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 2024
Institutional positions in Business First Bancshares, Inc. as of Jun 30, 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
- 112
- +3 vs. Q1 2024
- Shares held
- 12.0M
- +539.6K (+4.7%) vs. Q1 2024
- Total value
- $262.6M
- −$2.51M (−0.9%) vs. Q1 2024
- New holders
- 18
- 45 more added
- Sold out
- 15
- 31 more reduced
2 institutions that held it in Q1 2024 haven't filed for Q2 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q1 2024: 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 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Business First Bancshares, Inc.; share changes are against Q1 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortitude Family Office, LLC | 5 | $109 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rothschild Investment LLC | 5 | $109 | 0.00% | +5 | New |
| GAMMA Investing LLC | 7 | $152 | 0.00% | +7 | New |
| Innealta Capital, LLC | 14 | $305 | 0.00% | +14 | New |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 20 | $435 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lindbrook Capital, LLC | 31 | $675 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 39 | $849 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SRS Capital Advisors, Inc. | 41 | $893 | 0.00% | +41 | New |
| Covestor Ltd | 40 | $1.00K | 0.00% | +2+5.3% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 89 | $1.94K | 0.00% | +89 | New |
| Signaturefd, LLC | 122 | $2.65K | 0.00% | +98+408.3% | Added |
| EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC | 146 | $3.71K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Capital Advisors, Ltd. LLC | 226 | $5.00K | 0.00% | +47+26.3% | Added |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 248 | $5.40K | 0.00% | +195+367.9% | Added |
| Quarry LP | 294 | $6.40K | 0.00% | +294 | New |
| Quadrant Capital Group LLC | 509 | $11.1K | 0.00% | −152−23.0% | Reduced |
| CWM, LLC | 623 | $14.0K | 0.00% | +341+120.9% | Added |
| Amalgamated Bank | 858 | $19.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 1,383 | $30.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC | 1,768 | $38.5K | 0.00% | +65+3.8% | Added |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 2,368 | $51.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 3,332 | $72.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 4,067 | $88.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 4,516 | $98.3K | 0.00% | +3,594+389.8% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 4,748 | $103.3K | 0.00% | −6,860−59.1% | Reduced |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 4,871 | $106.0K | 0.00% | +4,871 | New |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 5,363 | $116.0K | 0.00% | +5,363 | New |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 5,932 | $129.1K | 0.00% | +5,932 | New |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 9,202 | $200.2K | 0.00% | +40.0% | Added |
| Asset Planning Services Inc | 10,000 | $218.0K | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 10,241 | $222.8K | 0.00% | +1,012+11.0% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 10,793 | $234.9K | 0.00% | +2,112+24.3% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 11,150 | $242.6K | 0.00% | −264−2.3% | Reduced |
| Criterion Capital Advisors, LLC | 11,176 | $243.2K | 0.15% | −3,000−21.2% | Reduced |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 11,389 | $247.8K | 0.00% | +11,389 | New |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 11,833 | $257.0K | 0.00% | −2,673−18.4% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 12,250 | $266.6K | 0.00% | −16,929−58.0% | Reduced |
| Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC | 12,423 | $270.3K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Citigroup Inc | 12,881 | $280.3K | 0.00% | +1,589+14.1% | Added |
| Argent Advisors, Inc. | 12,949 | $281.8K | 0.11% | +497+4.0% | Added |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. | 12,971 | $282.2K | 0.00% | +12,971 | New |
| Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 13,498 | $293.7K | 0.00% | −1,302−8.8% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 13,700 | $298.1K | 0.00% | −800−5.5% | Reduced |
| MetLife Investment Management | 13,948 | $303.5K | 0.00% | +1,309+10.4% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 14,748 | $320.9K | 0.00% | −6,437−30.4% | Reduced |
| Teacher Retirement System of Texas | 15,006 | $327.0K | 0.00% | −790−5.0% | Reduced |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 15,299 | $332.9K | 0.00% | +15,299 | New |
