Business First Bancshares, Inc.

DB:828 Stock Report

Market Cap: €868.2m

Business First Bancshares Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

DB:828 Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
19 Aug 26Sell€88,244George CummingsIndividual3,235€27.28
18 Aug 26Sell€274,484George CummingsIndividual10,000€27.45
06 Aug 26Sell€51,482Donald CarterIndividual1,875€27.46
05 Aug 26Sell€46,130William HallIndividual1,666€27.69
05 Aug 26Sell€27,698Saundra StrongIndividual1,000€27.70
05 Aug 26Sell€269,222Align Capital, LLCCompany9,723€27.69
03 Aug 26Sell€276,982George CummingsIndividual10,000€27.70
31 Jul 26Sell€552,701George CummingsIndividual20,000€27.89
30 Jul 26Sell€117,032Keith MansfieldIndividual4,200€27.86
29 Jul 26Sell€560,083George CummingsIndividual20,000€28.01
29 Jul 26Sell€54,743Joseph JohnsonIndividual2,000€27.37
28 Jul 26Buy€41,611Ricky DayIndividual1,500€27.74
28 Jul 26Sell€278,638Joseph JohnsonIndividual10,000€27.86
11 Jun 26Sell€500,938George CummingsIndividual20,000€25.07
08 Jun 26Sell€370,735George CummingsIndividual15,000€24.72
27 May 26Sell€278,313George CummingsIndividual11,595€24.00
22 May 26Sell€241,302George CummingsIndividual10,000€24.13
04 Mar 26Sell€261,066George CummingsIndividual11,000€23.73
03 Mar 26Sell€236,536George CummingsIndividual10,000€23.97
25 Feb 26Sell€474,432George CummingsIndividual20,000€23.72
10 Feb 26Buy€2,981Rolfe McCollisterIndividual120€24.84
10 Feb 26Sell€249,010Mark FolseIndividual10,000€25.00
29 Jan 26Sell€86,346Donald CarterIndividual3,778€22.85
27 Jan 26Buy€34,523Ricky DayIndividual1,500€23.02
01 Dec 25Sell€31,805Gregory RobertsonIndividual1,400€22.72
28 Oct 25Buy€33,220Ricky DayIndividual1,600€20.76

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: 828 insiders have sold more shares than they have bought in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of 828?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Individual Insiders1,645,1955.05%
General Public11,395,37635%
Institutions19,509,31259.9%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 48.58% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
8.4%
BlackRock, Inc.
2,732,988€72.9m11.7%no data
4.97%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC
1,616,178€43.1m-1.48%no data
4.03%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
1,311,018€35.0m12.5%no data
3.35%
Janus Henderson Group Ltd.
1,089,827€29.1m10.1%0.01%
3.21%
State Street Investment Management
1,045,212€27.9m58.1%no data
3.15%
American Century Investment Management Inc
1,025,919€27.4m15.2%0.01%
2.86%
Royce & Associates, LP
931,811€24.9m11.4%0.23%
2.65%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
863,416€23.0m6.59%no data
1.38%
BNY Asset Management
450,790€12.0m2.21%no data
1.33%
Manulife Asset Management
432,026€11.5m-0.67%0.01%
1.2%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
390,840€10.4m1,640%no data
1.16%
China Merchants Fund Management Company Ltd.
377,800€10.1m0%0.03%
1.01%
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC
328,608€8.8m0%0.12%
0.98%
JP Morgan Asset Management
317,933€8.5m66.7%no data
0.96%
Northern Trust Global Investments
312,000€8.3m5.37%no data
0.9%
Curi Capital, LLC
293,902€7.8m17.6%0.13%
0.9%
Mendon Capital Advisors Corp
293,893€7.8m17.6%3.31%
0.87%
Ranger Investment Management, L.P.
284,500€7.6m-11.4%0.6%
0.85%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC
278,146€7.4m13.4%no data
0.84%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
271,895€7.3m2.06%no data
0.83%
Ricky Day
269,901€7.2m0.56%no data
0.76%
Russell Investment Management, LLC
246,486€6.6m2.11%0.01%
0.72%
Banc Funds Company, L.L.C.
234,257€6.2m0%1.19%
0.64%
David Melville
208,902€5.6m0%no data
0.63%
George Cummings
205,091€5.5m-22.6%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/08/24 15:19
End of Day Share Price 2026/08/21 00:00
Earnings2026/06/30
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Business First Bancshares, Inc. is covered by 7 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Gary TennerD.A. Davidson & Co.
null nullD.A. Davidson & Co.
Feddie StricklandHovde Group, LLC