Business First BancsharesBFST
13F holders, Q2 2026 (June 30)173holders +3
19new positions
13sold out
4famous investors
$30.71avg. 13F price*
At the end of Q2 2026, 173 institutions reported holding Business First Bancshares (BFST) in their 13F filings, up 3 from Q1 2026. 19 opened new positions and 13 sold out. The largest holders were BlackRock, Inc. ($84.0M), Vanguard Capital Management LLC ($43.0M) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP ($40.3M). 4 famous investors held it, including Ken Griffin (0.0% of Citadel Advisors's portfolio), David E. Shaw (0.0% of D. E. Shaw & Co.'s portfolio) and Cliff Asness (0.0% of AQR Capital Management's portfolio).
- Company
- Business First Bancshares
- CUSIP
- 12326C105
- Latest filing quarter
- Q2 2026
History
Number of 13F holders
Total Exit/New Position Q1 2026 → Q2 2026
| Institutions | Total Value | |
|---|---|---|
| New Positions | 19 | $18.6M |
| Exits | 13 | $13.7M |
All 13F filers, Q1 2026 → Q2 2026: 2,751,727 shares bought and 878,317 shares sold, net +1,873,410 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.
Ownership 173 holders
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +11.7% | 2,732,988 | $84.0M |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 0.00% | Reduce -2.2% | 1,399,712 | $43.0M |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 0.01% | Add +12.5% | 1,311,018 | $40.3M |
| Jupiter Topco LLC | 0.01% | — | 1,089,827 | $33.5M |
| State Street Corp. | 0.00% | Add +58.1% | 1,045,212 | $32.1M |
| American Century Companies Inc. | 0.01% | Add +15.2% | 1,025,919 | $31.5M |
| Royce & Associates LP | 0.23% | Add +11.4% | 931,811 | $28.6M |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 0.00% | Add +6.6% | 863,416 | $26.5M |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 0.00% | Add +2.0% | 450,790 | $13.9M |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 0.01% | Reduce -0.7% | 432,026 | $13.3M |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.00% | Add +72.7% | 405,623 | $12.4M |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 0.01% | New | 364,389 | $11.2M |
| Northern Trust Corp. | 0.00% | Add +5.4% | 312,000 | $9.6M |
| Curi Capital, LLC | 0.14% | Add +17.6% | 293,902 | $9.0M |
| Mendon Capital Advisors Corp. | 3.19% | Add +17.6% | 293,893 | $9.0M |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 0.55% | Reduce -11.4% | 284,500 | $8.7M |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 0.00% | Add +13.4% | 278,146 | $8.5M |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. | 0.00% | Add +2.1% | 271,895 | $8.4M |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 0.01% | Add +2.1% | 246,486 | $7.6M |
| Banc Funds Co. LLC | 1.19% | No change | 234,257 | $7.2M |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co. | 0.00% | Add +3.5% | 216,466 | $6.7M |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 0.11% | No change | 207,204 | $6.4M |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.00% | Add +20.9% | 195,614 | $6.0M |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 0.00% | Add +133.1% | 187,352 | $5.8M |
| Morgan Stanley | 0.00% | Reduce -0.4% | 176,442 | $5.4M |
| Citadel Advisors | 0.00% | Add +245.0% | 150,215 | $4.6M |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 0.02% | No change | 121,404 | $3.7M |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 0.00% | Add +3.8% | 120,086 | $3.7M |
| Arax Advisory Partners | 0.02% | Add +101.8% | 110,128 | $3.4M |
| AQR Capital Management | 0.00% | Add +4.3% | 105,211 | $3.2M |
| Polaris Capital Management, LLC | 0.28% | Add +19.2% | 98,200 | $3.0M |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 0.00% | Add +4.7% | 109,598 | $3.0M |
| Man Group plc | 0.01% | Add +85.6% | 92,056 | $2.8M |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 0.01% | Add +95.0% | 88,239 | $2.7M |
| Creative Planning | 0.00% | Add +7.4% | 86,946 | $2.7M |
| Nuveen, LLC | 0.00% | Add +30.8% | 78,000 | $2.4M |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 0.01% | No change | 70,503 | $2.2M |
| Franklin Resources Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -61.5% | 68,686 | $2.1M |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | 0.00% | Add +94.5% | 66,963 | $2.1M |
| Swiss National Bank | 0.00% | Add +8.2% | 62,308 | $1.9M |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 0.70% | No change | 61,136 | $1.9M |
| Summit Financial Wealth Advisors, LLC | 0.23% | Add +0.0% | 59,472 | $1.8M |
| UBS Group AG | 0.00% | Add +77.3% | 54,976 | $1.7M |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 0.00% | Add +36.7% | 49,454 | $1.5M |
| Bank of America Corp. | 0.00% | Reduce -4.0% | 49,289 | $1.5M |
| Argent Advisors, Inc. | 0.37% | Add +95.4% | 48,638 | $1.5M |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 0.00% | Add +0.5% | 47,652 | $1.5M |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 0.26% | Reduce -1.1% | 46,854 | $1.4M |
| Victory Capital Management Inc. | 0.00% | Add +7.6% | 46,750 | $1.4M |
| Womack Financial LLC | 0.89% | Reduce -13.4% | 43,858 | $1.3M |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 0.00% | Add +8.0% | 41,893 | $1.3M |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.00% | Reduce -31.6% | 41,303 | $1.3M |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 0.45% | Add +0.5% | 40,743 | $1.3M |
| Prudential Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Add +0.6% | 40,555 | $1.2M |
| Kennedy Capital Management LLC | 0.02% | New | 38,306 | $1.2M |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | 0.01% | New | 38,158 | $1.2M |
| Meriwether Wealth & Planning, LLC | 0.57% | Reduce -1.1% | 37,186 | $1.1M |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 0.00% | Add +34.6% | 37,123 | $1.1M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 0.00% | Add +3.2% | 36,504 | $1.1M |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 0.02% | Reduce -5.2% | 36,237 | $1.1M |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 0.01% | New | 35,720 | $1.1M |
| Millennium Management | 0.00% | Add +26.5% | 34,317 | $1.1M |
| LPL Financial LLC | 0.00% | No change | 32,783 | $1.0M |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 0.00% | Add +21.3% | 32,100 | $986K |
| Citigroup Inc. | 0.00% | Add +497.8% | 31,606 | $971K |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | 0.00% | Add +2.5% | 31,600 | $971K |
| Principal Financial Group Inc. | 0.00% | Add +6.0% | 31,391 | $965K |
| FreeGulliver LLC | 0.33% | No change | 30,014 | $922K |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -15.3% | 29,774 | $915K |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 0.00% | Add +60.8% | 28,991 | $891K |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | 0.06% | No change | 27,631 | $884K |
| STRS Ohio | 0.00% | Add +15.4% | 27,000 | $830K |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 0.00% | Add +121.6% | 26,824 | $824K |
| Sei Investments Co. | 0.00% | Reduce -48.3% | 26,606 | $818K |
| T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. | 0.00% | Add +17.5% | 26,451 | $813K |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 0.01% | No change | 25,913 | $796K |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | 0.02% | No change | 25,486 | $783K |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 0.00% | No change | 25,395 | $780K |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd | 0.00% | Add +38.0% | 24,069 | $740K |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 0.00% | Add +1.3% | 23,626 | $726K |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 0.00% | New | 23,321 | $717K |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC | 0.04% | Reduce -10.1% | 22,374 | $688K |
| BNP Paribas Financial Markets | 0.00% | Add +128.2% | 21,760 | $669K |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 0.00% | Add +109.6% | 21,639 | $665K |
| Vines Capital Management, LLC | 0.53% | Reduce -57.2% | 21,000 | $645K |
| Texas Yale Capital Corp. | 0.01% | No change | 19,890 | $611K |
| Kings Path Partners LLC | 0.16% | No change | 19,770 | $608K |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | 0.01% | New | 19,479 | $599K |
| LSV Asset Management | 0.00% | No change | 19,270 | $592K |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC | 0.00% | Add +7.0% | 18,334 | $563K |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | 0.02% | Add +736.3% | 17,972 | $552K |
| First Foundation Advisors | 0.02% | No change | 17,966 | $552K |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 0.01% | Reduce -3.2% | 17,950 | $552K |
| Susquehanna Fundamental Investments, LLC | 0.01% | Reduce -27.3% | 17,475 | $537K |
| VARCOV Co. | 0.20% | New | 17,459 | $537K |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 0.05% | No change | 16,500 | $507K |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -1.0% | 16,350 | $502K |
| Hartmann Taylor Wealth Management, LLC | 0.33% | No change | 18,506 | $500K |
| 1492 Capital Management LLC | 0.15% | No change | 16,216 | $498K |
| E&G Advisors, LLC | 0.10% | No change | 16,100 | $495K |
"% of holder's portfolio" is BFST's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of Business First Bancshares the manager owns.