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Business First Bancshares (BFST) Institutional Ownership

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Closing price 05/22/2026 04:00 PM Eastern
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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)
91
Total
Institutional Inflows
(last 12 months)
$59.31M
Number of
Institutional Sellers
(last 12 months)
52
Total
Institutional Outflows
(last 12 months)
$25.85M
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BFST Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

Business First Bancshares Major Shareholders & Ownership History

Reporting DateMajor Shareholder NameShares HeldMarket Value% of PortfolioQuarterly Change in SharesOwnership in CompanyDetails
5/19/2026 Bank of America Corp DE51,357$1.39M0.0%-4.2%0.157%
5/19/2026 Janus Henderson Group PLC989,686$26.76M0.0%+0.4%3.028%
5/18/2026 Royal Bank of Canada9,729$263K0.0%-5.5%0.030%
5/18/2026 Ranger Investment Management L.P.321,290$8.69M0.6%-0.3%0.983%
5/18/2026 Empowered Funds LLC121,404$3.28M0.0%+3.4%0.372%
5/16/2026 The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company 434,931$11.76M0.0%-1.1%1.331%
5/16/2026 Quantinno Capital Management LP18,033$488K0.0%+63.3%0.055%
5/15/2026 FreeGulliver LLC30,014$812K0.3%N/A0.092%
5/14/2026 Sei Investments Co.51,452$1.39M0.0%+127.9%0.157%
5/13/2026 First Trust Advisors LP115,651$3.13M0.0%+9.8%0.354%
5/7/2026 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP1,165,720$31.52M0.0%+7.5%3.567%
5/5/2026 Bank of New York Mellon Corp441,853$11.95M0.0%+255.8%1.352%
5/4/2026 Principal Financial Group Inc.29,621$801K0.0%N/A0.091%
4/30/2026 Hsbc Holdings PLC60,396$1.64M0.0%N/A0.185%
4/30/2026 Kestra Advisory Services LLC47,399$1.28M0.0%N/A0.145%
4/28/2026 DGS Capital Management LLC8,165$221K0.0%-10.7%0.025%
4/25/2026 Strs Ohio23,400$633K0.0%+101.7%0.072%
4/24/2026 Argent Advisors Inc.24,896$673K0.2%+92.3%0.076%
4/24/2026 MQS Management LLC21,397$579K0.4%N/A0.065%
4/22/2026 Hartmann Taylor Wealth Management LLC18,506$500K0.3%-35.1%0.057%
4/22/2026 1492 Capital Management LLC16,216$438K0.2%+82.7%0.050%
4/22/2026 Sterling Capital Management LLC9,785$265K0.0%-36.6%0.030%
4/16/2026 SG Americas Securities LLC10,323$279K0.0%-58.7%0.032%
2/24/2026 DGS Capital Management LLC9,148$239K0.0%N/A0.031%
2/19/2026 Invesco Ltd.36,668$959K0.0%-5.8%0.124%
2/18/2026 Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV8,018$210K0.0%N/A0.027%
2/18/2026 State of Tennessee Department of Treasury14,469$408K0.0%N/A0.049%
2/18/2026 Empowered Funds LLC117,407$3.07M0.0%+15.7%0.397%
2/18/2026 VARCOV Co.10,190$266K0.1%N/A0.034%
2/18/2026 Millennium Management LLC61,844$1.62M0.0%+222.4%0.209%
2/18/2026 Man Group plc42,162$1.10M0.0%+13.6%0.142%
2/18/2026 Janus Henderson Group PLC986,146$25.78M0.0%-3.2%3.330%
2/18/2026 Bridgeway Capital Management LLC203,207$5.31M0.1%+8.5%0.686%
2/17/2026 AQR Capital Management LLC103,263$2.70M0.0%+31.6%0.349%
2/17/2026 Trexquant Investment LP13,923$364K0.0%N/A0.047%
2/17/2026 Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD16,236$425K0.0%+8.5%0.055%
2/17/2026 Russell Investments Group Ltd.233,332$6.10M0.0%+1.2%0.788%
2/17/2026 State of Wisconsin Investment Board9,735$254K0.0%-45.9%0.033%
2/17/2026 Royal Bank of Canada10,298$269K0.0%-3.5%0.035%
2/16/2026 Squarepoint Ops LLC13,027$341K0.0%-16.3%0.044%
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2/16/2026 Verition Fund Management LLC10,319$270K0.0%-52.7%0.035%
2/16/2026 Barclays PLC46,210$1.21M0.0%+15.2%0.156%
2/13/2026 Marshall Wace LLP36,930$965K0.0%+77.5%0.125%
2/13/2026 The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company 439,856$11.50M0.0%-1.0%1.485%
2/13/2026 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co4,424$116K0.0%-84.5%0.015%
2/13/2026 Fourthstone LLC132,169$3.46M0.6%-19.4%0.446%
2/13/2026 Smartleaf Asset Management LLC1,099$29K0.0%+15,600.0%0.004%
2/13/2026 First Trust Advisors LP105,350$2.75M0.0%-2.2%0.356%
2/13/2026 Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.242,669$6.34M0.0%+0.4%0.820%
2/13/2026 State Street Corp590,174$15.43M0.0%-1.4%1.993%
2/13/2026 Ieq Capital LLC10,993$287K0.0%N/A0.037%
2/13/2026 Martingale Asset Management L P20,423$534K0.0%-37.8%0.069%
2/13/2026 Wells Fargo & Company MN32,136$840K0.0%+45.8%0.109%
2/13/2026 Gator Capital Management LLC65,967$1.72M0.3%+0.9%0.223%
2/12/2026 Jane Street Group LLC18,631$487K0.0%-60.2%0.063%
2/12/2026 Banc Funds Co. LLC190,549$4.98M1.0%-29.2%0.643%
2/12/2026 Renaissance Technologies LLC20,300$531K0.0%-36.2%0.069%
2/12/2026 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP1,083,887$28.33M0.0%+5.8%3.660%
2/12/2026 Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC20,670$540K0.0%+30.8%0.070%
2/11/2026 Empowered Funds LLC117,407$3.07M0.0%+15.7%0.397%
2/11/2026 LPL Financial LLC30,478$797K0.0%+69.5%0.103%
2/11/2026 Franklin 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%
2/11/2026 CenterBook Partners LP30,745$804K0.0%-32.8%0.104%
2/11/2026 JPMorgan Chase & Co.274,131$7.17M0.0%-12.3%0.926%
2/11/2026 Los Angeles Capital Management LLC25,047$615K0.0%-18.9%0.085%
2/10/2026 1492 Capital Management LLC8,878$232K0.1%N/A0.030%
2/10/2026 Goldman Sachs Group Inc.176,630$4.62M0.0%+65.2%0.597%
2/10/2026 Womack Financial LLC51,651$1.35M1.0%-2.0%0.174%
2/10/2026 Intech Investment Management LLC10,118$264K0.0%-17.3%0.034%
2/9/2026 Geode Capital Management LLC731,206$19.12M0.0%+2.0%2.469%
2/9/2026 Penn Capital Management Company LLC21,956$574K0.0%-12.8%0.074%
2/9/2026 Royce & Associates LP823,364$21.52M0.2%+27.0%2.780%
2/4/2026 Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC47,374$1.24M0.3%+4.7%0.160%
2/3/2026 Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC10,071$263K0.2%N/A0.034%
2/2/2026 Robertson Stephens Wealth Management LLC95,862$2.51M0.1%-28.2%0.324%
1/29/2026 Polaris Capital Management LLC82,400$2.15M0.2%+7.0%0.278%
1/28/2026 Arizona State Retirement System8,235$215K0.0%-6.3%0.028%
1/28/2026 Geneos Wealth Management Inc.38,237$1M0.0%-8.2%0.129%
1/28/2026 Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH12,190$319K0.0%+43.6%0.041%
1/26/2026 CWM LLC4,446$116K0.0%+36.5%0.015%
1/21/2026 Daytona Street Capital LLC8,000$209K0.1%N/A0.027%
1/9/2026 SG Americas Securities LLC24,984$653K0.0%-3.3%0.084%
1/1/2026 JPMorgan Chase & Co.312,746$7.38M0.0%-1.9%1.056%
11/24/2025 Penn Capital Management Company LLC25,191$595K0.0%+19.5%0.085%
11/17/2025 Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc.34,361$811K0.0%+4.9%0.116%
11/17/2025 FWL Investment Management LLC1,762$42K0.0%N/A0.006%
11/17/2025 Virtus Advisers LLC5,204$123K0.1%N/A0.018%
11/17/2025 Verition Fund Management LLC21,829$515K0.0%N/A0.074%
11/17/2025 Qube Research & Technologies Ltd60,267$1.42M0.0%-2.6%0.204%
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11/17/2025 Millennium Management LLC19,183$453K0.0%-91.0%0.065%
11/17/2025 MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.13,310$314K0.0%-14.7%0.045%
11/17/2025 Delos Wealth Advisors LLC1,258$30K0.0%N/A0.004%
11/17/2025 Banc Funds Co. LLC269,264$6.36M1.1%-22.4%0.909%
11/17/2025 Bank of America Corp DE35,735$844K0.0%-26.3%0.121%
11/17/2025 Aquatic Capital Management LLC7,114$168K0.0%+259.8%0.024%
11/17/2025 Alliancebernstein L.P.115,638$2.73M0.0%-2.5%0.390%
11/17/2025 Ameriprise Financial Inc.18,588$439K0.0%+18.8%0.063%
11/14/2025 Creative Planning34,115$805K0.0%+27.9%0.115%
11/14/2025 Mendon Capital Advisors Corp250,000$5.90M2.3%-10.7%0.844%


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 2,330,342 shares in the last 24 months. This purchase volume represents approximately $59.31M in transactions.

Of the 52 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 1,040,214 shares in the last 24 months. This volume of shares sold represents approximately $25.85M in transactions.



This page (NASDAQ:BFST) was last updated on 5/25/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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