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 2026
Institutional positions in Business First Bancshares, Inc. as of Jun 30, 2026. 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
- 173
- +7 vs. Q1 2026
- Shares held
- 18.9M
- +2.96M (+18.6%) vs. Q1 2026
- Total value
- $579.8M
- +$149.5M (+34.7%) vs. Q1 2026
- New holders
- 20
- 76 more added
- Sold out
- 13
- 35 more reduced
4 institutions that held it in Q1 2026 haven't filed for Q2 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q1 2026: 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 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Business First Bancshares, Inc.; share changes are against Q1 2026.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2,732,988 | $84.0M | 0.00% | +286,027+11.7% | Added |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 1,399,712 | $43.0M | 0.00% | −31,450−2.2% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,311,018 | $40.3M | 0.01% | +145,298+12.5% | Added |
| Jupiter Topco LLC | 1,089,827 | $33.5M | 0.01% | +1,089,827 | New |
| State Street Corp | 1,045,212 | $32.1M | 0.00% | +384,122+58.1% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 1,025,919 | $31.5M | 0.01% | +135,528+15.2% | Added |
| Royce & Associates LP | 931,811 | $28.6M | 0.23% | +95,713+11.4% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 863,416 | $26.5M | 0.00% | +53,412+6.6% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 450,790 | $13.9M | 0.00% | +8,937+2.0% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 432,026 | $13.3M | 0.01% | −2,905−0.7% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 405,623 | $12.4M | 0.00% | +170,739+72.7% | Added |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 364,389 | $11.2M | 0.01% | +364,389 | New |
| Northern Trust Corp | 312,000 | $9.59M | 0.00% | +15,909+5.4% | Added |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 293,902 | $9.03M | 0.14% | +43,893+17.6% | Added |
| Mendon Capital Advisors Corp | 293,893 | $9.03M | 3.19% | +43,893+17.6% | Added |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 284,500 | $8.74M | 0.55% | −36,790−11.5% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 278,146 | $8.55M | 0.00% | +32,839+13.4% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 271,895 | $8.36M | 0.00% | +5,478+2.1% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 246,486 | $7.57M | 0.01% | +5,085+2.1% | Added |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 234,257 | $7.20M | 1.19% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 216,466 | $6.65M | 0.00% | +7,232+3.5% | Added |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 207,204 | $6.37M | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 195,614 | $6.01M | 0.00% | +33,841+20.9% | Added |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 187,352 | $5.76M | 0.00% | +106,980+133.1% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 176,442 | $5.42M | 0.00% | −721−0.4% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 150,215 | $4.62M | 0.00% | +106,678+245.0% | Added |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 121,404 | $3.73M | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 120,086 | $3.69M | 0.00% | +4,435+3.8% | Added |
| SRS Capital Advisors, Inc. | 110,128 | $3.38M | 0.02% | +55,563+101.8% | Added |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 105,211 | $3.23M | 0.00% | +4,354+4.3% | Added |
| Polaris Capital Management, LLC | 98,200 | $3.02M | 0.28% | +15,800+19.2% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 109,598 | $2.96M | 0.00% | +4,960+4.7% | Added |
| Man Group plc | 92,056 | $2.83M | 0.01% | +42,463+85.6% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 88,239 | $2.71M | 0.01% | +42,996+95.0% | Added |
| Creative Planning | 86,946 | $2.67M | 0.00% | +5,999+7.4% | Added |
| Nuveen, LLC | 78,000 | $2.40M | 0.00% | +18,360+30.8% | Added |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 70,503 | $2.17M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 68,686 | $2.11M | 0.00% | −109,861−61.5% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 66,963 | $2.06M | 0.00% | +32,529+94.5% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 62,308 | $1.91M | 0.00% | +4,700+8.2% | Added |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 61,136 | $1.88M | 0.70% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Summit Financial Wealth Advisors, LLC | 59,472 | $1.83M | 0.23% | +230.0% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 54,976 | $1.69M | 0.00% | +23,967+77.3% | Added |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 49,454 | $1.52M | 0.00% | +13,274+36.7% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 49,289 | $1.51M | 0.00% | −2,068−4.0% | Reduced |
