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 2023
Institutional positions in Business First Bancshares, Inc. as of Dec 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
- 118
- +9 vs. Q3 2023
- Shares held
- 12.0M
- +1.06M (+9.7%) vs. Q3 2023
- Total value
- $295.9M
- +$90.6M (+44.1%) vs. Q3 2023
- New holders
- 17
- 35 more added
- Sold out
- 8
- 31 more reduced
Compare with Q3 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, Q4 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Business First Bancshares, Inc.; share changes are against Q3 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. | 2,126,674 | $52.4M | 0.00% | +111,741+5.5% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 1,302,405 | $32.1M | 0.00% | +25,997+2.0% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 560,978 | $13.8M | 0.00% | +78,475+16.3% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 533,991 | $13.2M | 0.00% | +23,308+4.6% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 503,221 | $12.4M | 0.00% | +22,834+4.8% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 494,253 | $12.2M | 0.01% | +3,358+0.7% | Added |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 478,003 | $11.8M | 1.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mendon Capital Advisors Corp | 444,937 | $11.0M | 5.16% | +444,937 | New |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 400,000 | $9.86M | 0.30% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 363,851 | $8.97M | 0.20% | +67,882+22.9% | Added |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 333,918 | $8.23M | 0.50% | +17,095+5.4% | Added |
| Stieven Capital Advisors, L.P. | 284,469 | $7.01M | 1.51% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| American Century Companies Inc | 272,364 | $6.71M | 0.00% | +83,382+44.1% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 263,946 | $6.51M | 0.00% | +68,285+34.9% | Added |
| Royce & Associates LP | 263,259 | $6.49M | 0.06% | +26,565+11.2% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 230,580 | $5.68M | 0.00% | −19,850−7.9% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 227,097 | $5.60M | 0.00% | +8,499+3.9% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 189,643 | $4.67M | 0.01% | +9,489+5.3% | Added |
| Ratio Wealth Group | 139,877 | $3.45M | 0.75% | −969−0.7% | Reduced |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 126,311 | $3.11M | 0.07% | +23,936+23.4% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 117,321 | $2.89M | 0.00% | −7,926−6.3% | Reduced |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 116,161 | $2.86M | 1.64% | −55,494−32.3% | Reduced |
| Putnam Investments LLC | 115,132 | $2.84M | 0.00% | +13,705+13.5% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 110,219 | $2.72M | 0.00% | −17,209−13.5% | Reduced |
| Bokf, NA | 93,245 | $2.30M | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Morgan Stanley | 92,068 | $2.27M | 0.00% | +34,378+59.6% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 77,885 | $1.92M | 0.00% | +5,983+8.3% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 65,661 | $1.62M | 0.00% | −45−0.1% | Reduced |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 61,311 | $1.51M | 0.04% | +23,936+64.0% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 59,895 | $1.48M | 0.30% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 59,743 | $1.47M | 0.00% | −45,967−43.5% | Reduced |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 53,248 | $1.31M | 0.01% | +53,248 | New |
| Bank of America Corp | 51,822 | $1.28M | 0.00% | +29,895+136.3% | Added |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 50,570 | $1.25M | 0.02% | −12,050−19.2% | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 49,100 | $1.21M | 0.00% | −11,000−18.3% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 47,837 | $1.18M | 0.00% | +28,375+145.8% | Added |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 47,837 | $1.18M | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Swiss National Bank | 47,508 | $1.17M | 0.00% | −5,500−10.4% | Reduced |
| LSV Asset Management | 47,170 | $1.16M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 45,588 | $1.12M | 0.00% | +2,820+6.6% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 44,048 | $1.09M | 0.00% | +8,239+23.0% | Added |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 42,282 | $1.04M | 0.58% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wakefield Asset Management LLLP | 42,014 | $1.04M | 0.38% | +3,984+10.5% | Added |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC | 40,603 | $1.00M | 0.06% | +1,003+2.5% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 38,907 | $959.1K | 0.00% | +24,117+163.1% | Added |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 38,496 | $948.9K | 0.72% | +262+0.7% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 37,092 | $914.3K | 0.00% | −167−0.4% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 35,000 | $862.8K | 0.00% | −8,000−18.6% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 31,491 | $776.7K | 0.00% | +1,743+5.9% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 31,045 | $768.7K | 0.00% | −6,206−16.7% | Reduced |
