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Business First Bancshares (BFST) Institutional Ownership

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Institutional Ownership Changes (13F Filings) for Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST)

Current
Institutional Ownership
Percentage
47.35%
Number of
Institutional Buyers
(last 12 months)
95
Total
Institutional Inflows
(last 12 months)
$86.31M
Number of
Institutional Sellers
(last 12 months)
53
Total
Institutional Outflows
(last 12 months)
$20.20M
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Business First Bancshares Major Shareholders & Ownership History

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Reporting DateMajor Shareholder NameShares HeldMarket Value% of PortfolioQuarterly Change in SharesOwnership in CompanyDetails
8/27/2025Squarepoint Ops LLC43,120$1.06M0.0%+199.8%0.146%
8/26/2025Thrivent Financial for Lutherans37,441$923K0.0%+9.0%0.126%
8/19/2025Ranger Investment Management L.P.343,700$8.47M0.6%+7.4%1.161%
8/15/2025CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co28,545$704K0.0%+7.5%0.096%
8/15/2025Tower Research Capital LLC TRC 2,669$66K0.0%+389.7%0.009%
8/15/2025BNP Paribas Financial Markets6,047$149K0.0%-27.3%0.020%
8/15/2025Bridgeway Capital Management LLC179,581$4.43M0.1%+4.9%0.607%
8/15/2025Bank of America Corp DE48,519$1.20M0.0%+21.9%0.164%
8/15/2025Ameriprise Financial Inc.15,646$386K0.0%+9.3%0.053%
8/14/2025Mendon Capital Advisors Corp280,000$6.90M3.5%+5.7%0.946%
8/14/2025Jane Street Group LLC24,573$606K0.0%-48.0%0.083%
8/14/2025Raymond James Financial Inc.53,187$1.31M0.0%+11.6%0.180%
8/14/2025MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.15,604$385K0.0%+8.8%0.053%
8/14/2025The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company 451,168$11.12M0.0%-1.4%1.524%
8/14/2025Squarepoint Ops LLC43,120$1.06M0.0%+199.8%0.146%
8/14/2025Fourthstone LLC34,654$854K0.2%N/A0.117%
8/14/2025Qube Research & Technologies Ltd61,873$1.53M0.0%+20.3%0.209%
8/13/2025Jump Financial LLC9,152$226K0.0%-17.5%0.031%
8/13/2025Marshall Wace LLP30,940$763K0.0%N/A0.105%
8/13/2025First Trust Advisors LP18,991$468K0.0%+6.4%0.064%
8/13/2025Invesco Ltd.42,343$1.04M0.0%-6.7%0.143%
8/13/2025Quantbot Technologies LP5,914$146K0.0%+43.3%0.020%
8/13/2025Russell Investments Group Ltd.222,699$5.49M0.0%-2.7%0.752%
8/12/2025Ameritas Investment Partners Inc.2,908$72K0.0%+22.8%0.010%
8/12/2025Prudential Financial Inc.10,480$258K0.0%N/A0.035%
8/12/2025American Century Companies Inc.649,100$16M0.0%+6.3%2.193%
8/12/2025Rhumbline Advisers43,642$1.08M0.0%+19.5%0.147%
8/12/2025Franklin Resources Inc.174,331$4.30M0.0%-19.3%0.589%
8/12/2025Legal & General Group Plc30,725$757K0.0%+23.1%0.104%
8/12/2025Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC43,461$1.07M0.0%-3.3%0.147%
8/12/2025JPMorgan Chase & Co.318,836$7.86M0.0%-8.5%1.077%
8/12/2025Magnetar Financial LLC13,392$330K0.0%N/A0.045%
8/12/2025Swiss National Bank53,608$1.32M0.0%-1.5%0.181%
8/12/2025Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd14,056$346K0.0%N/A0.047%
8/11/2025Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH8,490$209K0.0%N/A0.029%
8/8/2025Intech Investment Management LLC11,166$275K0.0%-27.4%0.038%
8/8/2025Creative Planning26,678$658K0.0%+32.8%0.090%
8/8/2025Geode Capital Management LLC697,274$17.19M0.0%+13.4%2.356%
8/7/2025Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC17,751$438K0.0%+2.6%0.060%
8/7/2025Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.61,862$1.53M0.0%+10.7%0.208%
8/7/2025Los Angeles Capital Management LLC38,465$948K0.0%-23.1%0.130%
7/29/2025Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.20,125$496K0.0%-10.6%0.068%
7/25/2025CWM LLC2,469$61K0.0%+160.2%0.008%
7/23/2025KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS7,100$175K0.0%+65.1%0.024%
7/21/2025Polaris Capital Management LLC77,000$1.90M0.1%+18.5%0.259%
7/15/2025Hartmann Taylor Wealth Management LLC28,506$703K0.6%-14.9%0.096%
7/11/2025Farther Finance Advisors LLC2,909$72K0.0%N/A0.010%
7/10/2025Security National Bank16,965$418K0.1%N/A0.057%
5/29/2025Rhumbline Advisers36,522$889K0.0%-4.1%0.123%
5/28/2025Strs Ohio6,400$156K0.0%N/A0.022%
5/21/2025Geneos Wealth Management Inc.41,637$1.01M0.0%-2.8%0.140%
5/21/2025Mendon Capital Advisors Corp265,000$6.45M3.2%-1.1%0.892%
5/19/2025Jane Street Group LLC47,236$1.15M0.0%N/A0.159%
5/16/2025Empowered Funds LLC85,408$2.08M0.0%+8.4%0.288%
5/16/2025Goldman Sachs Group Inc.102,508$2.50M0.0%-35.3%0.345%
5/16/2025Millennium Management LLC159,481$3.88M0.0%+1,532.5%0.537%
5/16/2025MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.14,343$349K0.0%+4.5%0.048%
5/16/2025Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc.32,755$798K0.0%+34.1%0.110%
5/16/2025Bridgeway Capital Management LLC171,208$4.17M0.1%+4.0%0.577%
5/16/2025AQR Capital Management LLC38,485$937K0.0%+115.4%0.130%
5/15/2025Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC18,819$458K0.0%N/A0.063%
5/15/2025Royal Bank of Canada17,313$422K0.0%-7.1%0.058%
5/14/2025Virtus Advisers LLC5,204$127K0.2%N/A0.018%
5/14/2025Penn Capital Management Company LLC23,023$561K0.1%N/A0.078%
5/14/2025Jump Financial LLC11,100$270K0.0%N/A0.037%
5/14/2025AlphaQuest LLC2,248$55K0.0%-81.0%0.008%
5/14/2025Quantbot Technologies LP4,128$101K0.0%+15.2%0.014%
5/13/2025Prospector Partners LLC21,000$511K0.1%N/A0.071%
5/13/2025Gator Capital Management LLC42,804$1.04M0.4%+1.2%0.144%
5/13/2025American Century Companies Inc.610,730$14.87M0.0%+13.4%2.057%
5/13/2025Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC44,961$1.10M0.0%-3.9%0.151%
5/13/2025Russell Investments Group Ltd.228,991$5.58M0.0%+15.8%0.771%
5/12/2025Nuveen LLC61,205$1.49M0.0%N/A0.206%
5/12/2025Invesco Ltd.45,392$1.11M0.0%+4.8%0.153%
5/12/2025Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.55,890$1.36M0.0%+26.6%0.188%
5/12/2025Swiss National Bank54,408$1.33M0.0%+14.5%0.183%
5/9/2025Deutsche Bank AG21,904$533K0.0%-9.5%0.074%
5/9/2025Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.216,483$5.27M0.0%-2.6%0.732%
5/9/2025Vanguard Group Inc.1,620,033$39.45M0.0%+0.1%5.478%
5/9/2025Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC40,375$983K0.3%-12.9%0.137%
5/7/2025Mackenzie Financial Corp23,286$567K0.0%+20.6%0.079%
5/6/2025Royce & Associates LP519,120$12.64M0.1%+9.9%1.755%
5/5/2025Gries Financial LLC54,563$1.33M0.3%N/A0.185%
5/2/2025Victory Capital Management Inc.41,000$998K0.0%+50.7%0.139%
4/30/2025Alps Advisors Inc.14,590$355K0.0%N/A0.049%
4/29/2025Bank of New York Mellon Corp118,583$2.89M0.0%-2.3%0.401%
4/24/2025Hartmann Taylor Wealth Management LLC33,506$816K0.7%N/A0.113%
4/23/2025E&G Advisors LP16,100$392K0.1%-41.0%0.054%
4/8/2025Rhumbline Advisers36,522$889K0.0%-4.1%0.124%
4/7/2025GAMMA Investing LLC5,430$132K0.0%+12,527.9%0.018%
4/4/2025Kings Path Partners LLC19,770$481K0.2%-38.6%0.067%
2/20/2025Mackenzie Financial Corp19,305$496K0.0%N/A0.065%
2/19/2025Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio3,647$94K0.0%N/A0.012%
2/17/2025UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC16,615$427K0.0%+8.2%0.056%
2/17/2025Virtus Investment Advisers Inc.5,000$128K0.1%N/A0.017%
2/17/2025Two Sigma Investments LP24,331$625K0.0%-21.2%0.082%
2/17/2025Two Sigma Advisers LP30,200$776K0.0%-14.4%0.102%
2/17/2025Nuveen Asset Management LLC92,135$2.37M0.0%-9.1%0.312%
2/17/2025Millennium Management LLC9,769$251K0.0%-28.4%0.033%
2/17/2025MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.13,719$353K0.0%+3.7%0.046%
(Data available from 1/1/2016 forward)

BFST Institutional Ownership - Frequently Asked Questions

Who are the largest shareholders of BFST shares?

During the previous two years, 140 institutional investors and hedge funds held shares of Business First Bancshares. The most heavily invested institutionals were International Assets Investment Management LLC ($60.76M), Vanguard Group Inc. ($39.45M), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP ($20.51M), Geode Capital Management LLC ($17.19M), Janus Henderson Group PLC ($16.02M), American Century Companies Inc. ($16M), and State Street Corp ($13.44M).Learn more on Business First Bancshares' institutional investors.

What percentage of Business First Bancshares' stock is owned by institutional investors?

47.35% of Business First Bancshares' stock is owned by institutional investors. Learn more on BFST's institutional investor holdings.

Which institutional investors have been buying Business First Bancshares' stock?

Of the 118 institutional investors that purchased Business First Bancshares' stock in the last 24 months, the following investors and hedge funds have bought the highest volume of shares: Mendon Capital Advisors Corp ($804.94K), Janus Henderson Group PLC ($594.57K), American Century Companies Inc. ($267.75K), Vanguard Group Inc. ($262.98K), International Assets Investment Management LLC ($236.50K), Royce & Associates LP ($168.79K), and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. ($155.60K).

How much institutional buying is happening at Business First Bancshares?

Institutional investors have bought a total of 3,413,207 shares in the last 24 months. This purchase volume represents approximately $86.31M in transactions.

Which of Business First Bancshares' major shareholders have been selling company stock?

Of the 53 institutional investors that sold Business First Bancshares' stock in the last 24 months, the following investors and hedge funds have sold the highest volume of shares: Curi RMB Capital LLC ($120K), Russell Investments Group Ltd. ($56.58K), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ($55.88K), Ranger Investment Management L.P. ($54.21K), Kennedy Capital Management LLC ($46.26K), Mendon Capital Advisors Corp ($44.91K), and JPMorgan Chase & Co. ($43.27K).

How much institutional selling is happening at Business First Bancshares?

Institutional investors have sold a total of 797,831 shares in the last 24 months. This volume of shares sold represents approximately $20.20M in transactions.


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