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, Q3 2025
Institutional positions in Business First Bancshares, Inc. as of Sep 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
- 156
- +9 vs. Q2 2025
- Shares held
- 15.1M
- +208.8K (+1.4%) vs. Q2 2025
- Total value
- $356.3M
- −$9.92M (−2.7%) vs. Q2 2025
- New holders
- 20
- 58 more added
- Sold out
- 11
- 44 more reduced
Compare with Q2 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, Q3 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Business First Bancshares, Inc.; share changes are against Q2 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 10,493 | $247.7K | 0.00% | +10,493 | New |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 10,451 | $246.7K | 0.00% | +10,451 | New |
| Asset Planning Services Inc | 10,000 | $236.0K | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 9,202 | $217.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 9,002 | $212.5K | 0.00% | −10.0% | Reduced |
| KG&L Capital Management,LLC | 8,831 | $208.5K | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Arizona State Retirement System | 8,792 | $207.6K | 0.00% | +606+7.4% | Added |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | 8,779 | $207.3K | 0.00% | +8,779 | New |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 8,490 | $200.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 7,844 | $185.2K | 0.00% | +2,086+36.2% | Added |
| Quest Partners LLC | 7,580 | $179.0K | 0.01% | +5,332+237.2% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 7,509 | $177.3K | 0.00% | +1,462+24.2% | Added |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 7,114 | $168.0K | 0.00% | +5,137+259.8% | Added |
| KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS | 7,100 | $167.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 6,500 | $153.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC | 5,571 | $131.5K | 0.00% | +3,644+189.1% | Added |
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC | 5,434 | $128.3K | 0.00% | +2,525+86.8% | Added |
| Virtus ETF Advisers LLC | 5,204 | $122.9K | 0.07% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Icon Wealth Advisors, LLC | 5,035 | $118.9K | 0.01% | +5,035 | New |
| Citigroup Inc | 4,580 | $108.1K | 0.00% | −8,563−65.2% | Reduced |
| CWM, LLC | 3,258 | $77.0K | 0.00% | +789+32.0% | Added |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 3,169 | $74.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 2,379 | $56.2K | 0.00% | −529−18.2% | Reduced |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC | 1,965 | $46.4K | 0.00% | −13,857−87.6% | Reduced |
| FWL Investment Management, LLC | 1,762 | $41.6K | 0.01% | +1,762 | New |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 1,666 | $39.3K | 0.00% | −1,666−50.0% | Reduced |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | 1,417 | $33.5K | 0.00% | −4,497−76.0% | Reduced |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 1,383 | $32.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Delos Wealth Advisors, LLC | 1,258 | $29.7K | 0.02% | +1,258 | New |
| Jones Financial Companies LLLP | 1,200 | $29.1K | 0.00% | +1,200 | New |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue | 1,189 | $28.0K | 0.00% | +1,189 | New |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 963 | $22.7K | 0.00% | −1,706−63.9% | Reduced |
| SRS Capital Advisors, Inc. | 866 | $20.4K | 0.00% | +866 | New |
| Amalgamated Bank | 858 | $20.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Quadrant Capital Group LLC | 509 | $12.0K | 0.00% | +509 | New |
| Quarry LP | 486 | $11.5K | 0.00% | +486 | New |
| GAMMA Investing LLC | 398 | $9.40K | 0.00% | +34+9.3% | Added |
| Capital Advisors, Ltd. LLC | 226 | $5.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC | 181 | $4.27K | 0.00% | −1−0.5% | Reduced |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | 154 | $3.64K | 0.00% | +154 | New |
| Essential Partners LLC | 124 | $2.93K | 0.00% | +93+300.0% | Added |
| Signaturefd, LLC | 122 | $2.88K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 79 | $1.88K | 0.00% | +3+3.9% | Added |
| True Wealth Design, LLC | 66 | $1.56K | 0.00% | −1−1.5% | Reduced |
| Allworth Financial LP | 65 | $1.53K | 0.00% | +44+209.5% | Added |
| IFP Advisors, Inc | 58 | $1.37K | 0.00% | +58 | Added |
| Covestor Ltd | 56 | $1.00K | 0.00% | +5+9.8% | Added |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC | 40 | $944 | 0.00% | +40 | New |
| Larson Financial Group LLC | 35 | $826 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rothschild Investment LLC | 24 | $567 | 0.00% | −11−31.4% | Reduced |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 20 | $472 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Assetmark, Inc | 8 | $189 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sunbelt Securities, Inc. | 8 | $189 | 0.00% | +8 | New |
| Smartleaf Asset Management LLC | 7 | $165 | 0.00% | +7 | New |
| Fortitude Family Office, LLC | 5 | $118 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SBI Securities Co., Ltd. | 1 | $24 | 0.00% | −24−96.0% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −38,203−100.0% | Sold out |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −38,108−100.0% | Sold out |
| MGB Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −32,733−100.0% | Sold out |
| Howard Financial Services, Ltd. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −18,128−100.0% | Sold out |
| Alps Advisors Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −14,769−100.0% | Sold out |
| Magnetar Financial LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −13,392−100.0% | Sold out |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −9,152−100.0% | Sold out |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,754−100.0% | Sold out |
| Panagora Asset Management Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,249−100.0% | Sold out |
| MAI Capital Management | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −25−100.0% | Sold out |
| Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1−100.0% | Sold out |