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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)
90
Total
Institutional Inflows
(last 12 months)
$59.87M
Number of
Institutional Sellers
(last 12 months)
53
Total
Institutional Outflows
(last 12 months)
$25.70M
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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
7/8/2026 Meriwether Wealth & Planning LLC37,186$1.14M0.6%-1.1%0.114%
5/26/2026 Summit Financial Wealth Advisors LLC59,449$1.61M0.2%N/A0.182%
5/19/2026Bank of America Corp DE51,357$1.39M0.0%-4.2%0.157%
5/19/2026Janus Henderson Group PLC989,686$26.76M0.0%+0.4%3.028%
5/18/2026Royal Bank of Canada9,729$263K0.0%-5.5%0.030%
5/18/2026Ranger Investment Management L.P.321,290$8.69M0.6%-0.3%0.983%
5/18/2026Empowered Funds LLC121,404$3.28M0.0%+3.4%0.371%
5/16/2026The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company 434,931$11.76M0.0%-1.1%1.331%
5/16/2026Quantinno Capital Management LP18,033$488K0.0%+63.3%0.055%
5/15/2026FreeGulliver LLC30,014$812K0.3%N/A0.092%
5/14/2026Sei Investments Co.51,452$1.39M0.0%+127.9%0.157%
5/13/2026First Trust Advisors LP115,651$3.13M0.0%+9.8%0.354%
5/7/2026Dimensional Fund Advisors LP1,165,720$31.52M0.0%+7.5%3.567%
5/5/2026Bank of New York Mellon Corp441,853$11.95M0.0%+255.8%1.352%
5/4/2026Principal Financial Group Inc.29,621$801K0.0%N/A0.091%
4/30/2026Hsbc Holdings PLC60,396$1.64M0.0%N/A0.185%
4/30/2026Kestra Advisory Services LLC47,399$1.28M0.0%N/A0.145%
4/28/2026DGS Capital Management LLC8,165$221K0.0%-10.7%0.025%
4/25/2026Strs Ohio23,400$633K0.0%+101.7%0.072%
4/24/2026Argent Advisors Inc.24,896$673K0.2%+92.3%0.076%
4/24/2026MQS Management LLC21,397$579K0.4%N/A0.065%
4/22/2026Hartmann Taylor Wealth Management LLC18,506$500K0.3%-35.1%0.057%
4/22/20261492 Capital Management LLC16,216$438K0.2%+82.7%0.050%
4/22/2026Sterling Capital Management LLC9,785$265K0.0%-36.6%0.030%
4/16/2026SG Americas Securities LLC10,323$279K0.0%-58.7%0.032%
2/24/2026DGS Capital Management LLC9,148$239K0.0%N/A0.031%
2/19/2026Invesco Ltd.36,668$959K0.0%-5.8%0.124%
2/18/2026Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV8,018$210K0.0%N/A0.027%
2/18/2026State of Tennessee Department of Treasury14,469$408K0.0%N/A0.049%
2/18/2026Empowered Funds LLC117,407$3.07M0.0%+15.7%0.397%
2/18/2026VARCOV Co.10,190$266K0.1%N/A0.034%
2/18/2026Millennium Management LLC61,844$1.62M0.0%+222.4%0.209%
2/18/2026Man Group plc42,162$1.10M0.0%+13.6%0.142%
2/18/2026Janus Henderson Group PLC986,146$25.78M0.0%-3.2%3.330%
2/18/2026Bridgeway Capital Management LLC203,207$5.31M0.1%+8.5%0.686%
2/17/2026AQR Capital Management LLC103,263$2.70M0.0%+31.6%0.349%
2/17/2026Trexquant Investment LP13,923$364K0.0%N/A0.047%
2/17/2026Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD16,236$425K0.0%+8.5%0.055%
2/17/2026Russell Investments Group Ltd.233,332$6.10M0.0%+1.2%0.788%
2/17/2026State of Wisconsin Investment Board9,735$254K0.0%-45.9%0.033%
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2/17/2026Royal Bank of Canada10,298$269K0.0%-3.5%0.035%
2/16/2026Squarepoint Ops LLC13,027$341K0.0%-16.3%0.044%
2/16/2026Verition Fund Management LLC10,319$270K0.0%-52.7%0.035%
2/16/2026Barclays PLC46,210$1.21M0.0%+15.2%0.156%
2/13/2026Marshall Wace LLP36,930$965K0.0%+77.5%0.125%
2/13/2026The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company 439,856$11.50M0.0%-1.0%1.485%
2/13/2026CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co4,424$116K0.0%-84.5%0.015%
2/13/2026Fourthstone LLC132,169$3.46M0.6%-19.4%0.446%
2/13/2026Smartleaf Asset Management LLC1,099$29K0.0%+15,600.0%0.004%
2/13/2026First Trust Advisors LP105,350$2.75M0.0%-2.2%0.356%
2/13/2026Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.242,669$6.34M0.0%+0.4%0.820%
2/13/2026State Street Corp590,174$15.43M0.0%-1.4%1.993%
2/13/2026Ieq Capital LLC10,993$287K0.0%N/A0.037%
2/13/2026Martingale Asset Management L P20,423$534K0.0%-37.8%0.069%
2/13/2026Wells Fargo & Company MN32,136$840K0.0%+45.8%0.109%
2/13/2026Gator Capital Management LLC65,967$1.72M0.3%+0.9%0.223%
2/12/2026Jane Street Group LLC18,631$487K0.0%-60.2%0.063%
2/12/2026Banc Funds Co. LLC190,549$4.98M1.0%-29.2%0.643%
2/12/2026Renaissance Technologies LLC20,300$531K0.0%-36.2%0.069%
2/12/2026Dimensional Fund Advisors LP1,083,887$28.33M0.0%+5.8%3.660%
2/12/2026Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC20,670$540K0.0%+30.8%0.070%
2/11/2026Empowered Funds LLC117,407$3.07M0.0%+15.7%0.397%
2/11/2026LPL Financial LLC30,478$797K0.0%+69.5%0.103%
2/11/2026Franklin Resources Inc.155,159$4.06M0.0%-15.8%0.524%
2/11/2026Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC40,361$1.06M0.0%-3.6%0.136%
2/11/2026CenterBook Partners LP30,745$804K0.0%-32.8%0.104%
2/11/2026JPMorgan Chase & Co.274,131$7.17M0.0%-12.3%0.926%
2/11/2026Los Angeles Capital Management LLC25,047$615K0.0%-18.9%0.085%
2/10/20261492 Capital Management LLC8,878$232K0.1%N/A0.030%
2/10/2026Goldman Sachs Group Inc.176,630$4.62M0.0%+65.2%0.597%
2/10/2026Womack Financial LLC51,651$1.35M1.0%-2.0%0.174%
2/10/2026Intech Investment Management LLC10,118$264K0.0%-17.3%0.034%
2/9/2026Geode Capital Management LLC731,206$19.12M0.0%+2.0%2.469%
2/9/2026Penn Capital Management Company LLC21,956$574K0.0%-12.8%0.074%
2/9/2026Royce & Associates LP823,364$21.52M0.2%+27.0%2.780%
2/4/2026Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC47,374$1.24M0.3%+4.7%0.160%
2/3/2026Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC10,071$263K0.2%N/A0.034%
2/2/2026Robertson Stephens Wealth Management LLC95,862$2.51M0.1%-28.2%0.324%
1/29/2026Polaris Capital Management LLC82,400$2.15M0.2%+7.0%0.278%
1/28/2026Arizona State Retirement System8,235$215K0.0%-6.3%0.028%
1/28/2026Geneos Wealth Management Inc.38,237$1M0.0%-8.2%0.129%
1/28/2026Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH12,190$319K0.0%+43.6%0.041%
1/26/2026CWM LLC4,446$116K0.0%+36.5%0.015%
1/21/2026Daytona Street Capital LLC8,000$209K0.1%N/A0.027%
1/9/2026SG Americas Securities LLC24,984$653K0.0%-3.3%0.084%
1/1/2026JPMorgan Chase & Co.312,746$7.38M0.0%-1.9%1.056%
11/24/2025Penn Capital Management Company LLC25,191$595K0.0%+19.5%0.085%
11/17/2025Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc.34,361$811K0.0%+4.9%0.116%
11/17/2025FWL Investment Management LLC1,762$42K0.0%N/A0.006%
11/17/2025Virtus Advisers LLC5,204$123K0.1%N/A0.018%
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11/17/2025Verition Fund Management LLC21,829$515K0.0%N/A0.074%
11/17/2025Qube Research & Technologies Ltd60,267$1.42M0.0%-2.6%0.204%
11/17/2025Millennium Management LLC19,183$453K0.0%-91.0%0.065%
11/17/2025MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.13,310$314K0.0%-14.7%0.045%
11/17/2025Delos Wealth Advisors LLC1,258$30K0.0%N/A0.004%
11/17/2025Banc Funds Co. LLC269,264$6.36M1.1%-22.4%0.909%
11/17/2025Bank of America Corp DE35,735$844K0.0%-26.3%0.121%
11/17/2025Aquatic Capital Management LLC7,114$168K0.0%+259.8%0.024%
11/17/2025Alliancebernstein L.P.115,638$2.73M0.0%-2.5%0.390%
11/17/2025Ameriprise Financial Inc.18,588$439K0.0%+18.8%0.063%


