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.
Open-market trades, last 90 days
Open-market purchases (P) and sales (S) by Business First Bancshares, Inc. insiders, counted by Form 4 filing. Trades with a flagged price and duplicate filings are left out.
- Open-market buys
- 1 filing
- 1 insider, $47.4K in total
- Open-market sells
- 11 filings
- 6 insiders, $3.43M in total
- Insiders trading
- 7
- Net value
- −$3.38M
- Purchases minus sales
Insider roster
Directors, officers and 10% owners who have filed a Form 4 for Business First Bancshares, Inc., current and former, most recent filer first. Last reported holding is the position after the last non-derivative trade in their latest filing.
| Name | Title | Last reported holding | Last filing | Filings, past year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cummings George W. III | Director | 183,745 | Aug 25, 2026 | 14 |
| Carter Donald Chad | EVP, Correspondent Banking | 12,642 | Aug 7, 2026 | 5 |
| Hall William G. | Director | 3,550Indirect | Aug 7, 2026 | 2 |
| Strong Saundra | EVP & General Counsel | 4,878 | Aug 6, 2026 | 4 |
| Mansfield Keith | EVP&COO of b1Bank | 77,139 | Jul 31, 2026 | 4 |
| Johnson Joseph Vernon | Director | 172,073 | Jul 30, 2026 | 2 |
| Day Rick D. | Director | 269,901 | Jul 29, 2026 | 4 |
| Price Arthur | Director | 11,680 | Jun 29, 2026 | 1 |
| Montgomery David A. Jr. | Director | 14,268 | Jun 29, 2026 | 1 |
| Mockler Patrick E. | Director | 33,159 | Jun 29, 2026 | 1 |
| McCollister Rolfe H. Jr. | Director | 94,096 | Jun 29, 2026 | 2 |
| White Steven Gerard | Director | 14,930 | Jun 29, 2026 | 1 |
| Folse Mark P. | Director | 54,302 | Jun 29, 2026 | 2 |
| Tillage Keith Alexis | Director | 6,409 | Jun 29, 2026 | 1 |
| Ducrest John P. | Director | 13,716 | Jun 29, 2026 | 1 |
| Sanchez Alejandro M | Director | 1,016 | Jun 29, 2026 | 1 |
| Quirk Aimee M | Director | 2,533 | Jun 29, 2026 | 1 |
| Sidi Zeenat | Director | 1,674 | Jun 29, 2026 | 1 |
| Robertson Greg | EVP and CFO | 69,532 | Apr 2, 2026 | 4 |
| Jordan Philip | EVP&CBO of b1Bank | 81,008 | Apr 2, 2026 | 3 |
| Melville David R. III | President and CEO | 208,902 | Apr 2, 2026 | 3 |
| McDonald Warren | EVP & Chief Credit Officer | 14,195 | Apr 2, 2026 | 3 |
| Manning Kathryn | EVP & Chief Risk Officer | 15,791 | Apr 2, 2026 | 3 |
| Vascocu Norman Jerome Jr | President of b1Bank | 21,595 | Apr 2, 2026 | 4 |
| Roemer Heather G. | EVP, CAO | 19,064 | Apr 2, 2026 | 3 |
| Buquet James J. III | Director | 28,523 | Aug 5, 2025 | 0 |
| Calkins Carol | Director | 6,000 | Jun 30, 2025 | 0 |
| Smith Kenneth W. | Director | 52,064 | Apr 29, 2024 | 0 |
| McLindon Andrew D. | Director | 41,814 | Apr 29, 2024 | 0 |
| Jackson Jesse | EVP & Pres., Fin. Institutions | 26,338 | Apr 2, 2024 | 0 |
| Greer Robert S. Jr. | Director | 24,265 | May 9, 2023 | 0 |
| Brees Drew C. | Director | 3,608 | May 9, 2023 | 0 |
| Lee Margaret Singer | EVP,Chief HR Officer of b1BANK | 18,256 | Apr 4, 2023 | 0 |
| Robertson Alicia | EVP - b1BANK | 12,293 | Aug 26, 2021 | 0 |
| Hingle Donald A. II | EVP & CCE of b1Bank | 17,311 | Aug 26, 2021 | 0 |
Insider trades
Each row adds up one type of transaction in one Form 4 filing. Only open-market purchases (P) and sales (S) are shown by default; use the filters to see grants, option exercises and other codes.
| Filed (ET) | Trade date | Filing delay | Insider | Transaction | Shares | Avg price | Value | Holding change | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2023 (view filing) | Aug 31, 2020 | 1,172 daysLate | Buquet James J. IIIDirector | PPurchase | +75.39 | $15.11 | +$1.14K | +1.9%4.00K after | |
| Nov 16, 2023 (view filing) | Nov 16 | Same day | Buquet James J. IIIDirector | SSale | −5.70K | $12.21 | −$69.6K | −50.0%5.69K after | |
| Nov 16, 2023 (view filing) | Nov 14-15 | 2 days | Folse Mark P.Director | SSale | −25.0K | $21.13 | −$528.2K | −18.2%112.1K after | 2 lots |
| Sep 5, 2023 (view filing) | Aug 31 | 5 days | Day Rick D.Director | PPurchase | +1.50K | $20.43 | +$30.6K | +0.6%259.8K after | |
| Aug 11, 2023 (view filing) | Aug 9 | 2 days | Jackson JesseEVP & Pres., Fin. Institutions | SSale | −3.00K | $20.87 | −$62.6K | −13.4%19.4K after | |
| Jun 2, 2023 (view filing) | May 31 | 2 days | Day Rick D.Director | PPurchase | +2.00K | $14.60 | +$29.2K | +0.8%258.3K after | |
| May 17, 2023 (view filing) | May 16 | 1 day | Manning KathrynChief Risk Officer | PPurchase | +1.40K | $14.34 | +$20.1K | +12.8%12.3K after | |
| May 12, 2023 (view filing) | May 11 | 1 day | Ducrest John P.Director | PPurchase | +6.04K | $14.10 | +$85.1K | New position6.04K after | |
| May 12, 2023 (view filing) | May 10 | 2 days | Price ArthurDirector | PPurchase | +750 | $13.99 | +$10.5K | +8.6%9.52K after | Duplicate filing |
| May 12, 2023 (view filing) | May 11 | 1 day | Robertson GregEVP and CFO | PPurchase | +6.78K | $14.10 | +$95.5K | +12.6%60.5K after | |
| May 11, 2023 (view filing) | May 2-3 | 9 days | Mansfield KeithEVP&COO of b1Bank | PPurchase | +10.0K | $14.59 | +$145.9K | +18.4%64.2K after | Amended2 lots |
| May 10, 2023 (view filing) | May 10 | Same day | Price ArthurDirector | PPurchase | +750 | $13.99 | +$10.5K | +8.6%9.52K after | |
| May 9, 2023 (view filing) | May 8 | 1 day | Johnson Joseph VernonDirector | PPurchase | +500 | $14.19 | +$7.09K | +0.2%225.8K after | |
| May 9, 2023 (view filing) | May 9 | Same day | White Steven GerardDirector | PPurchase | +1.50K | $14.44 | +$21.7K | +13.3%12.8K after | |
| May 8, 2023 (view filing) | May 4 | 4 days | McCollister Rolfe H. Jr.Director | PPurchase | +7.00K | $13.60 | +$95.2K | +8.4%90.7K after | |
| May 5, 2023 (view filing) | May 5 | Same day | Smith Kenneth W.Director | PPurchase | +3.65K | $13.96 | +$51.0K | +8.0%49.3K after | |
| May 5, 2023 (view filing) | May 2-5 | 3 daysLate | McLindon Andrew D.Director | PPurchase | +2.00K | $14.39 | +$28.8K | +5.4%39.1K after | 2 lots |
| May 5, 2023 (view filing) | May 3 | 2 days | Calkins CarolDirector | PPurchase | +500 | $14.65 | +$7.33K | +18.8%3.16K after | |
| May 5, 2023 (view filing) | May 2 | 3 daysLate | Day Rick D.Director | PPurchase | +6.00K | $15.26 | +$91.6K | +2.4%254.8K after | |
| Aug 5, 2022 (view filing) | Aug 4 | 1 day | Ducrest John P.Director | PPurchase | +1.71K | $23.39 | +$40.0K | +25.8%8.35K after | |
| May 6, 2022 (view filing) | May 5 | 1 day | Calkins CarolDirector | PPurchase | +366 | $22.51 | +$8.24K | +32.9%1.48K after | |
| May 3, 2022 (view filing) | Apr 29 | 4 days | McLindon Andrew D.Director | PPurchase | +1.00K | $22.71 | +$22.7K | +2.9%35.9K after | |
| Mar 15, 2022 (view filing) | Mar 11 | 4 days | Day Rick D.Director | PPurchase | +1.13K | $25.08 | +$28.3K | +0.5%246.8K after | |
| Feb 7, 2022 (view filing) | Feb 4 | 3 days | White Steven GerardDirector | SSale | −3.00K | $26.90 | −$80.7K | −9.2%29.7K after | |
| Dec 14, 2021 (view filing) | Dec 14 | Same day | Brees Drew C.Director | PPurchase | +3.63K | $27.80 | +$100.8K | New position3.63K after | |
| Dec 14, 2021 (view filing) | Dec 14 | Same day | Day Rick D.Director | PPurchase | +3.10K | $27.50 | +$85.3K | +1.3%245.7K after | |
| Dec 14, 2021 (view filing) | Dec 13 | 1 day | McCollister Rolfe H. Jr.Director | PPurchase | +195 | $27.50 | +$5.36K | +0.2%82.5K after | |
| Nov 30, 2021 (view filing) | Nov 10-18 | 20 daysLate | Folse Mark P.EVP,Chief Risk Officer- b1BANK | SSale | −15.3K | $28.43 | −$434.7K | −10.4%132.0K after | 4 lots |
| Nov 9, 2021 (view filing) | Nov 5 | 4 days | Tillage Keith AlexisDirector | PPurchase | +34 | $27.62 | +$939.08 | +5.1%698 after | |
| Oct 26, 2021 (view filing) | Oct 25 | 1 day | White Steven GerardDirector | SSale | −4.00K | $26.83 | −$107.3K | −10.9%32.7K after | |
| Aug 11, 2021 (view filing) | Aug 10 | 1 day | McCollister Rolfe H. Jr.Director | PPurchase | +3.88K | $24.02 | +$93.2K | +4.9%82.3K after | |
| Aug 11, 2021 (view filing) | Jun 9 | 63 days | Buquet James J. IIIDirector | SSale | −7.46K | $23.85 | −$178.0K | −65.5%3.92K after | Amended |