Business First Bancshares, Inc.

BFST

Exchange: Nasdaq
Industry: State Commercial Banks
SEC CIK: 0001624322

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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.

Q1 2026 vs. Q4 2025

How the institutions holding Business First Bancshares, Inc. changed between Q4 2025 and Q1 2026.

All holders in Q1 2026 All holders in Q4 2025

13F holders of BFST: Q4 2025 compared with Q1 2026
Measure	Q4 2025	Of which not filed for Q1 2026	Q1 2026	Change
Holders	167	2	170	+5
Shares	15.4M	1.69M	16.9M	+3.21M (+23.4%)
Value	$402.5M	$44.1M	$457.4M	+$99.0M (+27.6%)

2 institutions that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so the changes leave them out.

New holders (25)

Institutions that held Business First Bancshares, Inc. at the end of Q1 2026 but not at the end of Q4 2025.

Institutions new to BFST in Q1 2026
Institution	Shares	Value	% of portfolio
Vanguard Capital Management LLC	1,431,162	$38.7M	0.00%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC	245,307	$6.63M	0.00%
Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co	209,234	$5.66M	0.00%
HSBC Holdings PLC	60,396	$1.64M	0.00%
Summit Financial Wealth Advisors, LLC	59,449	$1.61M	0.23%
Vines Capital Management, LLC	49,062	$1.33M	1.31%
Green Square Capital Advisors LLC	47,736	$1.29M	0.14%
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC	47,399	$1.28M	0.00%
FreeGulliver LLC	30,014	$811.6K	0.34%
Principal Financial Group Inc	29,621	$801.0K	0.00%
Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC	27,019	$730.6K	0.00%
Vident Advisory, LLC	25,913	$700.7K	0.01%
Susquehanna Fundamental Investments, LLC	24,028	$649.7K	0.02%
MQS Management LLC	21,397	$578.6K	0.39%
Texas Yale Capital Corp.	19,890	$537.8K	0.02%
Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd	17,440	$471.6K	0.00%
Susquehanna International Group, LLP	10,916	$295.2K	0.00%
Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd.	6,543	$176.9K	0.00%
Quantbot Technologies LP	2,149	$58.1K	0.00%
Jones Financial Companies LLLP	193	$5.13K	0.00%
Versant Capital Management, Inc	74	$2.00K	0.00%
Root Financial Partners, LLC	49	$1.32K	0.00%
UMA Financial Services, Inc.	30	$812	0.00%
Keating Financial Advisory Services, Inc.	10	$270	0.00%
Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors, LLC	1	$27	0.00%

Sold out (20)

Institutions that held Business First Bancshares, Inc. at the end of Q4 2025 and filed for Q1 2026 without it.

Institutions that sold out of BFST in Q1 2026
Institution	Shares, Q4 2025	Value, Q4 2025
Marshall Wace, LLP	36,930	$965.3K
Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC	20,670	$540.3K
Martingale Asset Management L P	20,423	$533.9K
Renaissance Technologies LLC	20,300	$530.6K
Jane Street Group, LLC	18,631	$487.0K
Two Sigma Advisers, LP	16,200	$423.5K
State of Tennessee, Treasury Department	14,469	$407.6K
Trexquant Investment LP	13,923	$363.9K
Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd	13,448	$351.5K
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans	12,037	$315.0K
PharVision Advisers, LLC	11,334	$296.3K
HighTower Advisors, LLC	10,517	$274.9K
Verition Fund Management LLC	10,319	$269.7K
VARCOV Co.	10,190	$266.4K
Kingstone Capital Partners Texas, LLC	10,071	$263.0K
State of Wisconsin Investment Board	9,735	$254.5K
Quest Partners LLC	6,361	$166.3K
Amalgamated Bank	895	$23.0K
FWL Investment Management, LLC	500	$13.1K
Assetmark, Inc	8	$209

Not filed for Q1 2026 yet (2)

Institutions that held Business First Bancshares, Inc. at the end of Q4 2025 and haven't filed a 13F for Q1 2026. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out.

Institutions holding BFST in Q4 2025 that haven't filed for Q1 2026
Institution	Shares, Q4 2025	Value, Q4 2025
Vanguard Group Inc	1,648,151	$43.1M
Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC	40,361	$1.06M