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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −388,007−100.0% | Sold out |
| Stieven Capital Advisors, L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −81,842−100.0% | Sold out |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −46,135−100.0% | Sold out |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,444−100.0% | Sold out |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,234−100.0% | Sold out |
| Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,193−100.0% | Sold out |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,162−100.0% | Sold out |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,127−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,097−100.0% | Sold out |
| Denali Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,600−100.0% | Sold out |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,600−100.0% | Sold out |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −406−100.0% | Sold out |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −275−100.0% | Sold out |
| CWM, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −69−100.0% | Sold out |
| Ratio Wealth Group | – | – | – | – | Not filed |