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 2024
Institutional positions in Business First Bancshares, Inc. as of Mar 31, 2024. 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
- 111
- −6 vs. Q4 2023
- Shares held
- 11.6M
- −248.8K (−2.1%) vs. Q4 2023
- Total value
- $268.6M
- −$24.5M (−8.4%) vs. Q4 2023
- New holders
- 3
- 33 more added
- Sold out
- 9
- 42 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q4 2023 haven't filed for Q1 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Business First Bancshares, Inc.; share changes are against Q4 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. | 2,059,908 | $45.9M | 0.00% | −66,766−3.1% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 1,261,469 | $28.1M | 0.00% | −40,936−3.1% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 618,575 | $13.8M | 0.00% | +57,597+10.3% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 554,771 | $12.4M | 0.00% | +20,780+3.9% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 498,880 | $11.1M | 0.00% | −4,341−0.9% | Reduced |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 478,003 | $10.7M | 1.20% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 477,660 | $10.6M | 0.01% | −16,593−3.4% | Reduced |
| Mendon Capital Advisors Corp | 25,000 | $9.91M | 5.74% | −419,937−94.4% | Reduced |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 400,000 | $8.91M | 0.20% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 384,647 | $8.57M | 0.00% | +120,701+45.7% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 350,363 | $7.81M | 0.00% | +77,999+28.6% | Added |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 346,498 | $7.72M | 0.50% | +12,580+3.8% | Added |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 332,530 | $7.41M | 0.15% | −31,321−8.6% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 310,440 | $6.92M | 0.06% | +47,181+17.9% | Added |
| Stieven Capital Advisors, L.P. | 273,524 | $6.09M | 1.27% | −10,945−3.8% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 217,073 | $4.84M | 0.00% | −10,024−4.4% | Reduced |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 201,149 | $4.48M | 0.01% | +11,506+6.1% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 194,158 | $4.33M | 0.00% | −36,422−15.8% | Reduced |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 139,011 | $3.10M | 0.06% | +12,700+10.1% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 136,797 | $3.05M | 0.00% | +125,236+1,083.3% | Added |
| Ratio Wealth Group | 134,251 | $2.99M | 0.56% | −5,626−4.0% | Reduced |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 116,161 | $2.59M | 1.37% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 113,166 | $2.52M | 0.00% | −4,155−3.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 102,589 | $2.29M | 0.00% | −7,630−6.9% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 81,785 | $1.82M | 0.00% | −10,283−11.2% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 79,221 | $1.77M | 0.00% | +1,336+1.7% | Added |
| Bokf, NA | 79,173 | $1.72M | 0.03% | −14,072−15.1% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 71,217 | $1.59M | 0.00% | +27,169+61.7% | Added |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 66,211 | $1.48M | 0.03% | +4,900+8.0% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 62,984 | $1.40M | 0.00% | −2,677−4.1% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 59,743 | $1.33M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 54,952 | $1.22M | 0.27% | −4,943−8.3% | Reduced |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 52,889 | $1.18M | 0.01% | −359−0.7% | Reduced |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 49,621 | $1.10M | 0.00% | +4,033+8.8% | Added |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 47,837 | $1.07M | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Swiss National Bank | 47,508 | $1.06M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| LSV Asset Management | 47,170 | $1.05M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 43,700 | $973.6K | 0.00% | −5,400−11.0% | Reduced |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 42,282 | $942.0K | 0.50% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wakefield Asset Management LLLP | 41,639 | $927.7K | 0.32% | −375−0.9% | Reduced |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 41,420 | $922.8K | 0.02% | −9,150−18.1% | Reduced |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC | 40,679 | $906.3K | 0.09% | +76+0.2% | Added |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 38,738 | $863.1K | 0.58% | +242+0.6% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 38,061 | $848.0K | 0.00% | +969+2.6% | Added |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 37,039 | $825.2K | 0.01% | +37,039 | New |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 33,500 | $746.4K | 0.00% | −1,500−4.3% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 32,998 | $735.2K | 0.00% | +1,953+6.3% | Added |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 31,943 | $711.7K | 0.00% | +3,061+10.6% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 30,914 | $688.8K | 0.00% | −16,923−35.4% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 30,060 | $670.4K | 0.00% | −1,431−4.5% | Reduced |
| Financial Management Professionals, Inc. | 30,000 | $668.0K | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| UBS Group AG | 29,179 | $650.1K | 0.00% | −9,728−25.0% | Reduced |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | 27,631 | $616.0K | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 24,053 | $535.9K | 0.00% | −1,337−5.3% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 22,948 | $511.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 22,346 | $499.0K | 0.00% | +21,395+2,249.7% | Added |
| Credit Suisse AG | 21,347 | $475.6K | 0.00% | +2,265+11.9% | Added |
| Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc | 21,262 | $473.7K | 0.07% | +953+4.7% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 21,185 | $472.0K | 0.00% | +10,499+98.3% | Added |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 20,000 | $445.6K | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| ELCO Management Co., LLC | 19,722 | $439.4K | 0.27% | −215−1.1% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 18,950 | $422.2K | 0.00% | −32,872−63.4% | Reduced |
| Denali Advisors LLC | 17,600 | $392.1K | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| LPL Financial LLC | 17,471 | $389.3K | 0.00% | −6,731−27.8% | Reduced |
| New York Life Investment Management LLC | 16,686 | $371.8K | 0.00% | −3,474−17.2% | Reduced |
| Truist Financial Corp | 16,313 | $363.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 15,817 | $353.0K | 0.00% | −7,329−31.7% | Reduced |
| Teacher Retirement System of Texas | 15,796 | $352.0K | 0.00% | +2,578+19.5% | Added |
| Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 14,800 | $329.7K | 0.00% | −502−3.3% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 14,500 | $323.0K | 0.00% | −1,200−7.6% | Reduced |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 14,506 | $323.0K | 0.00% | +771+5.6% | Added |
| Criterion Capital Advisors, LLC | 14,176 | $315.8K | 0.21% | −3,000−17.5% | Reduced |
| MetLife Investment Management | 12,639 | $281.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Argent Advisors, Inc. | 12,452 | $277.4K | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC | 12,423 | $276.8K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| American International Group, Inc. | 11,832 | $263.6K | 0.00% | −101−0.8% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 11,608 | $258.6K | 0.00% | +5,004+75.8% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 11,414 | $254.3K | 0.00% | +360+3.3% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 11,292 | $251.6K | 0.00% | +7,413+191.1% | Added |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 11,181 | $249.1K | 0.02% | +1,558+16.2% | Added |
| Asset Planning Services Inc | 10,000 | $223.0K | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| International Assets Investment Management, LLC | 10,000 | $217.1K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Panagora Asset Management Inc | 9,558 | $213.0K | 0.00% | +776+8.8% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 9,229 | $205.6K | 0.00% | −2,164−19.0% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 9,198 | $204.9K | 0.00% | −10−0.1% | Reduced |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 9,127 | $203.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 8,681 | $193.4K | 0.00% | +1,088+14.3% | Added |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. | 10,560 | $182.4K | 0.00% | −211−2.0% | Reduced |
| Globeflex Capital L P | 4,347 | $96.9K | 0.01% | −1,553−26.3% | Reduced |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 4,067 | $90.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 3,332 | $74.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 2,368 | $52.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC | 1,703 | $37.9K | 0.00% | +112+7.0% | Added |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 1,383 | $30.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co | 1,309 | $29.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 922 | $20.5K | 0.00% | −4,817−83.9% | Reduced |
| Amalgamated Bank | 858 | $19.0K | 0.00% | −1,285−60.0% | Reduced |
| Quadrant Capital Group LLC | 661 | $14.7K | 0.00% | +152+29.9% | Added |
| First Horizon Advisors, Inc. | 379 | $8.44K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CWM, LLC | 282 | $6.00K | 0.00% | +4+1.4% | Added |