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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 367,128 | $7.99M | 0.54% | +20,630+6.0% | Added |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 370,000 | $8.05M | 0.19% | −30,000−7.5% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 380,778 | $8.29M | 0.00% | −3,869−1.0% | Reduced |
| Mendon Capital Advisors Corp | 370,000 | $9.04M | 5.74% | +345,000+1,380.0% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 418,869 | $9.11M | 0.01% | +68,506+19.6% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 471,702 | $10.3M | 0.01% | −5,958−1.2% | Reduced |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 488,003 | $10.6M | 1.26% | +10,000+2.1% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 498,634 | $10.9M | 0.00% | −2460.0% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 573,400 | $12.5M | 0.00% | +18,629+3.4% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 669,530 | $14.6M | 0.00% | +50,955+8.2% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 1,326,776 | $28.9M | 0.00% | +65,307+5.2% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 2,144,672 | $46.7M | 0.00% | +84,764+4.1% | Added |
| Wakefield Asset Management LLLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −41,639−100.0% | Sold out |
| Financial Management Professionals, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −30,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Denali Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −17,600−100.0% | Sold out |
| New York Life Investment Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −16,686−100.0% | Sold out |
| American International Group, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,832−100.0% | Sold out |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,181−100.0% | Sold out |
| International Assets Investment Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Panagora Asset Management Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,558−100.0% | Sold out |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,127−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,560−100.0% | Sold out |
| Globeflex Capital L P | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,347−100.0% | Sold out |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,309−100.0% | Sold out |
| First Horizon Advisors, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −379−100.0% | Sold out |
| Comerica Bank | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −90−100.0% | Sold out |
| Nelson, Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6−100.0% | Sold out |
| Ratio Wealth Group | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Credit Suisse AG | – | – | – | – | Not filed |