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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caitong International Asset Management Co., Ltd | 4 | $123 | 0.00% | +4 | New |
| Keating Financial Advisory Services, Inc. | 11 | $338 | 0.00% | +1+10.0% | Added |
| Clearstead Advisors, LLC | 15 | $461 | 0.00% | +15 | New |
| Trust Co | 17 | $525 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Fortitude Family Office, LLC | 19 | $584 | 0.00% | +14+280.0% | Added |
| Los Angeles Capital Management LLC | 30 | $922 | 0.00% | −24,338−99.9% | Reduced |
| Covestor Ltd | 17 | $1.00K | 0.00% | −10−37.0% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 34 | $1.04K | 0.00% | −12,581−99.7% | Reduced |
| Larson Financial Group LLC | 35 | $1.08K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Quarry LP | 50 | $1.54K | 0.00% | +19+61.3% | Added |
| Signaturefd, LLC | 59 | $1.81K | 0.00% | −93−61.2% | Reduced |
| True Wealth Design, LLC | 59 | $1.81K | 0.00% | −7−10.6% | Reduced |
| Torren Management, LLC | 63 | $1.94K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Versant Capital Management, Inc | 74 | $2.27K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rothschild Investment LLC | 78 | $2.40K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 79 | $2.44K | 0.00% | +3+3.9% | Added |
| Essential Partners LLC | 110 | $3.38K | 0.00% | −25−18.5% | Reduced |
| EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC | 126 | $3.87K | 0.00% | −9−6.7% | Reduced |
| IFP Advisors, Inc | 141 | $4.33K | 0.00% | −8−5.4% | Reduced |
| US Bancorp | 166 | $5.10K | 0.00% | +23+16.1% | Added |
| Jones Financial Companies LLLP | 193 | $5.95K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 205 | $6.30K | 0.00% | −227−52.5% | Reduced |
| Capital Advisors, Ltd. LLC | 226 | $7.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 239 | $7.34K | 0.00% | +239 | New |
| Allworth Financial LP | 247 | $7.59K | 0.00% | +11+4.7% | Added |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | 274 | $8.42K | 0.00% | +168+158.5% | Added |
| GAMMA Investing LLC | 330 | $10.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Adkins Seale Capital Management LLC | 499 | $15.3K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| IFG Advisory, LLC | 525 | $16.1K | 0.00% | +525 | New |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 725 | $22.3K | 0.00% | +682+1,586.0% | Added |
| Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. | 1,066 | $32.8K | 0.00% | +1,066 | New |
| Smartleaf Asset Management LLC | 1,099 | $33.7K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue | 1,189 | $36.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Delos Wealth Advisors, LLC | 1,258 | $38.7K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 1,666 | $51.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 2,799 | $86.0K | 0.00% | +537+23.7% | Added |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 2,885 | $88.7K | 0.00% | +506+21.3% | Added |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 3,169 | $97.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 4,424 | $136.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC | 4,562 | $140.2K | 0.00% | +465+11.3% | Added |
| KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS | 6,300 | $193.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd. | 6,543 | $201.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 6,678 | $205.2K | 0.00% | −733−9.9% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 6,723 | $206.6K | 0.00% | −39,545−85.5% | Reduced |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 6,850 | $210.5K | 0.00% | +6,850 | New |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 6,902 | $212.1K | 0.00% | +6,902 | New |
| Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 7,052 | $216.7K | 0.00% | −1,700−19.4% | Reduced |
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC | 7,124 | $218.9K | 0.00% | +168+2.4% | Added |
| Ieq Capital, LLC | 7,301 | $224.4K | 0.00% | −457−5.9% | Reduced |
| JMN Financial LLC | 7,641 | $234.8K | 0.18% | −345−4.3% | Reduced |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 7,667 | $235.6K | 0.00% | +6,284+454.4% | Added |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 7,706 | $236.8K | 0.00% | +7,706 | New |
| Daytona Street Capital LLC | 8,000 | $241.9K | 0.18% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 7,978 | $245.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 8,503 | $261.3K | 0.01% | +8,503 | New |
| Arizona State Retirement System | 8,570 | $263.4K | 0.00% | +439+5.4% | Added |
| KG&L Capital Management,LLC | 8,831 | $271.4K | 0.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 9,376 | $288.1K | 0.00% | +1,532+19.5% | Added |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC | 9,382 | $288.3K | 0.00% | −403−4.1% | Reduced |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 9,800 | $301.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Asset Planning Services Inc | 10,000 | $307.0K | 0.13% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 10,186 | $313.0K | 0.01% | +9,764+2,313.7% | Added |
| Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC | 10,422 | $320.3K | 0.00% | +10,422 | New |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 10,490 | $322.4K | 0.00% | +366+3.6% | Added |
| XTX Topco Ltd | 11,001 | $338.1K | 0.00% | +11,001 | New |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 11,672 | $359.0K | 0.00% | +1,943+20.0% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 12,602 | $387.3K | 0.00% | +3,400+36.9% | Added |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 13,022 | $400.2K | 0.00% | +832+6.8% | Added |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 14,640 | $449.9K | 0.00% | −117−0.8% | Reduced |
| Rafferty Asset Management, LLC | 15,005 | $461.1K | 0.00% | +15,005 | New |
| Barclays PLC | 15,163 | $466.0K | 0.00% | +4,547+42.8% | Added |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC | 15,692 | $482.2K | 0.00% | −11,327−41.9% | Reduced |
| EntryPoint Capital, LLC | 15,774 | $484.7K | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| E&G Advisors, LP | 16,100 | $494.8K | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| 1492 Capital Management LLC | 16,216 | $498.3K | 0.15% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Hartmann Taylor Wealth Management, LLC | 18,506 | $500.4K | 0.33% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 16,350 | $502.4K | 0.00% | −172−1.0% | Reduced |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 16,500 | $507.0K | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| VARCOV Co. | 17,459 | $536.5K | 0.20% | +17,459 | New |
| Susquehanna Fundamental Investments, LLC | 17,475 | $537.0K | 0.01% | −6,553−27.3% | Reduced |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 17,950 | $551.6K | 0.01% | −600−3.2% | Reduced |
| First Foundation Advisors | 17,966 | $552.1K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | 17,972 | $552.3K | 0.02% | +15,823+736.3% | Added |
| MetLife Investment Management | 18,334 | $563.4K | 0.00% | +1,203+7.0% | Added |
| LSV Asset Management | 19,270 | $592.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | 19,479 | $598.6K | 0.01% | +19,479 | New |
| Kings Path Partners LLC | 19,770 | $607.5K | 0.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Texas Yale Capital Corp. | 19,890 | $611.2K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Vines Capital Management, LLC | 21,000 | $645.3K | 0.53% | −28,062−57.2% | Reduced |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 21,639 | $665.0K | 0.00% | +11,316+109.6% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 21,760 | $668.7K | 0.00% | +12,223+128.2% | Added |
| Penn Capital Management Co Inc | 22,374 | $687.6K | 0.04% | −2,505−10.1% | Reduced |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 23,321 | $716.7K | 0.00% | +23,321 | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 23,626 | $726.0K | 0.00% | +313+1.3% | Added |
| Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd | 24,069 | $739.6K | 0.00% | +6,629+38.0% | Added |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 25,395 | $780.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | 25,486 | $783.2K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 25,913 | $796.3K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 26,451 | $813.0K | 0.00% | +3,934+17.5% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 26,606 | $817.6K | 0.00% | −24,846−48.3% | Reduced |