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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criterion Capital Advisors, LLC | 11,176 | $243.2K | 0.15% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 9,285 | $238.6K | 0.00% | +158+1.7% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 9,202 | $236.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 9,144 | $236.0K | 0.00% | +1,310+16.7% | Added |
| Bokf, NA | 9,928 | $231.7K | 0.00% | −27,444−73.4% | Reduced |
| KG&L Capital Management,LLC | 8,831 | $227.0K | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 8,710 | $223.8K | 0.00% | −1,207−12.2% | Reduced |
| Panagora Asset Management Inc | 8,579 | $220.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 8,487 | $218.1K | 0.00% | +8,487 | New |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 6,500 | $167.1K | 0.00% | +2,433+59.8% | Added |
| STRS Ohio | 6,400 | $164.5K | 0.00% | +3,800+146.2% | Added |
| CWM, LLC | 5,957 | $153.0K | 0.00% | +5,075+575.4% | Added |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 5,758 | $148.0K | 0.00% | +5,758 | New |
| Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. | 5,000 | $128.5K | 0.10% | +5,000 | New |
| KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS | 4,300 | $110.5K | 0.00% | +4,300 | New |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 3,647 | $93.7K | 0.00% | +3,647 | New |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | 3,582 | $92.1K | 0.00% | +976+37.5% | Added |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 3,332 | $85.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lazard Asset Management LLC | 3,335 | $85.0K | 0.00% | +3,335 | New |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 2,605 | $66.9K | 0.00% | +2,605 | New |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 2,368 | $60.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC | 1,751 | $45.0K | 0.00% | +17+1.0% | Added |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 1,383 | $35.5K | 0.00% | −2,000−59.1% | Reduced |
| Picton Mahoney Asset Management | 1,139 | $29.0K | 0.00% | +323+39.6% | Added |
| Quadrant Capital Group LLC | 1,052 | $27.0K | 0.00% | +543+106.7% | Added |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 883 | $22.7K | 0.00% | −173−16.4% | Reduced |
| Amalgamated Bank | 858 | $22.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Capital Advisors, Ltd. LLC | 226 | $6.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC | 158 | $4.06K | 0.00% | +12+8.2% | Added |
| Signaturefd, LLC | 122 | $3.13K | 0.00% | −8−6.2% | Reduced |
| Covestor Ltd | 116 | $3.00K | 0.00% | +68+141.7% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 88 | $2.26K | 0.00% | −1−1.1% | Reduced |
| GAMMA Investing LLC | 43 | $1.10K | 0.00% | +36+514.3% | Added |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 39 | $1.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rothschild Investment LLC | 35 | $900 | 0.00% | +10+40.0% | Added |
| US Bancorp | 34 | $874 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lindbrook Capital, LLC | 31 | $797 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SBI Securities Co., Ltd. | 25 | $643 | 0.00% | +25 | New |
| Assetmark, Inc | 23 | $591 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 20 | $514 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Smartleaf Asset Management LLC | 7 | $180 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Fortitude Family Office, LLC | 5 | $129 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| IFP Advisors, Inc | 0 | $77 | 0.00% | 0 | New |
| 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 |