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 2024
Institutional positions in Business First Bancshares, Inc. as of Dec 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
- 143
- +16 vs. Q3 2024
- Shares held
- 13.8M
- +1.22M (+9.7%) vs. Q3 2024
- Total value
- $353.4M
- +$31.8M (+9.9%) vs. Q3 2024
- New holders
- 28
- 51 more added
- Sold out
- 12
- 38 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q3 2024 haven't filed for Q4 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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, Q4 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Business First Bancshares, Inc.; share changes are against Q3 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2,280,697 | $58.6M | 0.00% | +66,541+3.0% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 1,618,636 | $41.6M | 0.00% | +245,491+17.9% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 798,114 | $20.5M | 0.00% | +83,664+11.7% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 623,464 | $16.0M | 0.01% | +328,189+111.1% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 607,810 | $15.6M | 0.00% | +46,492+8.3% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 542,893 | $14.0M | 0.00% | +19,267+3.7% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 538,402 | $13.8M | 0.01% | +88,546+19.7% | Added |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 478,494 | $12.3M | 1.36% | +16,000+3.5% | Added |
| Royce & Associates LP | 472,430 | $12.1M | 0.11% | +88,230+23.0% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 455,539 | $11.7M | 0.01% | −3,775−0.8% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 394,331 | $10.1M | 0.00% | −13,470−3.3% | Reduced |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 320,745 | $8.24M | 0.52% | −54,213−14.5% | Reduced |
| Mendon Capital Advisors Corp | 267,830 | $6.88M | 3.88% | −42,082−13.6% | Reduced |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 250,000 | $6.42M | 0.15% | −46,524−15.7% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 232,329 | $5.97M | 0.00% | +21,434+10.2% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 222,158 | $5.71M | 0.00% | +25,920+13.2% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 198,824 | $5.11M | 0.00% | +27,709+16.2% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 197,698 | $5.08M | 0.01% | −50,284−20.3% | Reduced |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 165,554 | $4.25M | 0.09% | −46,258−21.8% | Reduced |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 164,612 | $4.23M | 0.09% | +3,809+2.4% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 158,384 | $4.07M | 0.00% | −9,641−5.7% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 149,820 | $3.85M | 0.00% | −7,110−4.5% | Reduced |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | 133,761 | $3.44M | 0.12% | +1,099+0.8% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 121,344 | $3.12M | 0.00% | +29,989+32.8% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 108,578 | $2.79M | 0.00% | −16,500−13.2% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 92,135 | $2.37M | 0.00% | −9,270−9.1% | Reduced |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 78,812 | $2.03M | 0.03% | +3,809+5.1% | Added |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 71,136 | $1.83M | 0.81% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 70,621 | $1.81M | 0.01% | +70,621 | New |
| Womack Financial LLC | 64,794 | $1.67M | 1.48% | +64,794 | New |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 52,979 | $1.36M | 0.00% | +52,979 | New |
| Barclays PLC | 51,205 | $1.32M | 0.00% | +4,413+9.4% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 47,508 | $1.22M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 46,771 | $1.20M | 0.01% | −2,300−4.7% | Reduced |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 46,329 | $1.19M | 0.27% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 44,163 | $1.13M | 0.01% | +21,593+95.7% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 43,328 | $1.11M | 0.00% | +545+1.3% | Added |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 42,837 | $1.10M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 42,282 | $1.09M | 0.41% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| LSV Asset Management | 41,470 | $1.07M | 0.00% | −8,100−16.3% | Reduced |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 39,413 | $1.01M | 0.57% | +195+0.5% | Added |
| Martingale Asset Management L P | 38,144 | $980.3K | 0.02% | +15,088+65.4% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 38,086 | $978.8K | 0.00% | +59+0.2% | Added |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 37,684 | $968.5K | 0.01% | +37,684 | New |
| Meriwether Wealth & Planning, LLC | 37,642 | $967.4K | 0.69% | +37,642 | New |
| Basswood Capital Management, L.L.C. | 35,845 | $921.2K | 0.05% | +35,845 | New |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 34,353 | $883.0K | 0.00% | −13,850−28.7% | Reduced |
| MGB Wealth Management, LLC | 32,733 | $841.2K | 0.26% | +32,733 | New |
| Kings Path Partners LLC | 32,220 | $828.1K | 0.35% | −4,630−12.6% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 30,597 | $785.7K | 0.00% | −5,082−14.2% | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 30,200 | $776.1K | 0.00% | −5,100−14.4% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 29,106 | $748.0K | 0.00% | −2,443−7.7% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 28,971 | $744.6K | 0.00% | +6,109+26.7% | Added |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | 27,631 | $710.1K | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| E&G Advisors, LP | 27,300 | $701.6K | 0.19% | +27,300 | New |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 27,215 | $699.4K | 0.00% | −285−1.0% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 26,545 | $682.0K | 0.00% | −3,658−12.1% | Reduced |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 26,183 | $672.9K | 0.00% | +7,027+36.7% | Added |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 25,395 | $652.7K | 0.00% | +25,395 | New |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc | 24,417 | $627.5K | 0.00% | +24,417 | New |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 24,331 | $625.3K | 0.00% | −6,534−21.2% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 24,211 | $622.2K | 0.00% | +8,747+56.6% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 23,375 | $600.7K | 0.00% | +6,570+39.1% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 22,719 | $583.9K | 0.00% | +1,664+7.9% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 22,615 | $581.2K | 0.00% | −282−1.2% | Reduced |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 22,520 | $578.8K | 0.01% | −200−0.9% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 22,378 | $575.1K | 0.00% | +629+2.9% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 21,496 | $552.4K | 0.00% | +2,344+12.2% | Added |
| Teacher Retirement System of Texas | 20,900 | $537.0K | 0.00% | −8,381−28.6% | Reduced |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 19,305 | $496.1K | 0.00% | +19,305 | New |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 18,633 | $479.0K | 0.00% | +1,079+6.1% | Added |
| Creative Planning | 18,340 | $471.3K | 0.00% | −188−1.0% | Reduced |
| Howard Financial Services, Ltd. | 18,128 | $465.9K | 0.06% | +18,128 | New |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 17,982 | $462.1K | 0.00% | +2,554+16.6% | Added |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 17,865 | $459.1K | 0.00% | +9,315+108.9% | Added |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC | 17,086 | $439.1K | 0.01% | +688+4.2% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 16,615 | $427.0K | 0.00% | +1,253+8.2% | Added |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 16,500 | $424.1K | 0.06% | −2,000−10.8% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 16,230 | $417.1K | 0.00% | +7,599+88.0% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 16,200 | $416.3K | 0.00% | +1,300+8.7% | Added |
| Summit Global Investments | 15,793 | $406.0K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 14,352 | $368.8K | 0.00% | +3,081+27.3% | Added |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 14,097 | $362.3K | 0.00% | +14,097 | New |
| Los Angeles Capital Management LLC | 13,930 | $358.0K | 0.00% | −2,900−17.2% | Reduced |
| MetLife Investment Management | 13,918 | $357.7K | 0.00% | −30−0.2% | Reduced |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd | 13,908 | $357.0K | 0.06% | +13,908 | New |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 13,762 | $353.7K | 0.00% | −15,375−52.8% | Reduced |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 13,719 | $352.6K | 0.00% | +492+3.7% | Added |
| Argent Advisors, Inc. | 12,949 | $332.8K | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Americana Partners, LLC | 12,338 | $317.1K | 0.01% | +12,338 | New |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. | 11,987 | $308.1K | 0.00% | −905−7.0% | Reduced |
| Quest Partners LLC | 11,812 | $303.6K | 0.04% | +11,812 | New |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 11,457 | $294.4K | 0.00% | +11,457 | New |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 10,809 | $278.0K | 0.00% | −4,107−27.5% | Reduced |
| Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc | 10,639 | $273.4K | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tudor Investment Corp Et Al | 10,562 | $271.4K | 0.00% | +10,562 | New |
| Asset Planning Services Inc | 10,000 | $257.0K | 0.13% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Millennium Management LLC | 9,769 | $251.1K | 0.00% | −3,879−28.4% | Reduced |
| EntryPoint Capital, LLC | 9,525 | $244.8K | 0.10% | +9,525 | New |
| Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 9,498 | $244.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |