BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES IN (BFST)
Institutional ownership reported to the SEC as of Q2 2026, across 31 quarters.
167
Reporting holders
$574.5M
Reported value
57.5%
Of shares outstanding
0.1%
Held as options
+5
Holder change
Institutions report 18,700,355 shares against 32,549,883 outstanding. Shares only - option lines are excluded, which is why this can be compared with the company at all. The count comes from the cover page of the company's own most recent report, so it is dated when that was filed rather than at quarter end.
Options share is the part of reported value carried in derivative lines rather than shares. A high figure means institutions are expressing a view on this security without owning much of it.
Holders
| Filer | Value | Shares | Their book | Held | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | $84.0M | 2,732,988 | 0.00% | 8q | +11.7%+$8.8M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $43.0M | 1,399,712 | 0.00% | 2q | -2.2%-$966.5K |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | $40.3M | 1,311,018 | 0.01% | 27q | +12.5%+$4.5M |
| Jupiter Topco LLC | $33.5M | 1,089,827 | 0.01% | new | FIRST |
| STATE STREET CORP | $32.1M | 1,045,212 | 0.00% | 31q | +58.1%+$11.8M |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | $31.5M | 1,025,919 | 0.01% | 17q | +15.2%+$4.2M |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP | $28.6M | 931,811 | 0.23% | 14q | +11.4%+$2.9M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | $26.5M | 863,416 | 0.00% | 31q | +6.6%+$1.6M |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | $13.9M | 450,790 | 0.00% | 31q | +2.0%+$274.6K |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE | $13.3M | 432,026 | 0.01% | 31q | -0.7%-$89.3K |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | $12.4M | 405,623 | 0.00% | 31q | +72.7%+$5.2M |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP | $9.6M | 312,000 | 0.00% | 31q | +5.4%+$488.9K |
| Curi Capital, LLC | $9.0M | 293,902 | 0.14% | 17q | +17.6%+$1.3M |
| MENDON CAPITAL ADVISORS CORP | $9.0M | 293,893 | 3.19% | 21q | +17.6%+$1.3M |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | $8.7M | 284,500 | 0.55% | 15q | -11.5%-$1.1M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | $8.5M | 278,146 | 0.00% | 2q | +13.4%+$1.0M |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | $8.4M | 271,895 | 0.00% | 31q | +2.1%+$168.3K |
| Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P. | $8.4M | 271,895 | 0.00% | new | NEW |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | $7.6M | 246,486 | 0.01% | 31q | +2.1%+$156.3K |
| BANC FUNDS CO LLC | $7.2M | 234,257 | 1.19% | 31q | HELD |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO | $6.7M | 216,466 | 0.00% | 2q | +3.5%+$222.2K |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | $6.4M | 207,204 | 0.11% | 25q | HELD |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | $6.0M | 195,614 | 0.00% | 20q | +20.9%+$1.0M |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | $5.8M | 187,352 | 0.00% | 9q | +133.1%+$3.3M |
| MORGAN STANLEY | $5.4M | 176,442 | 0.00% | 33q | HELD |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | $4.9M | 150,215 | 0.00% | 3q | +245.0%+$3.5M |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | $3.7M | 121,404 | 0.02% | 13q | HELD |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | $3.7M | 120,086 | 0.00% | 15q | +3.8%+$136.3K |
| Arax Advisory Partners | $3.4M | 110,128 | 0.02% | 4q | +101.8%+$1.7M |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $3.2M | 105,211 | 0.00% | 9q | +4.3%+$133.8K |
| Polaris Capital Management, LLC | $3.0M | 98,200 | 0.28% | 6q | +19.2%+$485.5K |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | $3.0M | 109,598 | 0.00% | 15q | +4.7%+$134.1K |
| Man Group plc | $2.8M | 92,056 | 0.00% | 4q | +85.6%+$1.3M |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | $2.7M | 88,239 | 0.00% | 6q | +95.0%+$1.3M |
| Creative Planning | $2.7M | 86,946 | 0.00% | 8q | +7.4%+$184.3K |
| Nuveen, LLC | $2.4M | 78,000 | 0.00% | 6q | +30.8%+$564.2K |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | $2.2M | 70,503 | 0.01% | 7q | HELD |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | $2.1M | 68,686 | 0.00% | 12q | -61.5%-$3.4M |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | $2.1M | 66,963 | 0.00% | 4q | +94.5%+$999.6K |
| Swiss National Bank | $1.9M | 62,308 | 0.00% | 15q | +8.2%+$144.4K |
| SMITH SHELLNUT WILSON LLC /ADV | $1.9M | 61,136 | 0.70% | 20q | HELD |
| Summit Financial Wealth Advisors, LLC | $1.8M | 59,472 | 0.23% | 2q | HELD |
| UBS Group AG | $1.7M | 54,976 | 0.00% | 15q | +77.3%+$736.5K |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | $1.5M | 49,454 | 0.00% | 8q | +36.7%+$407.9K |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | $1.5M | 49,289 | 0.00% | 31q | -4.0%-$63.5K |
| Argent Advisors, Inc. | $1.5M | 48,638 | 0.37% | 5q | +95.4%+$729.6K |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | $1.5M | 47,652 | 0.00% | 2q | +0.5%+$7.8K |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | $1.4M | 46,854 | 0.26% | 13q | -1.1%-$16.3K |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | $1.4M | 46,750 | 0.00% | 19q | +7.6%+$101.4K |
| Womack Financial LLC | $1.3M | 43,858 | 0.89% | 7q | -13.4%-$209.1K |
| Vines Capital Management, LLC | $1.3M | 42,000 | 0.53% | 2q | -14.4%-$217.0K |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS | $1.3M | 41,893 | 0.00% | 31q | +8.0%+$95.3K |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | $1.3M | 41,303 | 0.00% | 2q | -31.6%-$587.4K |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | $1.3M | 40,743 | 0.45% | 19q | +0.5%+$6.5K |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC | $1.2M | 40,555 | 0.00% | 5q | +0.6%+$7.7K |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $1.2M | 38,306 | 0.02% | new | NEW |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | $1.2M | 38,158 | 0.00% | new | NEW |
| Meriwether Wealth & Planning, LLC | $1.1M | 37,186 | 0.57% | 7q | -1.1%-$12.2K |
| Invesco Ltd. | $1.1M | 36,504 | 0.00% | 22q | +3.2%+$34.4K |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | $1.1M | 36,237 | 0.02% | 33q | -5.2%-$61.5K |
| Jump Financial, LLC | $1.1M | 35,720 | 0.01% | new | NEW |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | $1.1M | 34,317 | 0.00% | 9q | +26.5%+$220.7K |
| LPL Financial LLC | $1.0M | 32,783 | 0.00% | 25q | HELD |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | $986.4K | 32,100 | 0.00% | 33q | +21.3%+$173.4K |
| CITIGROUP INC | $971.3K | 31,606 | 0.00% | 31q | +497.8%+$808.8K |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | $971.1K | 31,600 | 0.00% | 9q | +2.5%+$23.5K |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | $964.6K | 31,391 | 0.00% | 2q | +6.0%+$54.4K |
| FreeGulliver LLC | $922.3K | 30,014 | 0.33% | 2q | HELD |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC | $915.0K | 29,774 | 0.00% | 7q | -15.3%-$165.3K |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | $890.9K | 28,991 | 0.00% | 3q | +60.8%+$336.7K |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | $884.5K | 27,631 | 0.06% | 15q | HELD |
| STRS OHIO | $829.7K | 27,000 | 0.00% | 8q | +15.4%+$110.6K |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | $824.3K | 26,824 | 0.00% | 14q | +10.8%+$80.4K |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO | $817.6K | 26,606 | 0.00% | 3q | -48.3%-$763.5K |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | $796.3K | 25,913 | 0.01% | 2q | HELD |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | $783.2K | 25,486 | 0.02% | 8q | HELD |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | $780.4K | 25,395 | 0.00% | 7q | HELD |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd | $739.6K | 24,069 | 0.00% | 2q | +38.0%+$203.7K |
| Legal & General Group Plc | $726.0K | 23,626 | 0.00% | 31q | +1.3%+$9.6K |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | $716.7K | 23,321 | 0.00% | new | NEW |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC | $687.6K | 22,374 | 0.04% | 6q | -10.1%-$77.0K |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | $668.7K | 21,760 | 0.00% | 31q | +128.2%+$375.6K |
| MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV | $644.7K | 20,980 | 0.00% | 3q | +107.2%+$333.6K |
| Texas Yale Capital Corp. | $611.2K | 19,890 | 0.01% | 2q | HELD |
| Kings Path Partners LLC | $607.5K | 19,770 | 0.16% | 9q | -50.0%-$607.5K |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | $598.6K | 19,479 | 0.01% | new | NEW |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC | $563.4K | 18,334 | 0.00% | 24q | +7.0%+$37.0K |
| Quantbot Technologies LP | $552.3K | 17,972 | 0.02% | 2q | +736.3%+$486.2K |
