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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invesco Ltd. | 42,343 | $1.04M | 0.00% | −3,049−6.7% | Reduced |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 42,804 | $1.06M | 0.33% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 43,120 | $1.06M | 0.00% | +28,735+199.8% | Added |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 43,461 | $1.07M | 0.01% | −1,500−3.3% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 43,642 | $1.08M | 0.00% | +7,120+19.5% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 45,264 | $1.12M | 0.27% | +4,889+12.1% | Added |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 46,000 | $1.13M | 0.00% | +5,000+12.2% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 48,519 | $1.20M | 0.00% | +8,729+21.9% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 53,187 | $1.31M | 0.00% | +5,538+11.6% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 53,582 | $1.32M | 0.00% | +18,870+54.4% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 53,608 | $1.32M | 0.00% | −800−1.5% | Reduced |
| Gries Financial LLC | 54,565 | $1.35M | 0.24% | +20.0% | Added |
| Nuveen, LLC | 57,277 | $1.41M | 0.00% | −3,928−6.4% | Reduced |
| Womack Financial LLC | 59,743 | $1.47M | 1.23% | −2,633−4.2% | Reduced |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 61,862 | $1.52M | 0.01% | +5,972+10.7% | Added |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 61,873 | $1.53M | 0.00% | +10,440+20.3% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 64,210 | $1.58M | 0.00% | +45,473+242.7% | Added |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 64,679 | $1.59M | 0.00% | +26,194+68.1% | Added |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 70,503 | $1.74M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 70,879 | $1.75M | 0.00% | −31,629−30.9% | Reduced |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 71,136 | $1.75M | 0.76% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Polaris Capital Management, LLC | 77,000 | $1.90M | 0.13% | +12,000+18.5% | Added |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 93,781 | $2.31M | 0.03% | +8,373+9.8% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 118,638 | $2.92M | 0.00% | +10,060+9.3% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 130,416 | $3.21M | 0.00% | +11,833+10.0% | Added |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | 133,761 | $3.30M | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Morgan Stanley | 156,942 | $3.87M | 0.00% | +36,671+30.5% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 174,331 | $4.30M | 0.00% | −41,701−19.3% | Reduced |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 179,581 | $4.43M | 0.11% | +8,373+4.9% | Added |
| Millennium Management LLC | 212,742 | $5.24M | 0.00% | +53,261+33.4% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 222,699 | $5.49M | 0.01% | −6,292−2.7% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 231,154 | $5.70M | 0.00% | +14,671+6.8% | Added |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 250,000 | $6.16M | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Northern Trust Corp | 278,575 | $6.87M | 0.00% | +52,142+23.0% | Added |
| Mendon Capital Advisors Corp | 280,000 | $6.90M | 3.48% | +15,000+5.7% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 318,836 | $7.86M | 0.00% | −29,796−8.5% | Reduced |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 343,700 | $8.47M | 0.59% | +23,715+7.4% | Added |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 347,116 | $8.56M | 1.29% | −61,029−15.0% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 451,168 | $11.1M | 0.01% | −6,380−1.4% | Reduced |
| Royce & Associates LP | 551,360 | $13.6M | 0.14% | +32,240+6.2% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 575,308 | $14.2M | 0.00% | +23,671+4.3% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 649,100 | $16.0M | 0.01% | +38,370+6.3% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 697,274 | $17.2M | 0.00% | +82,349+13.4% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 987,275 | $24.3M | 0.01% | +94,070+10.5% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 1,002,264 | $24.7M | 0.01% | +270,779+37.0% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 1,573,408 | $38.8M | 0.00% | −46,625−2.9% | Reduced |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2,216,506 | $54.6M | 0.00% | +2,662+0.1% | Added |
| Basswood Capital Management, L.L.C. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −182,114−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −23,286−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −18,819−100.0% | Sold out |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,646−100.0% | Sold out |
| Summit Global Investments | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,495−100.0% | Sold out |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,812−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mach-1 Financial Group, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,791−100.0% | Sold out |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,285−100.0% | Sold out |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,260−100.0% | Sold out |
| Lazard Asset Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,092−100.0% | Sold out |
| Picton Mahoney Asset Management | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −967−100.0% | Sold out |
| Quadrant Capital Group LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −704−100.0% | Sold out |
| Point72 (DIFC) Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −312−100.0% | Sold out |
| Aster Capital Management (DIFC) Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −86−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −22−100.0% | Sold out |
| US Bancorp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −27−100.0% | Sold out |
| Parkside Financial Bank & Trust | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −20−100.0% | Sold out |
| Stephens Consulting, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15−100.0% | Sold out |
| Smartleaf Asset Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7−100.0% | Sold out |
| Lindbrook Capital, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |