Business First Bancshares, Inc.

BFST

Exchange: Nasdaq
Industry: State Commercial Banks
SEC CIK: 0001624322

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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.

Q4 2024 vs. Q3 2024

How the institutions holding Business First Bancshares, Inc. changed between Q3 2024 and Q4 2024.

All holders in Q4 2024 All holders in Q3 2024

13F holders of BFST: Q3 2024 compared with Q4 2024
Measure	Q3 2024	Of which not filed for Q4 2024	Q4 2024	Change
Holders	128	1	143	+16
Shares	12.6M	41.8K	13.8M	+1.22M (+9.7%)
Value	$322.6M	$910.6K	$353.4M	+$31.8M (+9.9%)

1 institution that held it in Q3 2024 haven't filed for Q4 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so the changes leave them out.

New holders (28)

Institutions that held Business First Bancshares, Inc. at the end of Q4 2024 but not at the end of Q3 2024.

Institutions new to BFST in Q4 2024
Institution	Shares	Value	% of portfolio
Cresset Asset Management, LLC	70,621	$1.81M	0.01%
Womack Financial LLC	64,794	$1.67M	1.48%
Raymond James Financial Inc	52,979	$1.36M	0.00%
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC	37,684	$968.5K	0.01%
Meriwether Wealth & Planning, LLC	37,642	$967.4K	0.69%
Basswood Capital Management, L.L.C.	35,845	$921.2K	0.05%
MGB Wealth Management, LLC	32,733	$841.2K	0.26%
E&G Advisors, LP	27,300	$701.6K	0.19%
Pathstone Holdings, LLC	25,395	$652.7K	0.00%
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc	24,417	$627.5K	0.00%
Mackenzie Financial Corp	19,305	$496.1K	0.00%
Howard Financial Services, Ltd.	18,128	$465.9K	0.06%
Susquehanna International Group, LLP	14,097	$362.3K	0.00%
Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd	13,908	$357.0K	0.06%
Americana Partners, LLC	12,338	$317.1K	0.01%
Quest Partners LLC	11,812	$303.6K	0.04%
Intech Investment Management LLC	11,457	$294.4K	0.00%
Tudor Investment Corp Et Al	10,562	$271.4K	0.00%
EntryPoint Capital, LLC	9,525	$244.8K	0.10%
Ameriprise Financial Inc	8,487	$218.1K	0.00%
Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey	5,758	$148.0K	0.00%
Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc.	5,000	$128.5K	0.10%
KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS	4,300	$110.5K	0.00%
Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio	3,647	$93.7K	0.00%
Lazard Asset Management LLC	3,335	$85.0K	0.00%
Aquatic Capital Management LLC	2,605	$66.9K	0.00%
SBI Securities Co., Ltd.	25	$643	0.00%
IFP Advisors, Inc	0	$77	0.00%

Sold out (12)

Institutions that held Business First Bancshares, Inc. at the end of Q3 2024 and filed for Q4 2024 without it.

Institutions that sold out of BFST in Q4 2024
Institution	Shares, Q3 2024	Value, Q3 2024
Fourthstone LLC	44,800	$1.15M
Acadian Asset Management LLC	24,893	$637.0K
Jane Street Group, LLC	20,824	$534.6K
ELCO Management Co., LLC	13,388	$343.7K
Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC	12,423	$318.9K
Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC	11,446	$293.8K
Prudential Financial Inc	9,230	$236.9K
Federated Hermes, Inc.	358	$9.19K
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC	69	$1.77K
SRS Capital Advisors, Inc.	41	$1.05K
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co	15	$385
Capital Performance Advisors LLP	2	$51

Not filed for Q4 2024 yet (1)

Institutions that held Business First Bancshares, Inc. at the end of Q3 2024 and haven't filed a 13F for Q4 2024. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out.

Institutions holding BFST in Q3 2024 that haven't filed for Q4 2024
Institution	Shares, Q3 2024	Value, Q3 2024
ClariVest Asset Management LLC	41,849	$910.6K