| Truist Financial Corp | 16,313 | $355.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 17,529 | $381.0K | 0.00% | +1,712+10.8% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 18,129 | $394.5K | 0.00% | −12,785−41.4% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 19,091 | $415.4K | 0.00% | +19,091 | New |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 20,000 | $435.2K | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| ELCO Management Co., LLC | 20,307 | $441.9K | 0.26% | +585+3.0% | Added |
| Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC | 20,663 | $449.6K | 0.01% | +20,663 | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 21,519 | $468.3K | 0.00% | −1,429−6.2% | Reduced |
| Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc | 21,970 | $478.1K | 0.08% | +708+3.3% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 23,378 | $508.7K | 0.00% | +4,428+23.4% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 23,495 | $511.3K | 0.00% | −558−2.3% | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 23,729 | $516.3K | 0.00% | +23,729 | New |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 25,720 | $559.7K | 0.01% | −15,700−37.9% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 25,819 | $560.0K | 0.00% | +3,473+15.5% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 26,762 | $582.3K | 0.00% | +26,762 | New |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | 27,631 | $601.0K | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 28,895 | $627.9K | 0.00% | −1,165−3.9% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 29,000 | $631.0K | 0.00% | −4,500−13.4% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 31,453 | $684.4K | 0.00% | +13,982+80.0% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 32,250 | $689.8K | 0.00% | −748−2.3% | Reduced |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 33,437 | $727.6K | 0.00% | +1,494+4.7% | Added |
| Kings Path Partners LLC | 36,850 | $801.9K | 0.38% | +36,850 | New |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 37,286 | $811.3K | 0.00% | +247+0.7% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 38,474 | $837.2K | 0.00% | +413+1.1% | Added |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 38,992 | $848.5K | 0.55% | +254+0.7% | Added |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC | 41,849 | $910.6K | 0.09% | +1,170+2.9% | Added |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 42,282 | $920.1K | 0.47% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 43,800 | $953.1K | 0.00% | +100+0.2% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 47,508 | $1.03M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 47,837 | $1.04M | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| LSV Asset Management | 49,570 | $1.08M | 0.00% | +2,400+5.1% | Added |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 50,479 | $1.10M | 0.01% | −2,410−4.6% | Reduced |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 53,006 | $1.15M | 0.00% | +3,385+6.8% | Added |
| Bokf, NA | 57,918 | $1.26M | 0.02% | −21,255−26.8% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 61,205 | $1.33M | 0.00% | +1,462+2.4% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 62,199 | $1.35M | 0.33% | +7,247+13.2% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 65,932 | $1.43M | 0.00% | −5,285−7.4% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 66,561 | $1.45M | 0.00% | +3,577+5.7% | Added |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 71,251 | $1.55M | 0.03% | +5,040+7.6% | Added |
| Millennium Management LLC | 74,720 | $1.63M | 0.00% | +74,720 | New |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 75,528 | $1.64M | 0.00% | −3,693−4.7% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 83,846 | $1.82M | 0.00% | +2,061+2.5% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 109,979 | $2.39M | 0.00% | +7,390+7.2% | Added |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 121,136 | $2.64M | 1.28% | +4,975+4.3% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 128,375 | $2.79M | 0.00% | +15,209+13.4% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 136,513 | $2.97M | 0.00% | −284−0.2% | Reduced |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 157,051 | $3.42M | 0.08% | +18,040+13.0% | Added |
| Stieven Capital Advisors, L.P. | 162,220 | $3.53M | 0.78% | −111,304−40.7% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 193,578 | $4.21M | 0.00% | −580−0.3% | Reduced |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 194,659 | $4.24M | 0.01% | −6,490−3.2% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 210,648 | $4.58M | 0.00% | −6,425−3.0% | Reduced |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 248,343 | $5.40M | 0.12% | −84,187−25.3% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 350,330 | $7.62M | 0.07% | +39,890+12.8% | Added |