Business First BancsharesBFST
13F holders, Q1 2026 (March 31)170holders +3
19new positions
18sold out
4famous investors
$27.03avg. 13F price*
At the end of Q1 2026, 170 institutions reported holding Business First Bancshares (BFST) in their 13F filings, up 3 from Q4 2025. 19 opened new positions and 18 sold out. The largest holders were BlackRock, Inc. ($66.2M), Vanguard Capital Management LLC ($38.7M) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP ($31.5M). 4 famous investors held it, including Cliff Asness (0.0% of AQR Capital Management's portfolio), Ken Griffin (0.0% of Citadel Advisors's portfolio) and David E. Shaw (0.0% of D. E. Shaw & Co.'s portfolio).
- Company
- Business First Bancshares
- CUSIP
- 12326C105
- Latest filing quarter
- Q2 2026
History
Number of 13F holders
Total Exit/New Position Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
| Institutions | Total Value | |
|---|---|---|
| New Positions | 19 | $11.6M |
| Exits | 18 | $6.2M |
All 13F filers, Q4 2025 → Q1 2026: 1,900,473 shares bought and 603,867 shares sold, net +1,296,606 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.
Ownership 170 holders
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +6.8% | 2,446,961 | $66.2M |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 0.00% | — | 1,431,162 | $38.7M |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 0.01% | Add +7.5% | 1,165,720 | $31.5M |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 0.01% | Add +0.4% | 989,686 | $26.8M |
| American Century Companies Inc. | 0.01% | Add +13.1% | 890,391 | $24.1M |
| Royce & Associates LP | 0.22% | Add +1.6% | 836,098 | $22.6M |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 0.00% | Add +10.8% | 810,004 | $21.9M |
| State Street Corp. | 0.00% | Add +12.0% | 661,090 | $17.9M |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 0.00% | Add +255.8% | 441,853 | $11.9M |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 0.01% | Reduce -1.1% | 434,931 | $11.8M |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 0.63% | Reduce -0.3% | 321,290 | $8.7M |
| Northern Trust Corp. | 0.00% | Add +13.2% | 296,091 | $8.0M |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. | 0.00% | Add +9.8% | 266,417 | $7.2M |
| Curi Capital, LLC | 0.12% | No change | 250,009 | $6.8M |
| Mendon Capital Advisors Corp. | 2.62% | No change | 250,000 | $6.8M |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 0.00% | — | 245,307 | $6.6M |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 0.01% | Add +3.5% | 241,401 | $6.5M |
| Banc Funds Co. LLC | 1.18% | Add +22.9% | 234,257 | $6.3M |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.00% | Reduce -14.3% | 234,884 | $6.3M |
| Fourthstone LLC | 1.06% | Add +74.8% | 231,075 | $6.2M |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co. | 0.00% | — | 209,234 | $5.7M |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 0.11% | Add +2.0% | 207,204 | $5.6M |
| Franklin Resources Inc. | 0.00% | Add +15.1% | 178,547 | $4.8M |
| Morgan Stanley | 0.00% | Add +3.0% | 177,163 | $4.8M |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -8.4% | 161,773 | $4.4M |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 0.02% | Add +3.4% | 121,404 | $3.3M |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 0.00% | Add +493.4% | 116,841 | $3.2M |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 0.00% | Add +9.8% | 115,651 | $3.1M |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 0.00% | Reduce -6.7% | 104,638 | $2.7M |
| AQR Capital Management | 0.00% | Reduce -2.3% | 100,857 | $2.7M |
| Polaris Capital Management, LLC | 0.18% | No change | 82,400 | $2.2M |
| Creative Planning | 0.00% | Add +17.4% | 80,947 | $2.2M |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 0.00% | Add +26.7% | 80,372 | $2.2M |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 0.01% | No change | 70,503 | $1.9M |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 0.72% | Reduce -14.1% | 61,136 | $1.7M |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.00% | New | 60,396 | $1.6M |
| Nuveen, LLC | 0.00% | Add +7.1% | 59,640 | $1.6M |
| Summit Financial Wealth Advisors, LLC | 0.23% | New | 59,449 | $1.6M |
| Swiss National Bank | 0.00% | No change | 57,608 | $1.6M |
| Arax Advisory Partners | 0.04% | Add +1364025.0% | 54,565 | $1.5M |
| Sei Investments Co. | 0.00% | Add +127.9% | 51,452 | $1.4M |
| Bank of America Corp. | 0.00% | Reduce -4.2% | 51,357 | $1.4M |
| Womack Financial LLC | 1.01% | Reduce -1.9% | 50,661 | $1.4M |
| Man Group plc | 0.00% | Add +17.6% | 49,593 | $1.3M |
