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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prudential Financial Inc | 10,480 | $258.3K | 0.00% | +10,480 | New |
| Asset Planning Services Inc | 10,000 | $247.0K | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 9,202 | $226.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 9,152 | $225.6K | 0.00% | −1,948−17.5% | Reduced |
| Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 9,003 | $221.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| KG&L Capital Management,LLC | 8,831 | $217.7K | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 8,754 | $215.8K | 0.00% | +8,754 | New |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 8,490 | $209.3K | 0.00% | +8,490 | New |
| Panagora Asset Management Inc | 8,249 | $203.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Arizona State Retirement System | 8,186 | $201.8K | 0.00% | +8,186 | New |
| KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS | 7,100 | $175.0K | 0.00% | +2,800+65.1% | Added |
| STRS Ohio | 6,900 | $170.1K | 0.00% | +500+7.8% | Added |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 6,500 | $160.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 6,047 | $149.1K | 0.00% | −2,272−27.3% | Reduced |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | 5,914 | $145.8K | 0.00% | +1,786+43.3% | Added |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 5,758 | $141.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Virtus ETF Advisers LLC | 5,204 | $128.3K | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 3,332 | $82.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 3,169 | $78.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC | 2,909 | $71.7K | 0.00% | +2,909 | New |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 2,908 | $71.7K | 0.00% | +540+22.8% | Added |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 2,669 | $65.8K | 0.00% | +2,124+389.7% | Added |
| CWM, LLC | 2,469 | $61.0K | 0.00% | +1,520+160.2% | Added |
| Quest Partners LLC | 2,248 | $55.4K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 1,977 | $48.7K | 0.00% | −2,339−54.2% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 1,927 | $47.5K | 0.00% | +327+20.4% | Added |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 1,383 | $34.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Amalgamated Bank | 858 | $21.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| GAMMA Investing LLC | 364 | $8.97K | 0.00% | +141+63.2% | Added |
| Capital Advisors, Ltd. LLC | 226 | $6.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC | 182 | $4.49K | 0.00% | +36+24.7% | Added |
| Signaturefd, LLC | 122 | $3.01K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 76 | $1.87K | 0.00% | +73+2,433.3% | Added |
| IFP Advisors, Inc | 0 | $1.80K | 0.00% | 0 | Unchanged |
| True Wealth Design, LLC | 67 | $1.65K | 0.00% | +58+644.4% | Added |
| Covestor Ltd | 51 | $1.00K | 0.00% | −13−20.3% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 39 | $961 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rothschild Investment LLC | 35 | $863 | 0.00% | −30−46.2% | Reduced |
| Larson Financial Group LLC | 35 | $863 | 0.00% | +35 | New |
| Essential Partners LLC | 31 | $764 | 0.00% | +31 | New |
| MAI Capital Management | 25 | $617 | 0.00% | +25 | New |
| SBI Securities Co., Ltd. | 25 | $616 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Allworth Financial LP | 21 | $518 | 0.00% | +21 | New |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 20 | $493 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Assetmark, Inc | 8 | $197 | 0.00% | −15−65.2% | Reduced |
| Fortitude Family Office, LLC | 5 | $123 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors, LLC | 1 | $24 | 0.00% | +1 | New |
| 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 |