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
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
30 Apr 24	BuyUS$36,540	Ricky Day	Individual	1,800	US$20.30
11 Mar 24	SellUS$116,570	Warren McDonald	Individual	5,211	US$22.37
30 Nov 23	BuyUS$5,995	John Ducrest	Individual	274.15	US$27.52
16 Nov 23	SellUS$799,140	James Buquet	Individual	38,000	US$21.03
16 Nov 23	SellUS$69,597	James Buquet	Individual	5,700	US$12.21
15 Nov 23	SellUS$528,200	Mark Folse	Individual	25,000	US$21.68
31 Aug 23	BuyUS$30,645	Ricky Day	Individual	1,500	US$20.43
09 Aug 23	SellUS$62,610	Jesse Jackson	Individual	3,000	US$20.87
31 May 23	BuyUS$29,200	Ricky Day	Individual	2,000	US$14.60
31 May 23	BuyUS$1,444	John Ducrest	Individual	80.62	US$25.93
16 May 23	BuyUS$20,076	Kathryn Manning	Individual	1,400	US$14.34
11 May 23	BuyUS$95,528	Gregory Robertson	Individual	6,775	US$14.10
11 May 23	BuyUS$85,108	John Ducrest	Individual	6,036	US$14.10
10 May 23	BuyUS$10,493	Arthur Price	Individual	750	US$13.99
09 May 23	BuyUS$21,660	Steven White	Individual	1,500	US$14.44
08 May 23	BuyUS$7,095	Joseph Johnson	Individual	500	US$14.19
05 May 23	BuyUS$28,770	Andrew McLindon	Individual	2,000	US$14.70
05 May 23	BuyUS$50,954	Kenneth Smith	Individual	3,650	US$13.96

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

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

Top 25 shareholders own 41.7% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
8.34%	BlackRock, Inc.	2,126,674	US$44.4m	5.55%	no data
5.11%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	1,302,405	US$27.2m	2.04%	no data
2.2%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	560,978	US$11.7m	16.3%	no data
2.1%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	533,991	US$11.2m	4.56%	no data
1.97%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	503,221	US$10.5m	4.75%	no data
1.94%	Manulife Asset Management	494,253	US$10.3m	0.68%	0.01%
1.88%	1st & Main Growth Partners	478,003	US$10.0m	0%	1.1%
1.75%	Mendon Capital Advisors Corp	444,937	US$9.3m	133%	5.07%
1.57%	Curi RMB Capital, LLC	400,000	US$8.4m	0%	0.23%
1.43%	Kennedy Capital Management LLC	363,851	US$7.6m	22.9%	0.16%
1.33%	Joseph Johnson	338,227	US$7.1m	0.34%	no data
1.31%	Ranger Investment Management, L.P.	333,918	US$7.0m	5.4%	0.42%
1.12%	Stieven Capital Advisors, L.P.	284,469	US$5.9m	0%	1.32%
1.07%	American Century Investment Management Inc	272,364	US$5.7m	44.1%	no data
1.03%	Royce & Associates, LP	263,259	US$5.5m	11.2%	0.05%
1.02%	Ricky Day	260,985	US$5.5m	0.44%	no data
0.95%	David Melville	241,639	US$5.1m	8.27%	no data
0.9%	AllianceBernstein L.P.	230,580	US$4.8m	-7.93%	no data
0.89%	Northern Trust Global Investments	227,097	US$4.7m	3.89%	no data
0.86%	JP Morgan Asset Management	219,055	US$4.6m	21.1%	no data
0.74%	Russell Investment Management, LLC	189,643	US$4.0m	5.27%	0.01%
0.74%	Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC	187,622	US$3.9m	34.3%	0.07%
0.55%	Ratio Wealth Group LLC	139,877	US$2.9m	-0.69%	0.6%
0.46%	Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC	116,161	US$2.4m	-32.3%	1.31%
0.45%	Putnam LLC	115,132	US$2.4m	13.5%	no data