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Insider Ownership Percentage: 5.68%

Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $186,717.50

Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $462,095.02

Business First Bancshares Insider Trading History Chart

Business First Bancshares Share Price & Price History

^$29.15

▲ +0.15 (0.52%)

As of 02/13/2026 05:00 PM ET

Days: 30 | 90 | 365

Business First Bancshares Insider Trading History

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction	Shares Held After Transaction
2/10/2026	Mark P. Folse	Director	Sell	4,854	$29.51	$143,241.54	53,286
2/9/2026	Mark P. Folse	Director	Sell	5,146	$29.75	$153,093.50	58,140
1/29/2026	Donald Chad Carter	EVP	Sell	3,778	$27.27	$103,026.06	13,863
1/27/2026	Rick D Day	Director	Buy	1,500	$27.55	$41,325.00	267,385
12/1/2025	Greg Robertson	CFO	Sell	1,400	$26.41	$36,974.00	67,835
10/28/2025	Rick D Day	Director	Buy	1,600	$24.21	$38,736.00	265,885
7/31/2025	John P. Ducrest	Director	Buy	2,225	$23.62	$52,554.50	13,716
6/6/2025	Rolfe H Jr. Mccollister	Director	Buy	680	$23.40	$15,912.00	92,960
5/29/2025	Greg Robertson	CFO	Sell	1,086	$23.72	$25,759.92	69,235
3/5/2025	Rick D Day	Director	Buy	1,500	$25.46	$38,190.00	264,285
11/4/2024	Joseph Vernon Johnson	Director	Sell	2,500	$26.33	$65,825.00	183,057
11/1/2024	Joseph Vernon Johnson	Director	Sell	6,000	$26.36	$158,160.00	185,557
10/29/2024	Joseph Vernon Johnson	Director	Sell	3,980	$26.63	$105,987.40	203,077
9/9/2024	Warren McDonald	Insider	Sell	1,500	$24.68	$37,020.00	19,095
8/1/2024	Warren McDonald	Insider	Sell	1,532	$25.71	$39,387.72	20,595
7/30/2024	Joseph Vernon Johnson	Director	Sell	5,574	$25.38	$141,468.12	213,357
7/30/2024	Saundra Strong	EVP	Sell	6,300	$25.32	$159,516.00	11,275
4/30/2024	Rick D Day	Director	Buy	1,800	$20.30	$36,540.00	262,785
3/11/2024	Warren McDonald	Insider	Sell	7,000	$22.37	$156,590.00	24,306
11/16/2023	James J Buquet III	Director	Sell	38,000	$21.03	$799,140.00	44,538
8/31/2023	Rick D Day	Director	Buy	1,500	$20.43	$30,645.00	259,836
8/9/2023	Jesse Jackson	EVP	Sell	3,000	$20.87	$62,610.00	19,417
5/31/2023	Rick D Day	Director	Buy	2,000	$14.60	$29,200.00	258,336
5/16/2023	Kathryn Manning	Insider	Buy	1,400	$14.34	$20,076.00	12,343
5/11/2023	Greg Robertson	CFO	Buy	6,775	$14.10	$95,527.50	60,501
5/11/2023	John P. Ducrest	Director	Buy	6,036	$14.10	$85,107.60	6,036
5/9/2023	Steven Gerard White	Director	Buy	1,500	$14.44	$21,660.00	12,765
5/5/2023	Kenneth W Smith	Director	Buy	3,650	$13.96	$50,954.00	49,331
5/2/2023	Andrew D Mclindon	Director	Buy	1,000	$14.70	$14,700.00	38,081
3/15/2023	William K Hood	Director	Buy	2,600	$21.60	$56,160.00	769,933
2/28/2023	William K Hood	Director	Buy	500	$21.40	$10,700.00	767,333
1/10/2023	Edgar R Smith III	Director	Buy	106	$23.70	$2,512.20	6,443
1/6/2023	William K Hood	Director	Buy	54	$20.18	$1,089.72	766,833

SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST)

47.35% of Business First Bancshares stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

Business First Bancshares Institutional Trading History

Reporting Date	Hedge Fund	Shares Held	Market Value	% of Portfolio	Quarterly Change in Shares	Ownership in Company
2/13/2026	Marshall Wace LLP	36,930	$0.97M	0.0%	+77.5%	0.125%
2/13/2026	The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company	439,856	$11.50M	0.0%	-1.0%	1.485%
2/13/2026	CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co	4,424	$0.12M	0.0%	-84.5%	0.015%
2/13/2026	Fourthstone LLC	132,169	$3.46M	0.6%	-19.4%	0.446%
2/13/2026	Smartleaf Asset Management LLC	1,099	$29K	0.0%	+15,600.0%	0.004%
2/13/2026	First Trust Advisors LP	105,350	$2.75M	0.0%	-2.2%	0.356%
2/13/2026	Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.	242,669	$6.34M	0.0%	+0.4%	0.820%
2/13/2026	State Street Corp	590,174	$15.43M	0.0%	-1.4%	1.993%
2/13/2026	Ieq Capital LLC	10,993	$0.29M	0.0%	N/A	0.037%
2/13/2026	Martingale Asset Management L P	20,423	$0.53M	0.0%	-37.8%	0.069%
2/13/2026	Wells Fargo & Company MN	32,136	$0.84M	0.0%	+45.8%	0.109%
2/13/2026	Gator Capital Management LLC	65,967	$1.72M	0.3%	+0.9%	0.223%
2/12/2026	Jane Street Group LLC	18,631	$0.49M	0.0%	-60.2%	0.063%
2/12/2026	Banc Funds Co. LLC	190,549	$4.98M	1.0%	-29.2%	0.643%
2/12/2026	Renaissance Technologies LLC	20,300	$0.53M	0.0%	-36.2%	0.069%
2/12/2026	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	1,083,887	$28.33M	0.0%	+5.8%	3.660%
2/12/2026	Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC	20,670	$0.54M	0.0%	+30.8%	0.070%
2/11/2026	Empowered Funds LLC	117,407	$3.07M	0.0%	+15.7%	0.397%
2/11/2026	LPL Financial LLC	30,478	$0.80M	0.0%	+69.5%	0.103%
2/11/2026	Franklin Resources Inc.	155,159	$4.06M	0.0%	-15.8%	0.524%
2/11/2026	Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC	40,361	$1.06M	0.0%	-3.6%	0.136%
2/11/2026	CenterBook Partners LP	30,745	$0.80M	0.0%	-32.8%	0.104%
2/11/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	274,131	$7.17M	0.0%	-12.3%	0.926%
2/11/2026	Los Angeles Capital Management LLC	25,047	$0.62M	0.0%	-18.9%	0.085%
2/10/2026	1492 Capital Management LLC	8,878	$0.23M	0.1%	N/A	0.030%
2/10/2026	Goldman Sachs Group Inc.	176,630	$4.62M	0.0%	+65.2%	0.597%
2/10/2026	Womack Financial LLC	51,651	$1.35M	1.0%	-2.0%	0.174%
2/10/2026	Intech Investment Management LLC	10,118	$0.26M	0.0%	-17.3%	0.034%
2/9/2026	Geode Capital Management LLC	731,206	$19.12M	0.0%	+2.0%	2.469%
2/9/2026	Penn Capital Management Company LLC	21,956	$0.57M	0.0%	-12.8%	0.074%
2/9/2026	Royce & Associates LP	823,364	$21.52M	0.2%	+27.0%	2.780%
2/4/2026	Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC	47,374	$1.24M	0.3%	+4.7%	0.160%
2/3/2026	Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC	10,071	$0.26M	0.2%	N/A	0.034%
2/2/2026	Robertson Stephens Wealth Management LLC	95,862	$2.51M	0.1%	-28.2%	0.324%
1/29/2026	Polaris Capital Management LLC	82,400	$2.15M	0.2%	+7.0%	0.278%
1/28/2026	Arizona State Retirement System	8,235	$0.22M	0.0%	-6.3%	0.028%
1/28/2026	Geneos Wealth Management Inc.	38,237	$1M	0.0%	-8.2%	0.129%
1/28/2026	Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH	12,190	$0.32M	0.0%	+43.6%	0.041%
1/26/2026	CWM LLC	4,446	$0.12M	0.0%	+36.5%	0.015%
1/21/2026	Daytona Street Capital LLC	8,000	$0.21M	0.1%	N/A	0.027%
1/9/2026	SG Americas Securities LLC	24,984	$0.65M	0.0%	-3.3%	0.084%
1/1/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	312,746	$7.38M	0.0%	-1.9%	1.056%
11/24/2025	Penn Capital Management Company LLC	25,191	$0.60M	0.0%	+19.5%	0.085%
11/17/2025	Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc.	34,361	$0.81M	0.0%	+4.9%	0.116%
11/17/2025	FWL Investment Management LLC	1,762	$42K	0.0%	N/A	0.006%
11/17/2025	Virtus Advisers LLC	5,204	$0.12M	0.1%	N/A	0.018%
11/17/2025	Verition Fund Management LLC	21,829	$0.52M	0.0%	N/A	0.074%
11/17/2025	Qube Research & Technologies Ltd	60,267	$1.42M	0.0%	-2.6%	0.204%
11/17/2025	Millennium Management LLC	19,183	$0.45M	0.0%	-91.0%	0.065%
11/17/2025	MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.	13,310	$0.31M	0.0%	-14.7%	0.045%
11/17/2025	Delos Wealth Advisors LLC	1,258	$30K	0.0%	N/A	0.004%
11/17/2025	Banc Funds Co. LLC	269,264	$6.36M	1.1%	-22.4%	0.909%
11/17/2025	Bank of America Corp DE	35,735	$0.84M	0.0%	-26.3%	0.121%
11/17/2025	Aquatic Capital Management LLC	7,114	$0.17M	0.0%	+259.8%	0.024%
11/17/2025	Alliancebernstein L.P.	115,638	$2.73M	0.0%	-2.5%	0.390%
11/17/2025	Ameriprise Financial Inc.	18,588	$0.44M	0.0%	+18.8%	0.063%
11/14/2025	Creative Planning	34,115	$0.81M	0.0%	+27.9%	0.115%
11/14/2025	Mendon Capital Advisors Corp	250,000	$5.90M	2.3%	-10.7%	0.844%
11/14/2025	Man Group plc	37,129	$0.88M	0.0%	N/A	0.125%
11/14/2025	California State Teachers Retirement System	27,604	$0.65M	0.0%	-14.2%	0.093%
11/14/2025	UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC	29,703	$0.70M	0.0%	-53.7%	0.100%
11/14/2025	Two Sigma Investments LP	57,982	$1.37M	0.0%	+62.8%	0.196%
11/14/2025	Bridgeway Capital Management LLC	187,248	$4.42M	0.1%	+4.3%	0.632%
11/14/2025	Squarepoint Ops LLC	15,559	$0.37M	0.0%	-63.9%	0.053%
11/13/2025	Gator Capital Management LLC	65,377	$1.54M	0.4%	+52.7%	0.221%
11/13/2025	BNP Paribas Financial Markets	7,509	$0.18M	0.0%	+24.2%	0.025%
11/13/2025	Franklin Resources Inc.	184,310	$4.35M	0.0%	+5.7%	0.622%
11/13/2025	Legal & General Group Plc	29,770	$0.70M	0.0%	-3.1%	0.101%
11/13/2025	Russell Investments Group Ltd.	230,616	$5.45M	0.0%	+3.6%	0.779%
11/13/2025	Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd	14,510	$0.34M	0.1%	+3.2%	0.049%
11/13/2025	First Trust Advisors LP	107,684	$2.54M	0.0%	+467.0%	0.364%
11/12/2025	Barclays PLC	40,119	$0.95M	0.0%	-25.1%	0.135%
11/12/2025	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	1,024,248	$24.18M	0.0%	+3.7%	3.459%
11/12/2025	Victory Capital Management Inc.	48,000	$1.13M	0.0%	+4.3%	0.162%
11/12/2025	Royce & Associates LP	648,080	$15.30M	0.2%	+17.5%	2.188%
11/12/2025	American Century Companies Inc.	730,694	$17.25M	0.0%	+12.6%	2.467%
11/12/2025	Quantbot Technologies LP	1,417	$33K	0.0%	-76.0%	0.005%
11/12/2025	Intech Investment Management LLC	12,240	$0.29M	0.0%	+9.6%	0.041%
11/10/2025	Ameritas Investment Partners Inc.	2,379	$56K	0.0%	-18.2%	0.008%
11/7/2025	Prospector Partners LLC	35,600	$0.84M	0.1%	+69.5%	0.120%
11/7/2025	CenterBook Partners LP	45,752	$1.08M	0.1%	N/A	0.154%
11/7/2025	Vanguard Group Inc.	1,591,098	$37.57M	0.0%	+1.1%	5.373%
11/7/2025	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	312,746	$7.38M	0.0%	-1.9%	1.056%
11/7/2025	PNC Financial Services Group Inc.	12,641	$0.30M	0.0%	+32,312.8%	0.043%
11/6/2025	LSV Asset Management	19,270	$0.46M	0.0%	-39.0%	0.065%
11/6/2025	Rhumbline Advisers	42,075	$0.99M	0.0%	-3.6%	0.142%
11/5/2025	Ranger Investment Management L.P.	345,855	$8.17M	0.6%	+0.6%	1.168%
11/4/2025	Jones Financial Companies Lllp	1,200	$29K	0.0%	N/A	0.004%
11/4/2025	Thrivent Financial for Lutherans	12,037	$0.28M	0.0%	-67.9%	0.041%
11/3/2025	AlphaQuest LLC	7,580	$0.18M	0.0%	+237.2%	0.026%
11/3/2025	Arizona State Retirement System	8,792	$0.21M	0.0%	+7.4%	0.030%
10/31/2025	Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd	8,779	$0.21M	0.0%	N/A	0.030%
10/30/2025	Strs Ohio	11,600	$0.27M	0.0%	+68.1%	0.039%
10/28/2025	Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC	15,805	$0.37M	0.0%	-11.0%	0.053%
10/24/2025	State of Alaska Department of Revenue	1,189	$28K	0.0%	N/A	0.004%
10/23/2025	SG Americas Securities LLC	25,832	$0.61M	0.0%	N/A	0.087%
10/15/2025	CWM LLC	3,258	$77K	0.0%	+32.0%	0.011%
10/14/2025	Farther Finance Advisors LLC	5,434	$0.13M	0.0%	+86.8%	0.018%
8/27/2025	Squarepoint Ops LLC	43,120	$1.06M	0.0%	+199.8%	0.146%
8/26/2025	Thrivent Financial for Lutherans	37,441	$0.92M	0.0%	+9.0%	0.126%

Data available starting January 2016

Business First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for b1BANK that provides various banking products and services in Louisiana and Texas. It offers various deposit products and services, including checking, demand, money market, time, and savings accounts; and certificates of deposits, remote deposit capture, and direct deposit services. The company also provides commercial and industrial loans, such as working capital, term, equipment financing, asset acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing base, and other loan products, as well as commercial lines of credit, accounts receivable factoring, agricultural financing, and letters of credit; construction and development loans; commercial real estate loans; residential real estate loans comprising first and second lien 1-4 family mortgage loans, and home equity lines of credit; and consumer loans, including secured and unsecured installment, and term loans. In addition, it offers wealth management products, including mutual funds, annuities, individual retirement accounts, and other financial products, as well as other fiduciary and private banking products and services. Further, the company provides a range of other financial services comprising debit and credit cards, treasury and cash management, merchant, automated clearing house, lock-box, receivables factoring, correspondent banking, and other treasury services, as well as employee and payroll benefits solutions; and drive-through banking facilities, automated teller machines, night depository, personalized checks, electronic funds transfer, domestic and foreign wire transfer, traveler's checks, vault, loan and deposit sweep accounts, online and mobile banking, e-statements, and bank-by-mail services. Business First Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Today's Range

Now: $29.15

$28.69

$29.28

50 Day Range

MA: $27.52

$25.88

$29.99

52 Week Range

Now: $29.15

$20.07

$30.32

Volume

120,985 shs

Average Volume

180,644 shs

Market Capitalization

$863.28 million

P/E Ratio

10.45

Dividend Yield

2.07%

Beta

0.86

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Business First Bancshares?: Business First Bancshares' top insider shareholders include:
Rick D Day (Director)
Joseph Vernon Johnson (Director)
Rolfe H Jr Mccollister (Director)
Greg Robertson (CFO)
Mark P Folse (Director)
Warren Mcdonald (Insider)
Donald Chad Carter (EVP)
John P Ducrest (Director)
Saundra Strong (EVP)
Learn More about top insider investors at Business First Bancshares.
Who are the major institutional investors of Business First Bancshares?: Business First Bancshares' top institutional investors include:
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP — 3.66%
Royce & Associates LP — 2.78%
Geode Capital Management LLC — 2.47%
State Street Corp — 1.99%
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company — 1.49%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. — 0.93%
Learn More about top institutional investors of Business First Bancshares stock.
Which major investors are selling Business First Bancshares stock?: During the last quarter, BFST stock was sold by these institutional investors:
Banc Funds Co. LLC
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Robertson Stephens Wealth Management LLC
Fourthstone LLC
Franklin Resources Inc.
Jane Street Group LLC
CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co
CenterBook Partners LP
During the previous year, company insiders that have sold Business First Bancshares company stock include:
Rick D Day (Director)
Joseph Vernon Johnson (Director)
Rolfe H Jr Mccollister (Director)
Learn More investors selling Business First Bancshares stock.
Which major investors are buying Business First Bancshares stock?: During the previous quarter, BFST stock was bought by institutional investors including:
Royce & Associates LP
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
Marshall Wace LLP
Empowered Funds LLC
Geode Capital Management LLC
LPL Financial LLC
Ieq Capital LLC
During the previous year, these company insiders have bought Business First Bancshares stock:
Rick D Day (Director)
Joseph Vernon Johnson (Director)
Rolfe H Jr Mccollister (Director)
Learn More investors buying Business First Bancshares stock.