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, Q1 2025
Institutional positions in Business First Bancshares, Inc. as of Mar 31, 2025. 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
- 149
- +8 vs. Q4 2024
- Shares held
- 14.2M
- +593.6K (+4.3%) vs. Q4 2024
- Total value
- $347.0M
- −$3.82M (−1.1%) vs. Q4 2024
- New holders
- 20
- 44 more added
- Sold out
- 12
- 48 more reduced
2 institutions that held it in Q4 2024 haven't filed for Q1 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Business First Bancshares, Inc.; share changes are against Q4 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asset Planning Services Inc | 10,000 | $244.0K | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 9,285 | $226.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 9,202 | $224.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 9,003 | $219.2K | 0.00% | −495−5.2% | Reduced |
| KG&L Capital Management,LLC | 8,831 | $215.0K | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 8,319 | $202.6K | 0.00% | −7,911−48.7% | Reduced |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 8,260 | $201.0K | 0.00% | −2,549−23.6% | Reduced |
| Panagora Asset Management Inc | 8,249 | $200.9K | 0.00% | −330−3.8% | Reduced |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 6,500 | $158.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| STRS Ohio | 6,400 | $155.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 5,758 | $140.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Virtus ETF Advisers LLC | 5,204 | $126.7K | 0.08% | +5,204 | New |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 4,316 | $105.1K | 0.00% | +1,711+65.7% | Added |
| KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS | 4,300 | $104.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | 4,128 | $100.5K | 0.00% | +546+15.2% | Added |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 3,332 | $81.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 3,169 | $77.2K | 0.00% | −478−13.1% | Reduced |
| Lazard Asset Management LLC | 3,092 | $75.0K | 0.00% | −243−7.3% | Reduced |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 2,368 | $57.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Quest Partners LLC | 2,248 | $54.7K | 0.01% | −9,564−81.0% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 1,600 | $39.0K | 0.00% | −151−8.6% | Reduced |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 1,383 | $33.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Picton Mahoney Asset Management | 967 | $24.0K | 0.00% | −172−15.1% | Reduced |
| CWM, LLC | 949 | $23.0K | 0.00% | −5,008−84.1% | Reduced |
| Amalgamated Bank | 858 | $21.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Quadrant Capital Group LLC | 704 | $17.1K | 0.00% | −348−33.1% | Reduced |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 545 | $13.3K | 0.00% | −338−38.3% | Reduced |
| Point72 (DIFC) Ltd | 312 | $7.60K | 0.00% | +312 | New |
| Capital Advisors, Ltd. LLC | 226 | $6.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| GAMMA Investing LLC | 223 | $5.43K | 0.00% | +180+418.6% | Added |
| EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC | 146 | $3.56K | 0.00% | −12−7.6% | Reduced |
| Signaturefd, LLC | 122 | $2.97K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Aster Capital Management (DIFC) Ltd | 86 | $2.28K | 0.00% | +86 | New |
| Covestor Ltd | 64 | $2.00K | 0.00% | −52−44.8% | Reduced |
| Rothschild Investment LLC | 65 | $1.58K | 0.00% | +30+85.7% | Added |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 22 | $1.00K | 0.00% | +22 | New |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 39 | $950 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lindbrook Capital, LLC | 31 | $755 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| US Bancorp | 27 | $657 | 0.00% | −7−20.6% | Reduced |
| SBI Securities Co., Ltd. | 25 | $609 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Assetmark, Inc | 23 | $560 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 20 | $487 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Parkside Financial Bank & Trust | 20 | $487 | 0.00% | +20 | New |
| Stephens Consulting, LLC | 15 | $366 | 0.00% | +15 | New |
| True Wealth Design, LLC | 9 | $220 | 0.00% | +9 | New |
| Smartleaf Asset Management LLC | 7 | $171 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Fortitude Family Office, LLC | 5 | $122 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 3 | $82 | 0.00% | −85−96.6% | Reduced |
| IFP Advisors, Inc | 0 | $73 | 0.00% | 0 | Unchanged |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −37,684−100.0% | Sold out |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −30,597−100.0% | Sold out |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −22,719−100.0% | Sold out |
| Teacher Retirement System of Texas | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −20,900−100.0% | Sold out |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −13,908−100.0% | Sold out |
| Argent Advisors, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −12,949−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,639−100.0% | Sold out |
| Tudor Investment Corp Et Al | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,562−100.0% | Sold out |
| EntryPoint Capital, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,525−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bokf, NA | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,928−100.0% | Sold out |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,710−100.0% | Sold out |
| Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Criterion Capital Advisors, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |