Business First BancsharesBFST

13F holders, Q2 2025 (June 30)
146holders −2
17new positions
19sold out
3famous investors
$24.61avg. 13F price*

At the end of Q2 2025, 146 institutions reported holding Business First Bancshares (BFST) in their 13F filings, down 2 from Q1 2025. 17 opened new positions and 19 sold out. The largest holders were BlackRock, Inc. ($54.6M), Vanguard Group Inc. ($38.8M) and Janus Henderson Group PLC ($24.7M). 3 famous investors held it, including Israel Englander (0.0% of Millennium Management's portfolio), Cliff Asness (0.0% of AQR Capital Management's portfolio) and Jim Simons / Peter Brown (0.0% of Renaissance Technologies's portfolio).

Company
Business First Bancshares
CUSIP
12326C105
Latest filing quarter
Q2 2026

History

Number of 13F holders

050100150200 Q1 2024: 111Q1 2024Q2 2024: 112Q2 2024Q3 2024: 128Q3 2024Q4 2024: 142Q4 2024Q1 2025: 148Q1 2025Q2 2025: 146Q2 2025Q3 2025: 156Q3 2025Q4 2025: 167Q4 2025Q1 2026: 170Q1 2026Q2 2026: 173Q2 2026

Total Exit/New Position Q1 2025 → Q2 2025

InstitutionsTotal Value
New Positions17$5.2M
Exits19$7.3M

All 13F filers, Q1 2025 → Q2 2025: 1,267,789 shares bought and 630,182 shares sold, net +637,607 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.

Ownership 146 holders

BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% Add +0.1% 2,216,506 $54.6M
Vanguard Group Inc. 0.00% Reduce -2.9% 1,573,408 $38.8M
Janus Henderson Group PLC 0.01% Add +37.0% 1,002,264 $24.7M
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 0.01% Add +10.5% 987,275 $24.3M
Geode Capital Management, LLC 0.00% Add +13.4% 697,274 $17.2M
American Century Companies Inc. 0.01% Add +6.3% 649,100 $16.0M
State Street Corp. 0.00% Add +4.3% 575,308 $14.2M
Royce & Associates LP 0.14% Add +6.2% 551,360 $13.6M
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The 0.01% Reduce -1.4% 451,168 $11.1M
Banc Funds Co. LLC 1.29% Reduce -14.9% 347,116 $8.6M
Ranger Investment Management, L.P. 0.59% Add +7.4% 343,700 $8.5M
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.00% Reduce -8.6% 318,836 $7.9M
Mendon Capital Advisors Corp. 3.35% Add +5.7% 280,000 $6.9M
Northern Trust Corp. 0.00% Add +23.0% 278,575 $6.9M
Curi Capital, LLC 0.12% No change 250,000 $6.2M
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. 0.00% Add +6.8% 231,154 $5.7M
Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% Reduce -2.8% 222,699 $5.5M
Millennium Management 0.00% Add +33.4% 212,742 $5.2M
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC 0.11% Add +4.9% 179,581 $4.4M
Franklin Resources Inc. 0.00% Reduce -19.3% 174,331 $4.3M
Morgan Stanley 0.00% Add +30.5% 156,942 $3.9M
Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC 0.11% No change 133,761 $3.3M
Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% Add +10.0% 130,416 $3.2M
Alliancebernstein L.P. 0.00% Add +9.3% 118,638 $2.9M
Empowered Funds, LLC 0.03% Add +9.8% 93,781 $2.3M
Polaris Capital Management, LLC 0.13% Add +18.5% 77,000 $1.9M
Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC 0.76% No change 71,136 $1.8M
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 0.00% Reduce -30.9% 70,879 $1.7M
Cresset Asset Management, LLC 0.01% No change 70,503 $1.7M
AQR Capital Management 0.00% Add +68.1% 64,679 $1.6M
UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% Add +242.7% 64,210 $1.6M
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% Add +20.3% 61,873 $1.5M
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.01% Add +10.7% 61,862 $1.5M
Womack Financial LLC 1.23% Reduce -4.2% 59,743 $1.5M
Nuveen, LLC 0.00% Reduce -6.4% 57,277 $1.4M
Gries Financial LLC 0.24% Add +0.0% 54,565 $1.3M
Swiss National Bank 0.00% Reduce -1.5% 53,608 $1.3M
Barclays PLC 0.00% Add +54.4% 53,582 $1.3M
Raymond James Financial Inc. 0.00% Add +11.6% 53,187 $1.3M
Bank of America Corp. 0.00% Add +21.9% 48,519 $1.2M
Victory Capital Management Inc. 0.00% Add +12.2% 46,000 $1.1M
Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC 0.27% Add +12.1% 45,264 $1.1M
Rhumbline Advisers 0.00% Add +19.5% 43,642 $1.1M
Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.01% Reduce -3.3% 43,461 $1.1M
Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% Add +199.8% 43,120 $1.1M
Gator Capital Management, LLC 0.33% No change 42,804 $1.1M
Invesco Ltd. 0.00% Reduce -6.7% 42,343 $1.0M
Geneos Wealth Management Inc. 0.03% No change 41,637 $1.0M
Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC 0.47% Add +0.6% 39,861 $983K
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC 0.00% Reduce -23.1% 38,465 $948K
Susquehanna International Group, LLP 0.00% Add +17.3% 38,203 $942K
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 0.00% New 38,108 $939K
Meriwether Wealth & Planning, LLC 0.58% Add +0.3% 37,782 $931K
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% Add +9.0% 37,441 $923K
Two Sigma Investments, LP 0.00% Add +76.4% 35,626 $878K
UBS Group AG 0.00% Add +11.9% 35,126 $866K
Fourthstone LLC 0.17% New 34,654 $854K
Martingale Asset Management L P 0.02% Reduce -13.9% 32,850 $810K
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc. 0.00% No change 32,755 $807K
MGB Wealth Management, LLC 0.27% No change 32,733 $807K
California State Teachers Retirement System 0.00% No change 32,164 $793K
LSV Asset Management 0.00% No change 31,570 $778K
Marshall Wace, LLP 0.00% New 30,940 $763K
Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% Add +23.1% 30,725 $757K
Renaissance Technologies 0.00% Reduce -30.3% 29,700 $732K
State of Wisconsin Investment Board 0.00% Add +13.8% 28,805 $710K
CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% Add +7.5% 28,545 $704K
Hartmann Taylor Wealth Management, LLC 0.59% Reduce -14.9% 28,506 $703K
Ethos Financial Group, LLC 0.06% No change 27,631 $681K
Creative Planning 0.00% Add +32.8% 26,678 $658K
