Business First Bancshares, Inc.

NasdaqGS:BFST Stock Report

Market Cap: US$806.5m

Business First Bancshares Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqGS:BFST Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
13 Nov 24SellUS$407,880James BuquetIndividual14,000US$29.22
07 Nov 24SellUS$73,472Warren McDonaldIndividual2,560US$28.70
06 Nov 24SellUS$260,668David MelvilleIndividual9,172US$28.42
05 Nov 24SellUS$282,836David MelvilleIndividual10,828US$26.15
04 Nov 24SellUS$223,985Joseph JohnsonIndividual8,500US$26.36
30 Oct 24SellUS$418,871Joseph JohnsonIndividual15,500US$27.16
09 Sep 24SellUS$180,418Mark FolseIndividual7,346US$24.56
09 Sep 24SellUS$37,020Warren McDonaldIndividual1,500US$24.68
30 Aug 24SellUS$3,773Mark FolseIndividual154US$24.50
29 Aug 24SellUS$61,250Mark FolseIndividual2,500US$24.50
01 Aug 24SellUS$39,388Warren McDonaldIndividual1,532US$25.71
31 Jul 24SellUS$303,819Joseph JohnsonIndividual11,874US$25.77
30 Jul 24SellUS$1,017,200Mark FolseIndividual40,000US$25.43
30 Jul 24SellUS$159,516Saundra StrongIndividual6,300US$25.32
30 Apr 24BuyUS$36,540Ricky DayIndividual1,800US$20.30
11 Mar 24SellUS$116,570Warren McDonaldIndividual5,211US$22.37

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: BFST insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of BFST?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies11,0000.0372%
Individual Insiders1,603,1885.42%
Institutions12,744,14343.1%
General Public15,194,02751.4%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 16.6%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 37.39% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
7.49%
BlackRock, Inc.
2,214,156US$60.4m3.24%no data
4.65%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
1,373,145US$37.5m3.49%no data
2.42%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
714,450US$19.5m6.71%no data
1.9%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
561,318US$15.3m-2.11%no data
1.77%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
523,626US$14.3m5.01%no data
1.57%
1st & Main Growth Partners
462,494US$12.6m-5.23%1.31%
1.55%
Manulife Asset Management
459,314US$12.5m-2.63%0.01%
1.52%
American Century Investment Management Inc
449,856US$12.3m7.4%0.01%
1.3%
Royce & Associates, LP
384,200US$10.5m9.67%0.09%
1.27%
Ranger Investment Management, L.P.
374,958US$10.2m2.13%0.62%
1.13%
JP Morgan Asset Management
334,890US$9.1m-0.39%no data
1.05%
Mendon Capital Advisors Corp
309,912US$8.5m-16.2%5.01%
1%
Curi RMB Capital, LLC
296,524US$8.1m-19.9%0.17%
1%
Janus Henderson Group plc
295,275US$8.1m922%no data
0.99%
Joseph Johnson
292,753US$8.0m-7.58%no data
0.89%
Ricky Day
262,785US$7.2m0%no data
0.84%
Russell Investment Management, LLC
247,982US$6.8m27.4%0.01%
0.8%
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC
235,806US$6.4m3.29%0.1%
0.75%
David Melville
221,639US$6.0m-8.28%no data
0.72%
Kennedy Capital Management LLC
211,812US$5.8m-14.7%0.12%
0.71%
Northern Trust Global Investments
210,895US$5.8m0.12%no data
0.66%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
196,238US$5.4m0%no data
0.53%
Putnam LLC
156,847US$4.3m27.3%no data
0.45%
Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC
133,761US$3.7m0.83%0.13%
0.42%
AllianceBernstein L.P.
125,078US$3.4m-35.4%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/29 13:48
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/29 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Business First Bancshares, Inc. is covered by 6 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
Manuel NavasD.A. Davidson & Co.
Feddie StricklandHovde Group, LLC
Christopher MarinacJanney Montgomery Scott LLC