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
13 Nov 24	SellUS$407,880	James Buquet	Individual	14,000	US$29.22
07 Nov 24	SellUS$73,472	Warren McDonald	Individual	2,560	US$28.70
06 Nov 24	SellUS$260,668	David Melville	Individual	9,172	US$28.42
05 Nov 24	SellUS$282,836	David Melville	Individual	10,828	US$26.15
04 Nov 24	SellUS$223,985	Joseph Johnson	Individual	8,500	US$26.36
30 Oct 24	SellUS$418,871	Joseph Johnson	Individual	15,500	US$27.16
09 Sep 24	SellUS$180,418	Mark Folse	Individual	7,346	US$24.56
09 Sep 24	SellUS$37,020	Warren McDonald	Individual	1,500	US$24.68
30 Aug 24	SellUS$3,773	Mark Folse	Individual	154	US$24.50
29 Aug 24	SellUS$61,250	Mark Folse	Individual	2,500	US$24.50
01 Aug 24	SellUS$39,388	Warren McDonald	Individual	1,532	US$25.71
31 Jul 24	SellUS$303,819	Joseph Johnson	Individual	11,874	US$25.77
30 Jul 24	SellUS$1,017,200	Mark Folse	Individual	40,000	US$25.43
30 Jul 24	SellUS$159,516	Saundra Strong	Individual	6,300	US$25.32
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

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

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

Top 25 shareholders own 37.57% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
7.26%	BlackRock, Inc.	2,144,672	US$59.6m	0%	no data
4.65%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	1,373,145	US$38.2m	3.49%	no data
2.42%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	714,450	US$19.9m	6.71%	no data
1.9%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	561,318	US$15.6m	-2.11%	no data
1.77%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	523,626	US$14.6m	5.01%	no data
1.57%	1st & Main Growth Partners	462,494	US$12.9m	-5.23%	1.3%
1.55%	Manulife Asset Management	459,314	US$12.8m	-2.63%	0.01%
1.52%	American Century Investment Management Inc	449,856	US$12.5m	7.4%	0.01%
1.3%	Royce & Associates, LP	384,200	US$10.7m	9.67%	0.09%
1.27%	Ranger Investment Management, L.P.	374,958	US$10.4m	2.13%	0.66%
1.13%	JP Morgan Asset Management	334,890	US$9.3m	-0.39%	no data
1.05%	Mendon Capital Advisors Corp	309,912	US$8.6m	-16.2%	5.17%
1%	Curi RMB Capital, LLC	296,524	US$8.2m	-19.9%	0.18%
1%	Janus Henderson Group plc	295,275	US$8.2m	922%	no data
0.99%	Joseph Johnson	292,753	US$8.1m	-7.58%	no data
0.89%	Ricky Day	262,785	US$7.3m	0%	no data
0.84%	Russell Investment Management, LLC	247,982	US$6.9m	27.4%	0.01%
0.82%	William Hall	243,406	US$6.8m	0%	no data
0.8%	Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC	235,806	US$6.6m	3.29%	0.1%
0.75%	David Melville	221,639	US$6.2m	-8.28%	no data
0.72%	Kennedy Capital Management LLC	211,812	US$5.9m	-14.7%	0.13%
0.71%	Northern Trust Global Investments	210,895	US$5.9m	0.12%	no data
0.66%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	196,238	US$5.5m	195%	no data
0.53%	Putnam LLC	156,847	US$4.4m	27.3%	no data
0.45%	Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC	132,662	US$3.7m	0%	0.13%