO Management Co., LLC | 27,894 | $477.8K | 0.35% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 28,168 | $482.5K | 0.00% | −13,259−32.0% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 29,710 | $508.9K | 0.00% | −430−1.4% | Reduced |
| Financial Management Professionals, Inc. | 30,000 | $514.0K | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank of America Corp | 31,054 | $532.0K | 0.00% | +13,872+80.7% | Added |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 31,285 | $535.9K | 0.42% | +3,075+10.9% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 32,247 | $552.4K | 0.00% | +9,991+44.9% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 35,928 | $615.4K | 0.00% | −2,104−5.5% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 36,980 | $633.0K | 0.00% | +2,368+6.8% | Added |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 37,229 | $637.7K | 0.00% | +37,229 | New |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 37,701 | $645.8K | 0.60% | +216+0.6% | Added |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 39,104 | $669.9K | 0.00% | +6,532+20.1% | Added |
| LSV Asset Management | 47,170 | $808.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 47,837 | $819.4K | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Swiss National Bank | 51,408 | $880.6K | 0.00% | −6,200−10.8% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 55,800 | $955.9K | 0.00% | +170+0.3% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 62,963 | $1.08M | 0.00% | +712+1.1% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 66,091 | $1.12M | 0.00% | +66,091 | New |
| Morgan Stanley | 74,631 | $1.28M | 0.00% | +51,496+222.6% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 79,121 | $1.36M | 0.00% | +13,709+21.0% | Added |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 90,800 | $1.56M | 0.00% | +35,800+65.1% | Added |
| John W. Rosenthal Capital Management, Inc. | 93,000 | $1.59M | 1.79% | +50,400+118.3% | Added |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 98,195 | $1.68M | 0.04% | −1,805−1.8% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 120,000 | $2.06M | 0.02% | +120,000 | New |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 132,026 | $2.26M | 0.00% | −2,213−1.6% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 139,472 | $2.35M | 0.00% | +40,750+41.3% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 145,435 | $2.49M | 0.00% | +48,508+50.0% | Added |
| Millennium Management LLC | 153,369 | $2.63M | 0.00% | +55,524+56.7% | Added |
| Bokf, NA | 162,626 | $2.79M | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 169,655 | $2.91M | 1.77% | +4,102+2.5% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 188,953 | $3.24M | 0.01% | +14,459+8.3% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 204,953 | $3.51M | 0.00% | −5,584−2.7% | Reduced |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 241,451 | $4.14M | 0.12% | −15,110−5.9% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 243,700 | $4.17M | 0.00% | +28,600+13.3% | Added |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 306,110 | $5.24M | 0.35% | +52,470+20.7% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 366,814 | $6.28M | 0.00% | +100,277+37.6% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 437,827 | $7.50M | 0.00% | +112,699+34.7% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 456,983 | $7.83M | 0.00% | +41,011+9.9% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 459,474 | $7.87M | 0.00% | +18,208+4.1% | Added |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 478,003 | $8.19M | 0.87% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 500,000 | $8.56M | 0.30% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 679,499 | $11.6M | 0.01% | −13,113−1.9% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 1,255,493 | $21.5M | 0.00% | +20,220+1.6% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 2,071,235 | $35.5M | 0.00% | +569,408+37.9% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −788,131−100.0% | Sold out |