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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhumbline Advisers | 38,086 | $978.8K | 0.00% | +59+0.2% | Added |
| Martingale Asset Management L P | 38,144 | $980.3K | 0.02% | +15,088+65.4% | Added |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 39,413 | $1.01M | 0.57% | +195+0.5% | Added |
| LSV Asset Management | 41,470 | $1.07M | 0.00% | −8,100−16.3% | Reduced |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 42,282 | $1.09M | 0.41% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 42,837 | $1.10M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Invesco Ltd. | 43,328 | $1.11M | 0.00% | +545+1.3% | Added |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 44,163 | $1.13M | 0.01% | +21,593+95.7% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 46,329 | $1.19M | 0.27% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 46,771 | $1.20M | 0.01% | −2,300−4.7% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 47,508 | $1.22M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Barclays PLC | 51,205 | $1.32M | 0.00% | +4,413+9.4% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 52,979 | $1.36M | 0.00% | +52,979 | New |
| Womack Financial LLC | 64,794 | $1.67M | 1.48% | +64,794 | New |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 70,621 | $1.81M | 0.01% | +70,621 | New |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 71,136 | $1.83M | 0.81% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 78,812 | $2.03M | 0.03% | +3,809+5.1% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 92,135 | $2.37M | 0.00% | −9,270−9.1% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 108,578 | $2.79M | 0.00% | −16,500−13.2% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 121,344 | $3.12M | 0.00% | +29,989+32.8% | Added |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | 133,761 | $3.44M | 0.12% | +1,099+0.8% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 149,820 | $3.85M | 0.00% | −7,110−4.5% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 158,384 | $4.07M | 0.00% | −9,641−5.7% | Reduced |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 164,612 | $4.23M | 0.09% | +3,809+2.4% | Added |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 165,554 | $4.25M | 0.09% | −46,258−21.8% | Reduced |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 197,698 | $5.08M | 0.01% | −50,284−20.3% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 198,824 | $5.11M | 0.00% | +27,709+16.2% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 222,158 | $5.71M | 0.00% | +25,920+13.2% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 232,329 | $5.97M | 0.00% | +21,434+10.2% | Added |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 250,000 | $6.42M | 0.15% | −46,524−15.7% | Reduced |
| Mendon Capital Advisors Corp | 267,830 | $6.88M | 3.88% | −42,082−13.6% | Reduced |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 320,745 | $8.24M | 0.52% | −54,213−14.5% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 394,331 | $10.1M | 0.00% | −13,470−3.3% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 455,539 | $11.7M | 0.01% | −3,775−0.8% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 472,430 | $12.1M | 0.11% | +88,230+23.0% | Added |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 478,494 | $12.3M | 1.36% | +16,000+3.5% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 538,402 | $13.8M | 0.01% | +88,546+19.7% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 542,893 | $14.0M | 0.00% | +19,267+3.7% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 607,810 | $15.6M | 0.00% | +46,492+8.3% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 623,464 | $16.0M | 0.01% | +328,189+111.1% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 798,114 | $20.5M | 0.00% | +83,664+11.7% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 1,618,636 | $41.6M | 0.00% | +245,491+17.9% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2,280,697 | $58.6M | 0.00% | +66,541+3.0% | Added |
| Fourthstone LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −44,800−100.0% | Sold out |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −24,893−100.0% | Sold out |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −20,824−100.0% | Sold out |
| ELCO Management Co., LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −13,388−100.0% | Sold out |
| Axxcess Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −12,423−100.0% | Sold out |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,446−100.0% | Sold out |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,230−100.0% | Sold out |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −358−100.0% | Sold out |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −69−100.0% | Sold out |
| SRS Capital Advisors, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −41−100.0% | Sold out |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15−100.0% | Sold out |
| Capital Performance Advisors LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2−100.0% | Sold out |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |