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BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES IN (BFST)
Institutional ownership reported to the SEC as of Q2 2026, across 32 quarters.
175
Reporting holders
$580.1M
Reported value
58.0%
Of shares outstanding
0.1%
Calls
0.0%
Puts
+4
Holder change
Institutions report 18,881,509 shares against 32,549,883 outstanding. Shares only - option lines are excluded, which is why this can be compared with the company at all. The count comes from the cover page of the company's own most recent report, so it is dated when that was filed rather than at quarter end.
Calls and puts are the parts of reported value carried in derivative lines rather than shares, and they point in opposite directions: a manager holding calls is positioned for the security, one holding puts against it - or hedging shares they already own, which is why index funds carry so many. Most sites add the two together and report one figure, which averages away the only interesting part.
Holders
| Filer | Value | Shares | Their book | Held | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | $84.0M | 2,732,988 | 0.00% | 8q | +11.7%+$8.8M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $43.0M | 1,399,712 | 0.00% | 2q | -2.2%-$966.5K |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | $40.3M | 1,311,018 | 0.01% | 27q | +12.5%+$4.5M |
| Jupiter Topco LLC | $33.5M | 1,089,827 | 0.01% | new | FIRST |
| STATE STREET CORP | $32.1M | 1,045,212 | 0.00% | 31q | +58.1%+$11.8M |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | $31.5M | 1,025,919 | 0.01% | 17q | +15.2%+$4.2M |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP | $28.6M | 931,811 | 0.23% | 14q | +11.4%+$2.9M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | $26.5M | 863,416 | 0.00% | 31q | +6.6%+$1.6M |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | $13.9M | 450,790 | 0.00% | 31q | +2.0%+$274.6K |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE | $13.3M | 432,026 | 0.01% | 31q | -0.7%-$89.3K |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | $12.4M | 405,623 | 0.00% | 31q | +72.7%+$5.2M |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | $11.2M | 364,389 | 0.01% | new | NEW |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP | $9.6M | 312,000 | 0.00% | 31q | +5.4%+$488.9K |
| Curi Capital, LLC | $9.0M | 293,902 | 0.14% | 17q | +17.6%+$1.3M |
| MENDON CAPITAL ADVISORS CORP | $9.0M | 293,893 | 3.19% | 21q | +17.6%+$1.3M |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | $8.7M | 284,500 | 0.55% | 15q | -11.5%-$1.1M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | $8.5M | 278,146 | 0.00% | 2q | +13.4%+$1.0M |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | $8.4M | 271,895 | 0.00% | 31q | +2.1%+$168.3K |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | $7.6M | 246,486 | 0.01% | 31q | +2.1%+$156.3K |
| BANC FUNDS CO LLC | $7.2M | 234,257 | 1.19% | 31q | HELD |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO | $6.7M | 216,466 | 0.00% | 2q | +3.5%+$222.2K |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | $6.4M | 207,204 | 0.11% | 25q | HELD |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | $6.0M | 195,614 | 0.00% | 20q | +20.9%+$1.0M |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | $5.8M | 187,352 | 0.00% | 9q | +133.1%+$3.3M |
| MORGAN STANLEY | $5.4M | 176,442 | 0.00% | 33q | HELD |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | $4.9M incl. $288.9K options CALL | 150,215 | 0.00% | 3q | +245.0%+$3.5M |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | $3.7M | 121,404 | 0.02% | 13q | HELD |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | $3.7M | 120,086 | 0.00% | 15q | +3.8%+$136.3K |
| Arax Advisory Partners | $3.4M | 110,128 | 0.02% | 4q | +101.8%+$1.7M |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $3.2M | 105,211 | 0.00% | 9q | +4.3%+$133.8K |
| Polaris Capital Management, LLC | $3.0M | 98,200 | 0.28% | 6q | +19.2%+$485.5K |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | $3.0M | 109,598 | 0.00% | 15q | +4.7%+$134.1K |
| Man Group plc | $2.8M | 92,056 | 0.00% | 4q | +85.6%+$1.3M |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | $2.7M | 88,239 | 0.00% | 6q | +95.0%+$1.3M |
| Creative Planning | $2.7M | 86,946 | 0.00% | 8q | +7.4%+$184.3K |
| Nuveen, LLC | $2.4M | 78,000 | 0.00% | 6q | +30.8%+$564.2K |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | $2.2M | 70,503 | 0.01% | 7q | HELD |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | $2.1M | 68,686 | 0.00% | 12q | -61.5%-$3.4M |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | $2.1M | 66,963 | 0.00% | 4q | +94.5%+$999.6K |
| Swiss National Bank | $1.9M | 62,308 | 0.00% | 15q | +8.2%+$144.4K |
| SMITH SHELLNUT WILSON LLC /ADV | $1.9M | 61,136 | 0.70% | 20q | HELD |
| Summit Financial Wealth Advisors, LLC | $1.8M | 59,472 | 0.23% | 2q | HELD |
| UBS Group AG | $1.7M | 54,976 | 0.00% | 15q | +77.3%+$736.5K |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | $1.5M | 49,454 | 0.00% | 8q | +36.7%+$407.9K |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | $1.5M | 49,289 | 0.00% | 31q | -4.0%-$63.5K |
| Argent Advisors, Inc. | $1.5M | 48,638 | 0.37% | 5q | +95.4%+$729.6K |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | $1.5M | 47,652 | 0.00% | 2q | +0.5%+$7.8K |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | $1.4M | 46,854 | 0.26% | 13q | -1.1%-$16.3K |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | $1.4M | 46,750 | 0.00% | 19q | +7.6%+$101.4K |
| Womack Financial LLC | $1.3M | 43,858 | 0.89% | 7q | -13.4%-$209.1K |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS | $1.3M | 41,893 | 0.00% | 31q | +8.0%+$95.3K |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | $1.3M | 41,303 | 0.00% | 2q | -31.6%-$587.4K |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | $1.3M | 40,743 | 0.45% | 19q | +0.5%+$6.5K |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC | $1.2M | 40,555 | 0.00% | 5q | +0.6%+$7.7K |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $1.2M | 38,306 | 0.02% | new | NEW |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | $1.2M | 38,158 | 0.00% | new | NEW |
| Meriwether Wealth & Planning, LLC | $1.1M | 37,186 | 0.57% | 7q | -1.1%-$12.2K |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM | $1.1M | 37,123 | 0.00% | 31q | +34.6%+$293.4K |
| Invesco Ltd. | $1.1M | 36,504 | 0.00% | 22q | +3.2%+$34.4K |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | $1.1M | 36,237 | 0.02% | 33q | -5.2%-$61.5K |
| Jump Financial, LLC | $1.1M | 35,720 | 0.01% | new | NEW |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | $1.1M | 34,317 | 0.00% | 9q | +26.5%+$220.7K |
| LPL Financial LLC | $1.0M | 32,783 | 0.00% | 25q | HELD |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | $986.4K | 32,100 | 0.00% | 33q | +21.3%+$173.4K |
| CITIGROUP INC | $971.3K | 31,606 | 0.00% | 31q | +497.8%+$808.8K |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | $971.1K | 31,600 | 0.00% | 9q | +2.5%+$23.5K |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | $964.6K | 31,391 | 0.00% | 2q | +6.0%+$54.4K |
| FreeGulliver LLC | $922.3K | 30,014 | 0.33% | 2q | HELD |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC | $915.0K | 29,774 | 0.00% | 7q | -15.3%-$165.3K |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | $890.9K | 28,991 | 0.00% | 3q | +60.8%+$336.7K |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | $884.5K | 27,631 | 0.06% | 15q | HELD |
| STRS OHIO | $829.7K | 27,000 | 0.00% | 8q | +15.4%+$110.6K |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | $824.3K | 26,824 | 0.00% | 14q | +121.6%+$452.3K |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO | $817.6K | 26,606 | 0.00% | 3q | -48.3%-$763.5K |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | $813.0K | 26,451 | 0.00% | 8q | +17.5%+$120.9K |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | $796.3K | 25,913 | 0.01% | 2q | HELD |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | $783.2K | 25,486 | 0.02% | 8q | HELD |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | $780.4K | 25,395 | 0.00% | 7q | HELD |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd | $739.6K | 24,069 | 0.00% | 2q | +38.0%+$203.7K |
| Legal & General Group Plc | $726.0K | 23,626 | 0.00% | 31q | +1.3%+$9.6K |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | $716.7K | 23,321 | 0.00% | new | NEW |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC | $687.6K | 22,374 | 0.04% | 6q | -10.1%-$77.0K |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | $668.7K | 21,760 | 0.00% | 31q | +128.2%+$375.6K |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | $665.0K | 21,639 | 0.00% | 4q | +109.6%+$347.8K |
| Vines Capital Management, LLC | $645.3K | 21,000 | 0.53% | 2q | -57.2%-$862.3K |
| Texas Yale Capital Corp. | $611.2K | 19,890 | 0.01% | 2q | HELD |
| Kings Path Partners LLC | $607.5K | 19,770 | 0.16% | 9q | HELD |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | $598.6K | 19,479 | 0.01% | new | NEW |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT | $592.0K | 19,270 | 0.00% | 25q | HELD |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC | $563.4K | 18,334 | 0.00% | 24q | +7.0%+$37.0K |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | $552.3K | 17,972 | 0.02% | 2q | +736.3%+$486.2K |
| FIRST FOUNDATION ADVISORS | $552.1K | 17,966 | 0.02% | 3q | HELD |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | $551.6K | 17,950 | 0.01% | 25q | -3.2%-$18.4K |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC | $537.0K | 17,475 | 0.01% | 2q | -27.3%-$201.4K |
| VARCOV Co. | $536.5K | 17,459 | 0.20% | new | NEW |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | $507.0K | 16,500 | 0.05% | 26q | HELD |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | $502.4K | 16,350 | 0.00% | 7q | -1.0%-$5.3K |
| Hartmann Taylor Wealth Management, LLC | $500.4K | 18,506 | 0.33% | 6q | HELD |
| 1492 Capital Management LLC | $498.3K | 16,216 | 0.15% | 3q | HELD |
| E&G Advisors, LLC | $494.8K | 16,100 | 0.10% | 7q | HELD |
Showing the largest 100 of 175 reported holders.
What the company announced
Form 8-K filings from the last 120 days, showing only the items worth a reader's attention. Earnings releases, exhibit attachments and general disclosures are filed constantly and are left out. Filed is when the SEC received it; event is the date the company says the thing happened.
| Filed | Event date | What | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | 2026-09-09 | Directors or officers departed or appointed | filing |
What the insiders did
Open market purchases and sales reported on Form 4 in the last 180 days. Grants, option exercises and shares surrendered to cover tax are left out: they are compensation rather than a decision to buy or sell. Where a broker filled one order in tranches the lines are summed, because it was one decision.
Officers and directors
| Date | Insider | Role | Side | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-10 | Cummings George W. III | Director | Sold | 15,000 | $433.4K |
| 2026-06-08 | Cummings George W. III | Director | Sold | 15,000 | $428.1K |
| 2026-08-05 | Hall William G. | Director | Sold | 11,389 | $364.1K ×2 |
| 2026-05-27 | Cummings George W. III | Director | Sold | 11,595 | $323.7K |
| 2026-07-30 | Cummings George W. III | Director | Sold | 10,000 | $320.8K |
| 2026-07-29 | Cummings George W. III | Director | Sold | 10,000 | $318.8K |
| 2026-08-03 | Cummings George W. III | Director | Sold | 10,000 | $318.7K |
| 2026-07-28 | Cummings George W. III | Director | Sold | 10,000 | $318.6K |
| 2026-08-18 | Cummings George W. III | Director | Sold | 10,000 | $317.8K |
| 2026-07-28 | Johnson Joseph Vernon | Director | Sold | 10,000 | $317.5K |
| 2026-07-31 | Cummings George W. III | Director | Sold | 10,000 | $315.0K |
| 2026-08-24 | Cummings George W. III | Director | Sold | 10,000 | $313.3K |
Quarter by quarter
Coverage begins with the quarter ending 2018-12-31. Earlier filings exist only as occasional late amendments, too sparse to describe a market, so they are not shown.
| Quarter | Holders | Value | Shares | New | Added | Trimmed | Options |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 36 | $15.4M | 509,966 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2026 | 175 | $580.1M | 18,881,509 | 20 | 75 | 34 | 0.1% |
| Q1 2026 | 171 | $457.4M | 16,920,589 | 20 | 53 | 43 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2025 | 167 | $402.5M | 15,398,351 | 18 | 49 | 52 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2025 | 156 | $363.7M | 15,404,284 | 20 | 55 | 40 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2025 | 147 | $366.7M | 14,901,882 | 17 | 59 | 31 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2025 | 149 | $348.0M | 14,286,805 | 18 | 41 | 46 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2024 | 143 | $354.3M | 13,793,524 | 22 | 49 | 37 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2024 | 128 | $333.1M | 12,985,249 | 22 | 40 | 36 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2024 | 114 | $271.0M | 12,404,701 | 16 | 41 | 30 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2024 | 111 | $272.4M | 12,229,059 | 3 | 33 | 39 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2023 | 119 | $304.9M | 12,359,606 | 14 | 34 | 28 | 0.1% |
| Q3 2023 | 109 | $205.4M | 10,940,222 | 17 | 40 | 25 | 0.1% |
| Q2 2023 | 96 | $162.3M | 10,762,814 | 11 | 30 | 31 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2023 | 98 | $181.6M | 10,598,208 | 17 | 40 | 23 | 0.1% |
| Q4 2022 | 96 | $232.9M | 10,470,641 | 20 | 34 | 22 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2022 | 78 | $5.2B | 242,367,312 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2022 | 78 | $3.2B | 149,149,802 | 7 | 29 | 17 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2022 | 83 | $5.9B | 241,684,847 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2021 | 80 | $4.3B | 152,565,841 | 15 | 27 | 16 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2021 | 68 | $3.6B | 155,374,358 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2021 | 59 | $3.6B | 155,529,056 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2021 | 57 | $3.7B | 154,913,795 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2020 | 48 | $3.2B | 155,317,211 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2020 | 50 | $187.0M | 12,462,590 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2020 | 57 | $84.4M | 5,505,883 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2020 | 55 | $614.9M | 45,545,841 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2019 | 50 | $269.8M | 10,820,749 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2019 | 46 | $258.6M | 10,599,655 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2019 | 42 | $236.9M | 9,307,947 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2019 | 44 | $226.4M | 9,226,197 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2018 | 50 | $225.3M | 9,307,289 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.0% |