| Vines Capital Management, LLC | 1.31% | New | 49,062 | $1.3M |
| Steel Grove Capital Advisors, LLC | 0.14% | New | 47,736 | $1.3M |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 0.00% | New | 47,399 | $1.3M |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 0.28% | Add +0.0% | 47,383 | $1.3M |
| Raymond James Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -10.8% | 46,268 | $1.3M |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 0.00% | Add +247.3% | 45,243 | $1.2M |
| Citadel Advisors | 0.00% | Add +265.2% | 43,537 | $1.2M |
| Victory Capital Management Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -1.3% | 43,450 | $1.2M |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 0.44% | Add +0.5% | 40,530 | $1.1M |
| Prudential Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -15.5% | 40,305 | $1.1M |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 0.00% | Add +5.7% | 38,792 | $1.0M |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 0.02% | No change | 38,237 | $1.0M |
| Meriwether Wealth & Planning, LLC | 0.56% | No change | 37,583 | $1.0M |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 0.00% | Reduce -23.4% | 36,180 | $978K |
| Invesco Ltd. | 0.00% | Reduce -3.5% | 35,383 | $957K |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +13.5% | 35,153 | $951K |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | 0.00% | Add +96.4% | 34,434 | $931K |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 0.19% | Reduce -49.7% | 33,168 | $897K |
| LPL Financial LLC | 0.00% | Add +7.6% | 32,783 | $886K |
| UBS Group AG | 0.00% | Reduce -0.5% | 31,009 | $838K |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | 0.00% | Add +3.1% | 30,834 | $834K |
| FreeGulliver LLC | 0.34% | New | 30,014 | $812K |
| Principal Financial Group Inc. | 0.00% | New | 29,621 | $801K |
| Teacher Retirement System of Texas | 0.00% | Add +197.0% | 28,787 | $778K |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | 0.05% | No change | 27,631 | $747K |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 0.00% | Reduce -0.1% | 27,576 | $746K |
| Millennium Management | 0.00% | Reduce -56.1% | 27,135 | $734K |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC | 0.00% | — | 27,019 | $731K |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 0.00% | Add +18.1% | 26,457 | $715K |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 0.01% | New | 25,913 | $701K |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | 0.02% | Reduce -73.4% | 25,486 | $689K |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 0.00% | No change | 25,395 | $687K |
| Argent Advisors, Inc. | 0.18% | Add +92.3% | 24,896 | $673K |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC | 0.05% | Add +13.3% | 24,879 | $673K |
| Los Angeles Capital Management LLC | 0.00% | Reduce -2.7% | 24,368 | $659K |
| Susquehanna Fundamental Investments, LLC | 0.02% | New | 24,028 | $650K |
| STRS Ohio | 0.00% | Add +101.7% | 23,400 | $633K |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 0.00% | Reduce -10.6% | 23,313 | $630K |
| T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. | 0.00% | Add +38.7% | 22,517 | $609K |
| MQS Management LLC | 0.39% | New | 21,397 | $579K |
| Texas Yale Capital Corp. | 0.02% | New | 19,890 | $538K |
| Kings Path Partners LLC | 0.18% | No change | 19,770 | $535K |
| LSV Asset Management | 0.00% | No change | 19,270 | $521K |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 0.01% | Reduce -7.8% | 18,550 | $502K |
| Hartmann Taylor Wealth Management, LLC | 0.33% | Reduce -35.1% | 18,506 | $500K |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 0.00% | Add +63.3% | 18,033 | $488K |
| First Foundation Advisors | 0.02% | No change | 17,966 | $486K |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd | 0.00% | — | 17,440 | $472K |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC | 0.00% | No change | 17,131 | $463K |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -10.1% | 16,522 | $447K |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | 0.05% | No change | 16,500 | $446K |
| 1492 Capital Management LLC | 0.17% | Add +82.7% | 16,216 | $438K |
| E&G Advisors, LLC | 0.10% | No change | 16,100 | $435K |
| EntryPoint Capital, LLC | 0.13% | No change | 15,774 | $427K |
| CenterBook Partners LP | 0.02% | Reduce -49.5% | 15,532 | $420K |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. | 0.00% | Add +11.3% | 14,757 | $399K |
"% of holder's portfolio" is BFST's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of Business First Bancshares the manager owns.