Pathstone Holdings, LLC 0.00% Add +100.0% 50,790 $626K
Two Sigma Advisers, LP 0.00% Reduce -8.5% 24,800 $611K
Jane Street Group, LLC 0.00% Reduce -48.0% 24,573 $606K
LPL Financial LLC 0.00% Reduce -25.6% 21,667 $534K
Penn Capital Management Company, LLC 0.04% Reduce -8.4% 21,080 $520K
Prospector Partners LLC 0.06% No change 21,000 $518K
Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. 0.01% Reduce -10.6% 20,125 $496K
Kings Path Partners LLC 0.20% No change 19,770 $487K
Royal Bank of Canada 0.00% Add +10.4% 19,107 $472K
First Trust Advisors LP 0.00% Add +6.4% 18,991 $468K
Wells Fargo & Company 0.00% Add +25.9% 18,478 $455K
Howard Financial Services, LTD. 0.06% No change 18,128 $447K
Deutsche Bank AG 0.00% Reduce -17.3% 18,111 $446K
Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC 0.03% Add +2.6% 17,751 $438K
MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% Add +25.6% 17,131 $422K
Security National Bank 0.07% New 16,965 $418K
Rodgers Brothers Inc. 0.05% No change 16,500 $407K
E&G Advisors, LLC 0.10% No change 16,100 $397K
Sterling Capital Management LLC 0.01% Add +2.3% 15,822 $390K
Ameriprise Financial Inc. 0.00% Add +9.3% 15,646 $386K
MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% Add +8.8% 15,604 $385K
Alps Advisors Inc. 0.00% Add +1.2% 14,769 $364K
T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. 0.00% Add +32.9% 14,237 $351K
Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd 0.05% New 14,056 $346K
Magnetar Financial LLC 0.00% New 13,392 $330K
Citigroup Inc. 0.00% Reduce -34.5% 13,143 $324K
Argent Advisors, Inc. 0.10% New 12,949 $319K
Americana Partners, LLC 0.01% No change 12,338 $304K
EntryPoint Capital, LLC 0.15% New 11,937 $294K
Intech Investment Management LLC 0.00% Reduce -27.4% 11,166 $275K
Prudential Financial Inc. 0.00% New 10,480 $258K
Asset Planning Services Inc. /La/ 0.11% No change 10,000 $247K
New York State Common Retirement Fund 0.00% No change 9,202 $227K
Jump Financial, LLC 0.00% Reduce -17.6% 9,152 $226K
Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC 0.00% No change 9,003 $222K
KG Capital Management 0.06% No change 8,831 $218K
Voya Investment Management LLC 0.00% New 8,754 $216K
Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.00% New 8,490 $209K
Panagora Asset Management Inc. 0.00% No change 8,249 $203K
Arizona State Retirement System 0.00% New 8,186 $202K
KLP Kapitalforvaltning As 0.00% Add +65.1% 7,100 $175K
STRS Ohio 0.00% Add +7.8% 6,900 $170K
Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.00% No change 6,500 $160K
BNP Paribas Financial Markets 0.00% Reduce -27.3% 6,047 $149K
Quantbot Technologies LP 0.00% Add +43.3% 5,914 $146K
Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey 0.00% No change 5,758 $142K
Virtus Advisers, LLC 0.08% No change 5,204 $128K
Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC 0.00% No change 3,332 $82K
Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio 0.00% No change 3,169 $78K
Farther Finance Advisors, LLC 0.00% New 2,909 $72K
Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. 0.00% Add +22.8% 2,908 $72K
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.00% Add +389.7% 2,669 $66K
Cwm, LLC 0.00% Add +160.2% 2,469 $61K
AlphaQuest LLC 0.01% No change 2,248 $55K
Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.00% Reduce -54.2% 1,977 $49K
FMR LLC 0.00% Add +20.4% 1,927 $47K
NewEdge Advisors, LLC 0.00% No change 1,383 $34K
Amalgamated Bank 0.00% No change 858 $21K
GAMMA Investing LLC 0.00% Add +63.2% 364 $9K
Capital Advisors, Ltd. LLC 0.00% No change 226 $6K
EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.00% Add +24.7% 182 $4K
Signaturefd, LLC 0.00% No change 122 $3K
Osaic Holdings, Inc. 0.00% Add +2433.3% 76 $2K
True Wealth Design, LLC 0.00% Add +644.4% 67 $2K
Covestor Ltd 0.00% Reduce -20.3% 51 $1K
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.00% No change 39 $961
Rothschild Investment LLC 0.00% Reduce -46.1% 35 $863
Larson Financial Group LLC 0.00% New 35 $863
Essential Partners LLC 0.00% — 31 $764
MAI Capital Management 0.00% New 25 $617
SBI Securities Co., Ltd. 0.00% No change 25 $616
Allworth Financial LP 0.00% New 21 $518
Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC 0.00% No change 20 $493
Assetmark, Inc. 0.00% Reduce -65.2% 8 $197
Fortitude Family Office, LLC 0.00% No change 5 $123
Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.00% New 1 $24

"% of holder's portfolio" is BFST's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of Business First Bancshares the manager owns.