| Argent Advisors, Inc. | 48,638 | $1.49M | 0.37% | +23,742+95.4% | Added |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 47,652 | $1.46M | 0.00% | +253+0.5% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 46,854 | $1.44M | 0.26% | −529−1.1% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 46,750 | $1.44M | 0.00% | +3,300+7.6% | Added |
| Womack Financial LLC | 43,858 | $1.35M | 0.89% | −6,803−13.4% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 41,893 | $1.29M | 0.00% | +3,101+8.0% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 41,303 | $1.27M | 0.00% | −19,093−31.6% | Reduced |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 40,743 | $1.25M | 0.45% | +213+0.5% | Added |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 40,555 | $1.25M | 0.00% | +250+0.6% | Added |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 38,306 | $1.18M | 0.02% | +38,306 | New |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | 38,158 | $1.17M | 0.01% | +38,158 | New |
| Meriwether Wealth & Planning, LLC | 37,186 | $1.14M | 0.57% | −397−1.1% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 37,123 | $1.14M | 0.00% | +9,547+34.6% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 36,504 | $1.12M | 0.00% | +1,121+3.2% | Added |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 36,237 | $1.11M | 0.02% | −2,000−5.2% | Reduced |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 35,720 | $1.10M | 0.01% | +35,720 | New |
| Millennium Management LLC | 34,317 | $1.05M | 0.00% | +7,182+26.5% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 32,783 | $1.01M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 32,100 | $986.4K | 0.00% | +5,643+21.3% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 31,606 | $971.3K | 0.00% | +26,319+497.8% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 31,600 | $971.1K | 0.00% | +766+2.5% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 31,391 | $964.6K | 0.00% | +1,770+6.0% | Added |
| FreeGulliver LLC | 30,014 | $922.3K | 0.33% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc | 29,774 | $915.0K | 0.00% | −5,379−15.3% | Reduced |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 28,991 | $890.9K | 0.00% | +10,958+60.8% | Added |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | 27,631 | $884.5K | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| STRS Ohio | 27,000 | $829.7K | 0.00% | +3,600+15.4% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 26,824 | $824.3K | 0.00% | +14,720+121.6% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 26,606 | $817.6K | 0.00% | −24,846−48.3% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 26,451 | $813.0K | 0.00% | +3,934+17.5% | Added |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 25,913 | $796.3K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | 25,486 | $783.2K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 25,395 | $780.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd | 24,069 | $739.6K | 0.00% | +6,629+38.0% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 23,626 | $726.0K | 0.00% | +313+1.3% | Added |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 23,321 | $716.7K | 0.00% | +23,321 | New |
| Penn Capital Management Co Inc | 22,374 | $687.6K | 0.04% | −2,505−10.1% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 21,760 | $668.7K | 0.00% | +12,223+128.2% | Added |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 21,639 | $665.0K | 0.00% | +11,316+109.6% | Added |
| Vines Capital Management, LLC | 21,000 | $645.3K | 0.53% | −28,062−57.2% | Reduced |
| Texas Yale Capital Corp. | 19,890 | $611.2K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Kings Path Partners LLC | 19,770 | $607.5K | 0.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | 19,479 | $598.6K | 0.01% | +19,479 | New |
| LSV Asset Management | 19,270 | $592.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| MetLife Investment Management | 18,334 | $563.4K | 0.00% | +1,203+7.0% | Added |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | 17,972 | $552.3K | 0.02% | +15,823+736.3% | Added |
| First Foundation Advisors | 17,966 | $552.1K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 17,950 | $551.6K | 0.01% | −600−3.2% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna Fundamental Investments, LLC | 17,475 | $537.0K | 0.01% | −6,553−27.3% | Reduced |
| VARCOV Co. | 17,459 | $536.5K | 0.20% | +17,459 | New |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 16,500 | $507.0K | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 16,350 | $502.4K | 0.00% | −172−1.0% | Reduced |
| Hartmann Taylor Wealth Management, LLC | 18,506 | $500.4K | 0.33% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| 1492 Capital Management LLC | 16,216 | $498.3K | 0.15% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| E&G Advisors, LP | 16,100 | $494.8K | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |