Business First BancsharesBFST
13F holders, Q3 2025 (September 30)156holders +10
20new positions
11sold out
4famous investors
$23.61avg. 13F price*
At the end of Q3 2025, 156 institutions reported holding Business First Bancshares (BFST) in their 13F filings, up 10 from Q2 2025. 20 opened new positions and 11 sold out. The largest holders were BlackRock, Inc. ($53.0M), Vanguard Group Inc. ($37.6M) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP ($24.2M). 4 famous investors held it, including Cliff Asness (0.0% of AQR Capital Management's portfolio), Jim Simons / Peter Brown (0.0% of Renaissance Technologies's portfolio) and Israel Englander (0.0% of Millennium Management's portfolio).
- Company
- Business First Bancshares
- CUSIP
- 12326C105
- Latest filing quarter
- Q2 2026
History
Number of 13F holders
Total Exit/New Position Q2 2025 → Q3 2025
| Institutions | Total Value | |
|---|---|---|
| New Positions | 20 | $4.3M |
| Exits | 11 | $4.5M |
All 13F filers, Q2 2025 → Q3 2025: 991,977 shares bought and 783,214 shares sold, net +208,763 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.
Ownership 156 holders
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +1.3% | 2,246,261 | $53.0M |
| Vanguard Group Inc. | 0.00% | Add +1.1% | 1,591,098 | $37.6M |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 0.01% | Add +3.7% | 1,024,248 | $24.2M |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 0.01% | Add +1.6% | 1,018,807 | $24.1M |
| American Century Companies Inc. | 0.01% | Add +12.6% | 730,694 | $17.3M |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 0.00% | Add +2.8% | 716,630 | $16.9M |
| Royce & Associates LP | 0.15% | Add +17.5% | 648,080 | $15.3M |
| State Street Corp. | 0.00% | Add +4.0% | 598,503 | $14.1M |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 0.01% | Reduce -1.5% | 444,257 | $10.5M |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 0.57% | Add +0.6% | 345,855 | $8.2M |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.00% | Reduce -1.9% | 312,746 | $7.4M |
| Northern Trust Corp. | 0.00% | Reduce -0.0% | 278,477 | $6.6M |
| Banc Funds Co. LLC | 1.11% | Reduce -22.4% | 269,264 | $6.4M |
| Curi Capital, LLC | 0.11% | Add +0.0% | 250,008 | $5.9M |
| Mendon Capital Advisors Corp. | 2.69% | Reduce -10.7% | 250,000 | $5.9M |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. | 0.00% | Add +4.6% | 241,811 | $5.7M |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 0.01% | Add +3.6% | 230,616 | $5.4M |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 0.09% | Add +4.3% | 187,248 | $4.4M |
| Franklin Resources Inc. | 0.00% | Add +5.7% | 184,310 | $4.4M |
| Fourthstone LLC | 0.69% | Add +373.3% | 164,024 | $3.9M |
| Morgan Stanley | 0.00% | Reduce -8.8% | 143,126 | $3.4M |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | 0.10% | Reduce -0.2% | 133,456 | $3.2M |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 0.00% | Add +1.4% | 132,233 | $3.1M |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 0.00% | Reduce -2.5% | 115,638 | $2.7M |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 0.00% | Add +467.0% | 107,684 | $2.5M |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.00% | Add +50.8% | 106,907 | $2.5M |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 0.02% | Add +8.2% | 101,448 | $2.4M |
| AQR Capital Management | 0.00% | Add +21.3% | 78,476 | $1.9M |
| Polaris Capital Management, LLC | 0.12% | No change | 77,000 | $1.8M |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 0.65% | No change | 71,136 | $1.7M |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 0.01% | No change | 70,503 | $1.7M |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 0.01% | Add +13.9% | 70,494 | $1.7M |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 0.40% | Add +52.7% | 65,377 | $1.5M |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 0.00% | Reduce -2.6% | 60,267 | $1.4M |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 0.00% | Add +62.8% | 57,982 | $1.4M |
| Swiss National Bank | 0.00% | Add +7.5% | 57,608 | $1.4M |
| Nuveen, LLC | 0.00% | Reduce -2.8% | 55,694 | $1.3M |
| Gries Financial LLC | 0.20% | Add +0.0% | 54,571 | $1.3M |
| Raymond James Financial Inc. | 0.00% | No change | 53,187 | $1.3M |
| Womack Financial LLC | 0.94% | Reduce -11.8% | 52,705 | $1.2M |
| Victory Capital Management Inc. | 0.00% | Add +4.3% | 48,000 | $1.1M |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 0.00% | Add +90.3% | 46,774 | $1.1M |
