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 2023
Institutional positions in Business First Bancshares, Inc. as of Jun 30, 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
- 96
- −3 vs. Q1 2023
- Shares held
- 10.8M
- +167.2K (+1.6%) vs. Q1 2023
- Total value
- $162.3M
- −$19.2M (−10.6%) vs. Q1 2023
- New holders
- 12
- 32 more added
- Sold out
- 15
- 33 more reduced
Compare with Q1 2023: 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 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Business First Bancshares, Inc.; share changes are against Q1 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 10 | $151 | 0.00% | −1,315−99.2% | Reduced |
| Signaturefd, LLC | 17 | $256 | 0.00% | −601−97.2% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 39 | $588 | 0.00% | +39 | New |
| IFP Advisors, Inc | 29 | $694 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Gradient Investments LLC | 79 | $1.19K | 0.00% | +79 | New |
| Covestor Ltd | 102 | $2.00K | 0.00% | +18+21.4% | Added |
| EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC | 146 | $2.20K | 0.00% | +146 | New |
| Capital Advisors, Ltd. LLC | 179 | $3.00K | 0.00% | +163+1,018.8% | Added |
| CWM, LLC | 169 | $3.00K | 0.00% | +169 | New |
| Quadrant Capital Group LLC | 625 | $9.42K | 0.00% | −4,092−86.8% | Reduced |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 669 | $10.1K | 0.00% | −85−11.3% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 951 | $14.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co | 1,309 | $19.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 1,383 | $20.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 1,656 | $25.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC | 1,814 | $27.3K | 0.00% | −830−31.4% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 2,300 | $34.7K | 0.00% | +2,300 | New |
| Amalgamated Bank | 2,398 | $36.0K | 0.00% | −91−3.7% | Reduced |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 2,922 | $44.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 3,332 | $50.2K | 0.00% | −1,666−33.3% | Reduced |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 4,067 | $61.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 6,338 | $95.5K | 0.00% | −6,711−51.4% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 7,812 | $117.7K | 0.00% | +7,190+1,155.9% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 9,144 | $137.8K | 0.00% | +4,958+118.4% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 9,188 | $138.5K | 0.00% | −6,320−40.8% | Reduced |
| International Assets Investment Management, LLC | 10,000 | $150.7K | 0.02% | −1,000−9.1% | Reduced |
| Asset Planning Services Inc | 10,000 | $151.0K | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 10,110 | $152.4K | 0.00% | −2,433−19.4% | Reduced |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. | 10,560 | $159.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Strategic Financial Concepts, LLC | 10,726 | $161.6K | 0.06% | +10,726 | New |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 11,054 | $166.6K | 0.00% | −3,783−25.5% | Reduced |
| American International Group, Inc. | 11,555 | $174.1K | 0.00% | +186+1.6% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 11,772 | $177.4K | 0.00% | +11,772 | New |
| Exencial Wealth Advisors, LLC | 11,802 | $177.9K | 0.01% | +11,802 | New |
| Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC | 12,423 | $187.2K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| MetLife Investment Management | 12,639 | $190.5K | 0.00% | +719+6.0% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 14,035 | $211.5K | 0.00% | +4,931+54.2% | Added |
| Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 15,295 | $230.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| UBS Group AG | 16,620 | $250.5K | 0.00% | +2,365+16.6% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 17,965 | $270.7K | 0.00% | −13,089−42.1% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 18,433 | $278.0K | 0.00% | +8,092+78.3% | Added |
| Credit Suisse AG | 19,198 | $289.3K | 0.00% | +127+0.7% | Added |
| ELCO Management Co., LLC | 19,937 | $300.5K | 0.22% | −7,957−28.5% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 23,155 | $348.9K | 0.00% | −9,092−28.2% | Reduced |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 24,000 | $361.7K | 0.06% | −2,000−7.7% | Reduced |
| New York Life Investment Management LLC | 24,059 | $362.6K | 0.00% | −3,439−12.5% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 25,300 | $381.0K | 0.00% | +3,200+14.5% | Added |