| FIRST FOUNDATION ADVISORS | $552.1K | 17,966 | 0.02% | 3q | HELD |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | $551.6K | 17,950 | 0.01% | 25q | -3.2%-$18.4K |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC | $537.0K | 17,475 | 0.01% | 2q | -27.3%-$201.4K |
| VARCOV Co. | $536.5K | 17,459 | 0.20% | new | NEW |
| Rodgers Brothers Inc. | $507.0K | 16,500 | 0.05% | 26q | HELD |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | $502.4K | 16,350 | 0.00% | 7q | -50.5%-$513.0K |
| Hartmann Taylor Wealth Management, LLC | $500.4K | 18,506 | 0.33% | 6q | HELD |
| 1492 Capital Management LLC | $498.3K | 16,216 | 0.15% | 3q | HELD |
| E&G Advisors, LLC | $494.8K | 16,100 | 0.10% | 7q | HELD |
| EntryPoint Capital, LLC | $484.7K | 15,774 | 0.12% | 5q | HELD |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC | $482.2K | 15,692 | 0.00% | 2q | -41.9%-$348.1K |
| BARCLAYS PLC | $466.0K | 15,163 | 0.00% | 31q | +42.8%+$139.7K |
Five percent filings
Anyone crossing 5% of a company must say so within days - far sooner than the next quarterly holdings report. A 13D declares an intent to influence the company; a 13G is the passive version. See all activist filings →
| Filed | Form | Filer | % of class |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | 13G/A | BlackRock, Inc. | 8.0% |
Quarter by quarter
Coverage begins with the quarter ending 2018-12-31. Earlier filings exist only as occasional late amendments, too sparse to describe a market, so they are not shown.
| Quarter | Holders | Value | Shares | New | Added | Trimmed | Options |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 167 | $574.5M | 18,700,355 | 22 | 71 | 34 | 0.1% |
| Q1 2026 | 162 | $456.8M | 16,899,626 | 20 | 54 | 40 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2025 | 156 | $400.1M | 15,304,561 | 18 | 45 | 50 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2025 | 145 | $361.0M | 15,288,045 | 18 | 52 | 38 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2025 | 138 | $363.8M | 14,785,637 | 17 | 55 | 30 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2025 | 135 | $344.8M | 14,154,792 | 17 | 40 | 39 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2024 | 129 | $349.6M | 13,612,879 | 21 | 45 | 32 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2024 | 114 | $327.2M | 12,751,726 | 19 | 34 | 35 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2024 | 102 | $266.6M | 12,204,726 | 15 | 35 | 28 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2024 | 97 | $256.6M | 11,518,129 | 2 | 28 | 37 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2023 | 106 | $288.0M | 11,675,010 | 13 | 32 | 26 | 0.1% |
| Q3 2023 | 95 | $192.6M | 10,258,171 | 14 | 37 | 24 | 0.1% |
| Q2 2023 | 85 | $152.8M | 10,137,349 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2023 | 82 | $164.9M | 9,621,897 | 16 | 32 | 21 | 0.1% |
| Q4 2022 | 76 | $192.4M | 8,642,027 | 15 | 30 | 12 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2022 | 82 | $167.1M | 7,762,575 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2022 | 81 | $159.0M | 7,461,583 | 7 | 31 | 18 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2022 | 86 | $172.6M | 7,092,294 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2021 | 82 | $202.9M | 7,168,304 | 15 | 28 | 17 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2021 | 70 | $153.3M | 6,553,114 | 11 | 20 | 26 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2021 | 61 | $149.9M | 6,532,259 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2021 | 59 | $150.1M | 6,274,277 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2020 | 50 | $123.1M | 6,032,777 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2020 | 52 | $87.7M | 5,843,358 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2020 | 58 | $84.4M | 5,506,599 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2020 | 56 | $75.4M | 5,582,688 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2019 | 52 | $153.6M | 6,159,740 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 0.0% |
| Q3 2019 | 48 | $144.9M | 5,937,448 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2019 | 45 | $149.6M | 5,878,644 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2019 | 46 | $141.6M | 5,770,259 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 0.0% |
| Q4 2018 | 52 | $141.5M | 5,849,519 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.0% |