| CenterBook Partners LP | 0.05% | New | 45,752 | $1.1M |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 0.23% | No change | 45,264 | $1.1M |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 0.00% | Reduce -3.6% | 42,075 | $993K |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | 0.01% | Reduce -3.7% | 41,861 | $988K |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 0.02% | No change | 41,637 | $983K |
| Barclays PLC | 0.00% | Reduce -25.1% | 40,119 | $947K |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 0.41% | Add +0.6% | 40,085 | $946K |
| Invesco Ltd. | 0.00% | Reduce -8.0% | 38,937 | $919K |
| Meriwether Wealth & Planning, LLC | 0.51% | Reduce -0.5% | 37,583 | $887K |
| Man Group plc | 0.00% | New | 37,129 | $877K |
| Bank of America Corp. | 0.00% | Reduce -26.4% | 35,735 | $844K |
| Prospector Partners LLC | 0.10% | Add +69.5% | 35,600 | $841K |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +4.9% | 34,361 | $811K |
| Creative Planning | 0.00% | Add +27.9% | 34,115 | $805K |
| Martingale Asset Management L P | 0.02% | No change | 32,850 | $776K |
| Renaissance Technologies | 0.00% | Add +7.1% | 31,800 | $751K |
| Los Angeles Capital Management LLC | 0.00% | Reduce -19.7% | 30,901 | $730K |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 0.00% | Reduce -3.1% | 29,770 | $703K |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | 0.00% | Reduce -53.7% | 29,703 | $701K |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co | 0.00% | No change | 28,545 | $676K |
| Hartmann Taylor Wealth Management, LLC | 0.48% | No change | 28,506 | $673K |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | 0.05% | No change | 27,631 | $652K |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 0.00% | Reduce -14.2% | 27,604 | $652K |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 0.00% | Add +9.3% | 27,100 | $640K |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 0.00% | New | 25,832 | $610K |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 0.00% | Reduce -50.0% | 25,395 | $600K |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC | 0.05% | Add +19.5% | 25,191 | $595K |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 0.00% | Add +24.7% | 22,587 | $533K |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 0.00% | Add +19.3% | 22,039 | $520K |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | 0.00% | New | 21,829 | $515K |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 0.00% | Reduce -32.8% | 20,800 | $491K |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 0.01% | No change | 20,125 | $475K |
| Kings Path Partners LLC | 0.17% | No change | 19,770 | $467K |
| LSV Asset Management | 0.00% | Reduce -39.0% | 19,270 | $455K |
| Millennium Management | 0.00% | Reduce -91.0% | 19,183 | $453K |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Add +18.8% | 18,588 | $439K |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 0.00% | Reduce -37.5% | 18,005 | $425K |
| LPL Financial LLC | 0.00% | Reduce -17.0% | 17,978 | $424K |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC | 0.00% | No change | 17,131 | $404K |
| Security National Bank | 0.06% | No change | 16,965 | $401K |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 0.05% | No change | 16,500 | $390K |
| E&G Advisors, LLC | 0.09% | No change | 16,100 | $380K |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 0.03% | Reduce -11.0% | 15,805 | $373K |
| EntryPoint Capital, LLC | 0.14% | Add +32.1% | 15,774 | $372K |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 0.00% | Reduce -63.9% | 15,559 | $367K |
| T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. | 0.00% | Add +5.1% | 14,968 | $354K |
| UBS Group AG | 0.00% | Reduce -58.1% | 14,711 | $347K |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd | 0.06% | Add +3.2% | 14,510 | $343K |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. | 0.00% | Reduce -14.7% | 13,310 | $314K |
| Argent Advisors, Inc. | 0.09% | No change | 12,949 | $306K |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +32312.8% | 12,641 | $298K |
| Americana Partners, LLC | 0.01% | No change | 12,338 | $291K |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 0.00% | Add +9.6% | 12,240 | $289K |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 0.00% | Reduce -67.8% | 12,037 | $284K |
| STRS Ohio | 0.00% | Add +68.1% | 11,600 | $274K |
| XTX Topco Ltd | 0.01% | New | 11,261 | $266K |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 0.00% | Reduce -44.2% | 10,670 | $251K |
| Prudential Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Add +0.1% | 10,495 | $248K |
"% of holder's portfolio" is BFST's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of Business First Bancshares the manager owns.