BFST Institutional Ownership - Frequently Asked Questions

During the previous two years, 158 institutional investors and hedge funds held shares of Business First Bancshares. The most heavily invested institutionals were Vanguard Group Inc. ($37.57M), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP ($31.52M), Janus Henderson Group PLC ($26.76M), Royce & Associates LP ($21.52M), Geode Capital Management LLC ($19.12M), American Century Companies Inc. ($17.25M), and State Street Corp ($15.43M).Learn more on Business First Bancshares' institutional investors.

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

Of the 137 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: Janus Henderson Group PLC ($598.11K), Royce & Associates LP ($440.79K), Mendon Capital Advisors Corp ($360K), Bank of New York Mellon Corp ($355.03K), American Century Companies Inc. ($349.34K), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP ($313.06K), and Vanguard Group Inc. ($264.58K).

Institutional investors have bought a total of 2,347,197 shares in the last 24 months. This purchase volume represents approximately $59.87M in transactions.

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: Millennium Management LLC ($193.56K), Banc Funds Co. LLC ($156.57K), JPMorgan Chase & Co. ($80.59K), Franklin Resources Inc. ($70.85K), Jane Street Group LLC ($50.81K), Robertson Stephens Wealth Management LLC ($37.59K), and UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC ($34.51K).

Institutional investors have sold a total of 1,034,047 shares in the last 24 months. This volume of shares sold represents approximately $25.70M in transactions.


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This page (NASDAQ:BFST) was last updated on 7/25/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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