| Millennium Management LLC | 25,354 | $382.1K | 0.00% | −128,015−83.5% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 25,371 | $382.3K | 0.00% | +2,000+8.6% | Added |
| Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc | 25,693 | $387.2K | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 28,969 | $436.6K | 0.00% | −741−2.5% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 29,270 | $440.9K | 0.00% | +14,144+93.5% | Added |
| Financial Management Professionals, Inc. | 30,000 | $452.0K | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | 26,631 | $456.2K | 0.15% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BHZ Capital Management, LP | 30,366 | $457.6K | 0.39% | +4,379+16.9% | Added |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 31,193 | $470.0K | 0.00% | +19,120+158.4% | Added |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 31,285 | $471.5K | 0.33% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 34,373 | $518.0K | 0.02% | +34,373 | New |
| EA Series Trust | 34,373 | $518.0K | 0.02% | +34,373 | New |
| Invesco Ltd. | 35,540 | $535.6K | 0.00% | −388−1.1% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 37,061 | $558.5K | 0.00% | +81+0.2% | Added |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 38,009 | $572.8K | 0.47% | +308+0.8% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 38,280 | $576.9K | 0.13% | +38,280 | New |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 40,284 | $617.2K | 0.00% | −25,807−39.0% | Reduced |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 42,686 | $643.3K | 0.00% | +3,582+9.2% | Added |
| LSV Asset Management | 47,170 | $711.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 47,837 | $720.9K | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Swiss National Bank | 51,408 | $774.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 51,843 | $781.3K | 0.00% | −3,957−7.1% | Reduced |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 59,170 | $891.7K | 0.02% | +36,020+155.6% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 60,364 | $909.7K | 0.00% | −14,267−19.1% | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 63,400 | $955.4K | 0.00% | −27,400−30.2% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 64,355 | $969.8K | 0.00% | +1,392+2.2% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 72,931 | $1.10M | 0.00% | −6,190−7.8% | Reduced |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 99,373 | $1.50M | 0.04% | +1,178+1.2% | Added |
| Bokf, NA | 126,739 | $1.91M | 0.04% | −35,887−22.1% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 129,163 | $1.95M | 0.00% | −2,863−2.2% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 140,703 | $2.12M | 0.00% | −4,732−3.3% | Reduced |
| Ratio Wealth Group | 140,846 | $2.12M | 0.52% | +140,846 | New |
| American Century Companies Inc | 158,393 | $2.39M | 0.00% | +18,921+13.6% | Added |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 171,655 | $2.59M | 1.46% | +2,000+1.2% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 190,046 | $2.86M | 0.01% | +1,093+0.6% | Added |
| Royce & Associates LP | 193,622 | $2.92M | 0.03% | +73,622+61.4% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 222,829 | $3.36M | 0.00% | +17,876+8.7% | Added |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 236,672 | $3.57M | 0.08% | −4,779−2.0% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 249,730 | $3.76M | 0.00% | +6,030+2.5% | Added |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 335,023 | $5.05M | 0.30% | +28,913+9.4% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 349,797 | $5.27M | 0.00% | −17,017−4.6% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 437,575 | $6.59M | 0.00% | −252−0.1% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 470,613 | $7.09M | 0.00% | +13,630+3.0% | Added |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 478,003 | $7.20M | 0.85% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 480,716 | $7.24M | 0.00% | +21,242+4.6% | Added |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 490,000 | $7.38M | 0.24% | −10,000−2.0% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 678,881 | $10.2M | 0.01% | −618−0.1% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 1,260,314 | $19.0M | 0.00% | +4,821+0.4% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 2,221,560 | $33.5M | 0.00% | +150,325+7.3% | Added |
| John W. Rosenthal Capital Management, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −93,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −37,229−100.0% | Sold out |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −28,168−100.0% | Sold out |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −14,627−100.0% | Sold out |