| Financial Management Professionals, Inc. | 30,000 | $740.0K | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 28,882 | $711.9K | 0.00% | −6,742−18.9% | Reduced |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | 27,631 | $681.0K | 0.14% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 25,390 | $625.9K | 0.00% | −1,196−4.5% | Reduced |
| BHZ Capital Management, LP | 25,084 | $618.3K | 0.58% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| LPL Financial LLC | 24,202 | $596.6K | 0.00% | −7,900−24.6% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 23,146 | $572.0K | 0.00% | +3,247+16.3% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 22,948 | $565.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc | 20,309 | $500.6K | 0.08% | +20,309 | New |
| New York Life Investment Management LLC | 20,160 | $496.9K | 0.01% | −592−2.9% | Reduced |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 20,000 | $493.0K | 0.08% | −4,300−17.7% | Reduced |
| ELCO Management Co., LLC | 19,937 | $491.4K | 0.32% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Credit Suisse AG | 19,082 | $470.4K | 0.00% | −2,186−10.3% | Reduced |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 17,783 | $438.4K | 0.01% | −11,662−39.6% | Reduced |
| Denali Advisors LLC | 17,600 | $433.8K | 0.13% | +8,500+93.4% | Added |
| Criterion Capital Advisors, LLC | 17,176 | $423.4K | 0.31% | +17,176 | New |
| Truist Financial Corp | 16,313 | $402.1K | 0.00% | −527−3.1% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 15,700 | $387.0K | 0.00% | −3,800−19.5% | Reduced |
| Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 15,302 | $377.2K | 0.01% | +70.0% | Added |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 13,735 | $339.0K | 0.00% | +2,946+27.3% | Added |
| Teacher Retirement System of Texas | 13,218 | $326.0K | 0.00% | +13,218 | New |
| MetLife Investment Management | 12,639 | $311.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Argent Advisors, Inc. | 12,452 | $306.9K | 0.13% | +12,452 | New |
| Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC | 12,423 | $306.2K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| American International Group, Inc. | 11,933 | $294.1K | 0.00% | −48−0.4% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 11,561 | $285.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 11,393 | $280.8K | 0.00% | −379−3.2% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 11,054 | $272.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. | 10,771 | $265.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 10,686 | $263.4K | 0.00% | −12,827−54.6% | Reduced |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 10,076 | $248.4K | 0.00% | +10,076 | New |
| Asset Planning Services Inc | 10,000 | $247.0K | 0.15% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| International Assets Investment Management, LLC | 10,000 | $246.5K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 9,623 | $237.2K | 0.02% | +9,623 | New |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 9,208 | $227.0K | 0.00% | +8+0.1% | Added |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 9,127 | $225.0K | 0.00% | +9,127 | New |
| KG&L Capital Management,LLC | 8,831 | $217.7K | 0.09% | +8,831 | New |
| Panagora Asset Management Inc | 8,782 | $216.5K | 0.00% | +8,782 | New |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 8,277 | $204.0K | 0.00% | +8,277 | New |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 7,593 | $187.2K | 0.00% | +1,661+28.0% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 6,604 | $162.8K | 0.00% | −3,957−37.5% | Reduced |
| Globeflex Capital L P | 5,900 | $145.4K | 0.01% | +5,900 | New |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 5,739 | $141.5K | 0.00% | +844+17.2% | Added |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 4,067 | $100.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Citigroup Inc | 3,879 | $95.6K | 0.00% | +3,548+1,071.9% | Added |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 3,332 | $82.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 2,368 | $58.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Amalgamated Bank | 2,143 | $53.0K | 0.00% | −255−10.6% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 1,591 | $39.2K | 0.00% | −14−0.9% | Reduced |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 1,467 | $36.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |