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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)
86
Total
Institutional Inflows
(last 12 months)
$86.94M
Number of
Institutional Sellers
(last 12 months)
48
Total
Institutional Outflows
(last 12 months)
$17.47M
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BFST Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

Business First Bancshares Major Shareholders & Ownership History

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Reporting DateMajor Shareholder NameShares HeldMarket Value% of PortfolioQuarterly Change in SharesOwnership in CompanyDetails
8/8/2025 Intech Investment Management LLC11,166$275K0.0%-27.4%0.038%
8/8/2025 Creative Planning26,678$658K0.0%+32.8%0.090%
8/8/2025 Geode Capital Management LLC697,274$17.19M0.0%+13.4%2.356%
8/7/2025 Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC17,751$438K0.0%+2.6%0.060%
8/7/2025 Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.61,862$1.53M0.0%+10.7%0.208%
8/7/2025 Los Angeles Capital Management LLC38,465$948K0.0%-23.1%0.130%
7/29/2025 Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.20,125$496K0.0%-10.6%0.068%
7/25/2025 CWM LLC2,469$61K0.0%+160.2%0.008%
7/23/2025 KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS7,100$175K0.0%+65.1%0.024%
7/21/2025 Polaris Capital Management LLC77,000$1.90M0.1%+18.5%0.259%
7/15/2025 Hartmann Taylor Wealth Management LLC28,506$703K0.6%-14.9%0.096%
7/11/2025 Farther Finance Advisors LLC2,909$72K0.0%N/A0.010%
7/10/2025 Security National Bank16,965$418K0.1%N/A0.057%
5/29/2025Rhumbline Advisers36,522$889K0.0%-4.1%0.123%
5/28/2025 Strs 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%
5/14/2025 AlphaQuest LLC2,248$55K0.0%-81.0%0.008%
5/14/2025Quantbot Technologies LP4,128$101K0.0%+15.2%0.014%
5/13/2025 Prospector 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%
5/12/2025 Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.55,890$1.36M0.0%+26.6%0.188%
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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%
5/5/2025 Gries 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%
4/29/2025 Bank of New York Mellon Corp118,583$2.89M0.0%-2.3%0.401%
4/24/2025 Hartmann Taylor Wealth Management LLC33,506$816K0.7%N/A0.113%
4/23/2025 E&G Advisors LP16,100$392K0.1%-41.0%0.054%
4/8/2025Rhumbline Advisers36,522$889K0.0%-4.1%0.124%
4/7/2025 GAMMA Investing LLC5,430$132K0.0%+12,527.9%0.018%
4/4/2025 Kings Path Partners LLC19,770$481K0.2%-38.6%0.067%
2/20/2025Mackenzie Financial Corp19,305$496K0.0%N/A0.065%
2/19/2025 Public 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%
2/17/2025Lazard Asset Management LLC3,335$85K0.0%N/A0.011%
2/17/2025Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc.24,417$628K0.0%N/A0.083%
2/17/2025Janus Henderson Group PLC623,464$16.02M0.0%+111.1%2.111%
2/17/2025Deutsche Bank AG24,211$622K0.0%+56.6%0.082%
2/17/2025Cresset Asset Management LLC70,621$1.82M0.0%N/A0.239%
2/17/2025BOKF NA9,928$255K0.0%-73.4%0.034%
2/17/2025Bridgeway Capital Management LLC164,612$4.23M0.1%+2.4%0.557%
2/17/2025Bank of America Corp DE28,971$745K0.0%+26.7%0.098%
2/17/2025Basswood Capital Management L.L.C.35,845$921K0.1%N/A0.121%
2/17/2025BNP Paribas Financial Markets16,230$417K0.0%+88.0%0.055%
2/17/2025Ameriprise Financial Inc.8,487$218K0.0%N/A0.029%
2/14/2025Northern Trust Corp232,329$5.97M0.0%+10.2%0.786%
2/14/2025The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company455,539$11.71M0.0%-0.8%1.542%
2/14/2025Tudor Investment Corp ET AL10,562$271K0.0%N/A0.036%
2/14/2025Aquatic Capital Management LLC2,605$67K0.0%N/A0.009%
2/14/2025Voya Investment Management LLC8,710$224K0.0%-12.2%0.029%
2/14/2025Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD9,144$236K0.0%+16.7%0.031%
2/14/2025Mendon Capital Advisors Corp267,830$6.88M3.4%-13.6%0.907%
2/14/2025Hsbc Holdings PLC30,597$786K0.0%-14.2%0.104%
2/14/2025Dimensional Fund Advisors LP798,114$20.51M0.0%+11.7%2.702%
2/14/2025Curi RMB Capital LLC250,000$6.43M0.1%-15.7%0.846%
2/14/2025First Trust Advisors LP17,982$462K0.0%+16.6%0.061%
2/14/2025Banc Funds Co. LLC478,494$12.30M1.4%+3.5%1.620%
2/13/2025CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co26,545$682K0.0%-12.1%0.090%
2/13/2025NewEdge Advisors LLC1,383$36K0.0%-59.1%0.005%
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2/13/2025Barclays PLC51,205$1.32M0.0%+9.4%0.173%
2/13/2025 Sterling Capital Management LLC17,086$439K0.0%+4.2%0.058%
2/13/2025Kennedy Capital Management LLC165,554$4.26M0.1%-21.8%0.560%
2/13/2025LSV Asset Management41,470$1.07M0.0%-16.3%0.140%
2/13/2025Ranger Investment Management L.P.320,745$8.24M0.5%-14.5%1.086%
2/13/2025Raymond James Financial Inc.52,979$1.36M0.0%N/A0.179%
2/13/2025Martingale Asset Management L P38,144$980K0.0%+65.4%0.129%
2/13/2025Renaissance Technologies LLC16,200$416K0.0%+8.7%0.055%
2/13/2025Legal & General Group Plc22,378$575K0.0%-2.2%0.076%
2/13/2025Invesco Ltd.43,328$1.11M0.0%+1.3%0.147%
(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, 135 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. ($14.87M), 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 111 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 ($789.94K), Janus Henderson Group PLC ($594.57K), Vanguard Group Inc. ($262.98K), International Assets Investment Management LLC ($236.50K), American Century Companies Inc. ($229.38K), 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 3,490,512 shares in the last 24 months. This purchase volume represents approximately $87.15M in transactions.

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

Of the 48 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), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ($55.88K), Ranger Investment Management L.P. ($54.21K), Russell Investments Group Ltd. ($50.28K), Kennedy Capital Management LLC ($46.26K), Mendon Capital Advisors Corp ($44.91K), and BOKF NA ($27.44K).

How much institutional selling is happening at Business First Bancshares?

Institutional investors have sold a total of 688,136 shares in the last 24 months. This volume of shares sold represents approximately $17.47M in transactions.


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