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, Q2 2025
Institutional positions in Business First Bancshares, Inc. as of Jun 30, 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
- 147
- −1 vs. Q1 2025
- Shares held
- 14.9M
- +637.6K (+4.5%) vs. Q1 2025
- Total value
- $366.2M
- +$19.2M (+5.5%) vs. Q1 2025
- New holders
- 18
- 62 more added
- Sold out
- 19
- 30 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q1 2025 haven't filed for Q2 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q1 2025: 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, Q2 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Business First Bancshares, Inc.; share changes are against Q1 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2,216,506 | $54.6M | 0.00% | +2,662+0.1% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 1,573,408 | $38.8M | 0.00% | −46,625−2.9% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 1,002,264 | $24.7M | 0.01% | +270,779+37.0% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 987,275 | $24.3M | 0.01% | +94,070+10.5% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 697,274 | $17.2M | 0.00% | +82,349+13.4% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 649,100 | $16.0M | 0.01% | +38,370+6.3% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 575,308 | $14.2M | 0.00% | +23,671+4.3% | Added |
| Royce & Associates LP | 551,360 | $13.6M | 0.14% | +32,240+6.2% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 451,168 | $11.1M | 0.01% | −6,380−1.4% | Reduced |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 347,116 | $8.56M | 1.29% | −61,029−15.0% | Reduced |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 343,700 | $8.47M | 0.59% | +23,715+7.4% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 318,836 | $7.86M | 0.00% | −29,796−8.5% | Reduced |
| Mendon Capital Advisors Corp | 280,000 | $6.90M | 3.48% | +15,000+5.7% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 278,575 | $6.87M | 0.00% | +52,142+23.0% | Added |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 250,000 | $6.16M | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 231,154 | $5.70M | 0.00% | +14,671+6.8% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 222,699 | $5.49M | 0.01% | −6,292−2.7% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 212,742 | $5.24M | 0.00% | +53,261+33.4% | Added |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 179,581 | $4.43M | 0.11% | +8,373+4.9% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 174,331 | $4.30M | 0.00% | −41,701−19.3% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 156,942 | $3.87M | 0.00% | +36,671+30.5% | Added |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | 133,761 | $3.30M | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 130,416 | $3.21M | 0.00% | +11,833+10.0% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 118,638 | $2.92M | 0.00% | +10,060+9.3% | Added |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 93,781 | $2.31M | 0.03% | +8,373+9.8% | Added |
| Polaris Capital Management, LLC | 77,000 | $1.90M | 0.13% | +12,000+18.5% | Added |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 71,136 | $1.75M | 0.76% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 70,879 | $1.75M | 0.00% | −31,629−30.9% | Reduced |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 70,503 | $1.74M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 64,679 | $1.59M | 0.00% | +26,194+68.1% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 64,210 | $1.58M | 0.00% | +45,473+242.7% | Added |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 61,873 | $1.53M | 0.00% | +10,440+20.3% | Added |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 61,862 | $1.52M | 0.01% | +5,972+10.7% | Added |
| Womack Financial LLC | 59,743 | $1.47M | 1.23% | −2,633−4.2% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 57,277 | $1.41M | 0.00% | −3,928−6.4% | Reduced |
| Gries Financial LLC | 54,565 | $1.35M | 0.24% | +20.0% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 53,608 | $1.32M | 0.00% | −800−1.5% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 53,582 | $1.32M | 0.00% | +18,870+54.4% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 53,187 | $1.31M | 0.00% | +5,538+11.6% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 48,519 | $1.20M | 0.00% | +8,729+21.9% | Added |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 46,000 | $1.13M | 0.00% | +5,000+12.2% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 45,264 | $1.12M | 0.27% | +4,889+12.1% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 43,642 | $1.08M | 0.00% | +7,120+19.5% | Added |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 43,461 | $1.07M | 0.01% | −1,500−3.3% | Reduced |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 43,120 | $1.06M | 0.00% | +28,735+199.8% | Added |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 42,804 | $1.06M | 0.33% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Invesco Ltd. | 42,343 | $1.04M | 0.00% | −3,049−6.7% | Reduced |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 41,637 | $1.03M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 39,861 | $982.6K | 0.47% | +239+0.6% | Added |
| Los Angeles Capital Management LLC | 38,465 | $948.2K | 0.00% | −11,585−23.1% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 38,203 | $941.7K | 0.00% | +5,639+17.3% | Added |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 38,108 | $939.4K | 0.00% | +38,108 | New |
| Meriwether Wealth & Planning, LLC | 37,782 | $931.3K | 0.58% | +106+0.3% | Added |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 37,441 | $923.0K | 0.00% | +3,088+9.0% | Added |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 35,626 | $878.2K | 0.00% | +15,426+76.4% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 35,126 | $865.9K | 0.00% | +3,730+11.9% | Added |
| Fourthstone LLC | 34,654 | $854.2K | 0.17% | +34,654 | New |
| Martingale Asset Management L P | 32,850 | $809.8K | 0.02% | −5,294−13.9% | Reduced |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc | 32,755 | $807.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| MGB Wealth Management, LLC | 32,733 | $806.9K | 0.27% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 32,164 | $792.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| LSV Asset Management | 31,570 | $778.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 30,940 | $762.7K | 0.00% | +30,940 | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 30,725 | $757.4K | 0.00% | +5,756+23.1% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 29,700 | $732.1K | 0.00% | −12,900−30.3% | Reduced |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 28,805 | $710.0K | 0.00% | +3,484+13.8% | Added |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 28,545 | $704.0K | 0.00% | +2,000+7.5% | Added |
| Hartmann Taylor Wealth Management, LLC | 28,506 | $702.7K | 0.59% | −5,000−14.9% | Reduced |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | 27,631 | $681.1K | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Creative Planning | 26,678 | $657.6K | 0.00% | +6,583+32.8% | Added |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 50,790 | $626.0K | 0.00% | +25,395+100.0% | Added |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 24,800 | $611.3K | 0.00% | −2,300−8.5% | Reduced |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 24,573 | $605.7K | 0.00% | −22,663−48.0% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 21,667 | $534.1K | 0.00% | −7,439−25.6% | Reduced |
| Penn Capital Management Co Inc | 21,080 | $519.6K | 0.04% | −1,943−8.4% | Reduced |
| Prospector Partners LLC | 21,000 | $517.6K | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 20,125 | $496.1K | 0.01% | −2,395−10.6% | Reduced |
| Kings Path Partners LLC | 19,770 | $487.3K | 0.20% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 19,107 | $472.0K | 0.00% | +1,794+10.4% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 18,991 | $468.1K | 0.00% | +1,135+6.4% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 18,478 | $455.5K | 0.00% | +3,806+25.9% | Added |
| Howard Financial Services, Ltd. | 18,128 | $446.9K | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 18,111 | $446.4K | 0.00% | −3,793−17.3% | Reduced |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 17,751 | $437.6K | 0.03% | +457+2.6% | Added |
| MetLife Investment Management | 17,131 | $422.3K | 0.00% | +3,497+25.6% | Added |
| Security National Bank | 16,965 | $418.2K | 0.07% | +16,965 | New |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 16,500 | $406.7K | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| E&G Advisors, LP | 16,100 | $396.9K | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC | 15,822 | $390.0K | 0.01% | +353+2.3% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 15,646 | $385.7K | 0.00% | +1,327+9.3% | Added |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 15,604 | $384.6K | 0.00% | +1,261+8.8% | Added |
| Alps Advisors Inc | 14,769 | $364.1K | 0.00% | +179+1.2% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 14,237 | $351.0K | 0.00% | +3,525+32.9% | Added |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd | 14,056 | $346.0K | 0.05% | +14,056 | New |
| Magnetar Financial LLC | 13,392 | $330.1K | 0.00% | +13,392 | New |
| Citigroup Inc | 13,143 | $324.0K | 0.00% | −6,915−34.5% | Reduced |
| Argent Advisors, Inc. | 12,949 | $319.2K | 0.10% | +12,949 | New |
| Americana Partners, LLC | 12,338 | $304.1K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| EntryPoint Capital, LLC | 11,937 | $294.2K | 0.15% | +11,937 | New |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 11,166 | $275.2K | 0.00% | −4,216−27.4% | Reduced |