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, Q3 2024
Institutional positions in Business First Bancshares, Inc. as of Sep 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
- 128
- +17 vs. Q2 2024
- Shares held
- 12.6M
- +2.70M (+27.3%) vs. Q2 2024
- Total value
- $322.6M
- +$106.6M (+49.4%) vs. Q2 2024
- New holders
- 23
- 43 more added
- Sold out
- 6
- 36 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q2 2024 haven't filed for Q3 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 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, Q3 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Business First Bancshares, Inc.; share changes are against Q2 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2,214,156 | $56.8M | 0.00% | +2,214,156 | New |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 1,373,145 | $35.2M | 0.00% | +46,369+3.5% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 714,450 | $18.3M | 0.00% | +44,920+6.7% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 561,318 | $14.4M | 0.00% | −12,082−2.1% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 523,626 | $13.4M | 0.00% | +24,992+5.0% | Added |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 462,494 | $11.9M | 1.29% | −25,509−5.2% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 459,314 | $11.8M | 0.01% | −12,388−2.6% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 449,856 | $11.5M | 0.01% | +30,987+7.4% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 407,801 | $10.5M | 0.00% | +27,023+7.1% | Added |
| Royce & Associates LP | 384,200 | $9.86M | 0.09% | +33,870+9.7% | Added |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 374,958 | $9.63M | 0.62% | +7,830+2.1% | Added |
| Mendon Capital Advisors Corp | 309,912 | $7.96M | 5.40% | −60,088−16.2% | Reduced |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 296,524 | $7.61M | 0.17% | −73,476−19.9% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 295,275 | $7.58M | 0.00% | +266,380+921.9% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 247,982 | $6.37M | 0.01% | +53,323+27.4% | Added |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 211,812 | $5.44M | 0.12% | −36,531−14.7% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 210,895 | $5.41M | 0.00% | +247+0.1% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 196,238 | $5.04M | 0.00% | +129,677+194.8% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 171,115 | $4.37M | 0.00% | +34,602+25.3% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 168,025 | $4.31M | 0.00% | +39,650+30.9% | Added |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 160,803 | $4.13M | 0.09% | +3,752+2.4% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 156,930 | $4.03M | 0.00% | +73,084+87.2% | Added |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | 132,662 | $3.41M | 0.13% | +132,662 | New |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 125,078 | $3.21M | 0.00% | −68,500−35.4% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 101,405 | $2.60M | 0.00% | +40,200+65.7% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 91,355 | $2.35M | 0.00% | −18,624−16.9% | Reduced |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 75,003 | $1.93M | 0.03% | +3,752+5.3% | Added |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 71,136 | $1.83M | 0.83% | −50,000−41.3% | Reduced |
| LSV Asset Management | 49,570 | $1.27M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 49,071 | $1.25M | 0.01% | −1,408−2.8% | Reduced |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 48,203 | $1.24M | 0.00% | −4,803−9.1% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 47,508 | $1.22M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Barclays PLC | 46,792 | $1.20M | 0.00% | +28,663+158.1% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 46,329 | $1.19M | 0.28% | −15,870−25.5% | Reduced |
| Fourthstone LLC | 44,800 | $1.15M | 0.26% | +44,800 | New |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 42,837 | $1.10M | 0.04% | −5,000−10.5% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 42,783 | $1.10M | 0.00% | −23,149−35.1% | Reduced |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 42,282 | $1.09M | 0.48% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 39,218 | $1.01M | 0.59% | +226+0.6% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 38,027 | $976.1K | 0.00% | −447−1.2% | Reduced |
| Kings Path Partners LLC | 36,850 | $945.9K | 0.40% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 35,679 | $918.4K | 0.00% | +3,429+10.6% | Added |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC | 41,849 | $910.6K | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 35,300 | $906.2K | 0.00% | −8,500−19.4% | Reduced |
| Bokf, NA | 37,372 | $899.2K | 0.02% | −20,546−35.5% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 31,549 | $809.9K | 0.00% | +96+0.3% | Added |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 30,865 | $792.3K | 0.00% | +7,136+30.1% | Added |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 30,203 | $776.0K | 0.00% | +4,384+17.0% | Added |
| Teacher Retirement System of Texas | 29,281 | $752.0K | 0.00% | +14,275+95.1% | Added |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 29,137 | $747.9K | 0.00% | −4,300−12.9% | Reduced |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | 27,631 | $709.0K | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 27,500 | $705.9K | 0.00% | −1,500−5.2% | Reduced |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 24,893 | $637.0K | 0.00% | +19,530+364.2% | Added |
| Martingale Asset Management L P | 23,056 | $591.8K | 0.01% | +23,056 | New |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 22,897 | $587.8K | 0.00% | −598−2.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 22,862 | $586.9K | 0.00% | −516−2.2% | Reduced |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 22,720 | $583.2K | 0.01% | −3,000−11.7% | Reduced |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 22,570 | $579.4K | 0.00% | +22,570 | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 21,749 | $558.3K | 0.00% | +230+1.1% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 21,055 | $540.5K | 0.00% | +6,307+42.8% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 20,824 | $534.6K | 0.00% | −5,938−22.2% | Reduced |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 19,156 | $491.7K | 0.00% | +13,224+222.9% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 19,152 | $491.6K | 0.00% | +6,271+48.7% | Added |
| Creative Planning | 18,528 | $475.6K | 0.00% | +18,528 | New |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 18,500 | $474.9K | 0.06% | −1,500−7.5% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 17,554 | $451.0K | 0.00% | +25+0.1% | Added |
| Los Angeles Capital Management LLC | 16,830 | $432.0K | 0.00% | +16,830 | New |
| UBS Group AG | 16,805 | $431.4K | 0.00% | +4,555+37.2% | Added |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC | 16,398 | $420.9K | 0.01% | +16,398 | New |
| Summit Global Investments | 15,793 | $405.0K | 0.03% | +15,793 | New |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 15,464 | $397.0K | 0.00% | +4,314+38.7% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 15,428 | $396.0K | 0.00% | −60,100−79.6% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 15,362 | $394.3K | 0.00% | −3,729−19.5% | Reduced |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 14,916 | $383.0K | 0.00% | +3,083+26.1% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 14,900 | $382.5K | 0.00% | +1,200+8.8% | Added |
| MetLife Investment Management | 13,948 | $358.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Millennium Management LLC | 13,648 | $350.3K | 0.00% | −61,072−81.7% | Reduced |
| ELCO Management Co., LLC | 13,388 | $343.7K | 0.19% | −6,919−34.1% | Reduced |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 13,227 | $339.5K | 0.00% | +1,838+16.1% | Added |
| Argent Advisors, Inc. | 12,949 | $332.4K | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. | 12,892 | $330.9K | 0.00% | −79−0.6% | Reduced |
| Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC | 12,423 | $318.9K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 11,446 | $293.8K | 0.02% | +11,446 | New |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 11,271 | $289.3K | 0.00% | +478+4.4% | Added |
| Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc | 10,639 | $273.1K | 0.08% | −11,331−51.6% | Reduced |
| Asset Planning Services Inc | 10,000 | $257.0K | 0.13% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 9,917 | $254.6K | 0.00% | −324−3.2% | Reduced |
| Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 9,498 | $243.8K | 0.00% | −4,000−29.6% | Reduced |
| Criterion Capital Advisors, LLC | 11,176 | $243.2K | 0.15% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 9,230 | $236.9K | 0.00% | +9,230 | New |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 9,202 | $236.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 9,127 | $234.3K | 0.00% | +9,127 | New |
| KG&L Capital Management,LLC | 8,831 | $226.7K | 0.07% | +8,831 | New |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 8,631 | $221.6K | 0.00% | +3,883+81.8% | Added |
| Panagora Asset Management Inc | 8,579 | $220.2K | 0.00% | +8,579 | New |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 8,550 | $219.5K | 0.00% | −6,749−44.1% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 7,834 | $202.0K | 0.00% | +7,834 | New |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 4,067 | $104.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 3,383 | $86.8K | 0.00% | +2,000+144.6% | Added |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 3,332 | $85.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |