Business First BancsharesBFST
13F holders, Q1 2025 (March 31)148holders +6
18new positions
12sold out
3famous investors
$24.36avg. 13F price*
At the end of Q1 2025, 148 institutions reported holding Business First Bancshares (BFST) in their 13F filings, up 6 from Q4 2024. 18 opened new positions and 12 sold out. The largest holders were BlackRock, Inc. ($53.9M), Vanguard Group Inc. ($39.4M) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP ($21.7M). 3 famous investors held it, including Israel Englander (0.0% of Millennium Management's portfolio), Jim Simons / Peter Brown (0.0% of Renaissance Technologies'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 Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| Institutions | Total Value | |
|---|---|---|
| New Positions | 18 | $7.4M |
| Exits | 12 | $4.9M |
All 13F filers, Q4 2024 → Q1 2025: 1,239,107 shares bought and 740,253 shares sold, net +498,854 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.
Ownership 148 holders
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -2.9% | 2,213,844 | $53.9M |
| Vanguard Group Inc. | 0.00% | Add +0.1% | 1,620,033 | $39.4M |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 0.01% | Add +11.9% | 893,205 | $21.7M |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 0.01% | Add +17.3% | 731,485 | $17.9M |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 0.00% | Add +1.2% | 614,925 | $15.0M |
| American Century Companies Inc. | 0.01% | Add +13.4% | 610,730 | $14.9M |
| State Street Corp. | 0.00% | Add +1.6% | 551,637 | $13.4M |
| Royce & Associates LP | 0.14% | Add +9.9% | 519,120 | $12.6M |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 0.01% | Add +0.4% | 457,548 | $11.1M |
| Banc Funds Co. LLC | 1.31% | Reduce -14.7% | 408,145 | $9.9M |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.00% | Reduce -11.6% | 348,632 | $8.5M |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 0.56% | Reduce -0.2% | 319,985 | $7.8M |
| Mendon Capital Advisors Corp. | 2.99% | Reduce -1.1% | 265,000 | $6.5M |
| Curi Capital, LLC | 0.15% | No change | 250,000 | $6.1M |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 0.01% | Add +15.8% | 228,991 | $5.6M |
| Northern Trust Corp. | 0.00% | Reduce -2.5% | 226,433 | $5.5M |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -2.5% | 216,483 | $5.3M |
| Franklin Resources Inc. | 0.00% | Add +8.7% | 216,032 | $5.3M |
| Basswood Capital Management, L.L.C. | 0.25% | Add +408.1% | 182,114 | $4.4M |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 0.10% | Add +4.0% | 171,208 | $4.2M |
| Millennium Management | 0.00% | Add +1532.5% | 159,481 | $3.9M |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | 0.12% | No change | 133,761 | $3.3M |
| Morgan Stanley | 0.00% | Reduce -19.7% | 120,271 | $2.9M |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 0.00% | Reduce -2.3% | 118,583 | $2.9M |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 0.00% | No change | 108,578 | $2.6M |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -35.3% | 102,508 | $2.5M |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 0.03% | Add +8.4% | 85,408 | $2.1M |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 0.79% | No change | 71,136 | $1.7M |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 0.01% | Reduce -0.2% | 70,503 | $1.7M |
| Polaris Capital Management, LLC | 0.09% | New | 65,000 | $1.6M |
| Womack Financial LLC | 1.39% | Reduce -3.7% | 62,376 | $1.5M |
| Nuveen, LLC | 0.00% | — | 61,205 | $1.5M |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 0.01% | Add +26.6% | 55,890 | $1.4M |
| Gries Financial LLC | 0.26% | New | 54,563 | $1.3M |
| Swiss National Bank | 0.00% | Add +14.5% | 54,408 | $1.3M |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 0.00% | Add +96.4% | 51,433 | $1.3M |
| Los Angeles Capital Management LLC | 0.01% | Add +259.3% | 50,050 | $1.2M |
| Raymond James Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -10.1% | 47,649 | $1.2M |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 0.00% | New | 47,236 | $1.2M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 0.00% | Add +4.8% | 45,392 | $1.1M |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 0.01% | Reduce -3.9% | 44,961 | $1.1M |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 0.40% | Add +1.2% | 42,804 | $1.0M |
| Renaissance Technologies | 0.00% | Add +163.0% | 42,600 | $1.0M |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 0.03% | Reduce -2.8% | 41,637 | $1.0M |
| Victory Capital Management Inc. | 0.00% | Add +50.6% | 41,000 | $998K |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 0.26% | Reduce -12.8% | 40,375 | $983K |
| Bank of America Corp. | 0.00% | Add +37.3% | 39,790 | $969K |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 0.53% | Add +0.5% | 39,622 | $965K |
| AQR Capital Management | 0.00% | Add +115.4% | 38,485 | $937K |
| Martingale Asset Management L P | 0.02% | No change | 38,144 | $929K |
| Meriwether Wealth & Planning, LLC | 0.60% | Add +0.1% | 37,676 | $917K |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 0.00% | Reduce -4.1% | 36,522 | $889K |
| Barclays PLC | 0.00% | Reduce -32.2% | 34,712 | $845K |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 0.00% | No change | 34,353 | $837K |
| Hartmann Taylor Wealth Management, LLC | 0.73% | — | 33,506 | $816K |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +34.1% | 32,755 | $798K |
| MGB Wealth Management, LLC | 0.29% | No change | 32,733 | $797K |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 0.00% | Add +131.0% | 32,564 | $793K |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 0.00% | Add +42.2% | 32,164 | $783K |
| LSV Asset Management | 0.00% | Reduce -23.9% | 31,570 | $769K |
| UBS Group AG | 0.00% | Add +34.3% | 31,396 | $764K |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | 0.07% | No change | 27,631 | $710K |
| LPL Financial LLC | 0.00% | No change | 29,106 | $709K |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 0.00% | Reduce -10.3% | 27,100 | $660K |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co | 0.00% | No change | 26,545 | $648K |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 0.00% | No change | 25,395 | $618K |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 0.00% | Add +84.0% | 25,321 | $617K |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 0.00% | Add +11.6% | 24,969 | $608K |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp. | 0.00% | Add +20.6% | 23,286 | $567K |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC | 0.05% | New | 23,023 | $561K |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 0.01% | No change | 22,520 | $548K |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 0.00% | Reduce -9.5% | 21,904 | $533K |
| Prospector Partners LLC | 0.06% | New | 21,000 | $511K |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 0.00% | Reduce -17.0% | 20,200 | $492K |
| Creative Planning | 0.00% | Add +9.6% | 20,095 | $489K |
| Citigroup Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -6.7% | 20,058 | $488K |
| Kings Path Partners LLC | 0.24% | Reduce -38.6% | 19,770 | $481K |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 0.01% | New | 18,819 | $458K |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | 0.00% | Add +12.8% | 18,737 | $456K |
| Howard Financial Services, LTD. | 0.06% | No change | 18,128 | $441K |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 0.00% | Reduce -0.7% | 17,856 | $435K |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 0.00% | Reduce -7.1% | 17,313 | $422K |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 0.03% | New | 17,294 | $421K |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 0.05% | No change | 16,500 | $402K |
| E&G Advisors, LLC | 0.11% | Reduce -41.0% | 16,100 | $392K |
| Kennedy Capital Management LLC | 0.01% | Reduce -90.5% | 15,646 | $381K |
| Summit Global Investments | 0.03% | Reduce -1.9% | 15,495 | $377K |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC | 0.01% | Reduce -9.5% | 15,469 | $377K |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 0.00% | Add +34.3% | 15,382 | $375K |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 0.00% | Add +2.2% | 14,672 | $357K |
| Alps Advisors Inc. | 0.00% | New | 14,590 | $355K |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 0.00% | New | 14,385 | $350K |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. | 0.00% | Add +4.5% | 14,343 | $349K |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Add +68.7% | 14,319 | $349K |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC | 0.00% | Reduce -2.0% | 13,634 | $332K |
| Americana Partners, LLC | 0.01% | No change | 12,338 | $300K |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -1.5% | 11,812 | $288K |
| Mach-1 Financial Group, LLC | 0.09% | New | 11,791 | $287K |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 0.00% | New | 11,100 | $270K |
| T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. | 0.00% | Add +17.1% | 10,712 | $261K |
"% of holder's portfolio" is BFST's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of Business First Bancshares the manager owns.