BFST Insider Trading

Insider Ownership Percentage: 6.45%
Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $74,730.00
Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $707,364.24

Business First Bancshares Insider Trading History Chart

This chart shows the insider buying and selling history at Business First Bancshares by year and by quarter.

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2022202320242025$0bought$0soldQ2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2-$500k$0$500kTotal Insider BuyingTotal Insider Selling

Business First Bancshares Share Price & Price History

Current Price: $22.44
Price Change: Price Increase of +0.22 (0.99%)
As of 04/16/2025 05:00 PM ET

This chart shows the closing price history over time for BFST up to the past year.

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MayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarApr$22.44Closing price on 04/16/25:

SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST)

47.35% of Business First Bancshares stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

This chart shows the instiutional buying and selling at BFST by year and by quarter.

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2022202320242025$121kbought$314ksoldQ2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2-$20M$0$20MTotal InflowsTotal Outflows
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for b1BANK that provides various banking products and services in Louisiana and Texas. It offers various deposit products and services, including checking, demand, money market, time, and savings accounts; and certificates of deposits, remote deposit capture, and direct deposit services. The company also provides commercial and industrial loans, such as working capital, term, equipment financing, asset acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing base, and other loan products, as well as commercial lines of credit, accounts receivable factoring, agricultural financing, and letters of credit; construction and development loans; commercial real estate loans; residential real estate loans comprising first and second lien 1-4 family mortgage loans, and home equity lines of credit; and consumer loans, including secured and unsecured installment, and term loans. In addition, it offers wealth management products, including mutual funds, annuities, individual retirement accounts, and other financial products, as well as other fiduciary and private banking products and services. Further, the company provides a range of other financial services comprising debit and credit cards, treasury and cash management, merchant, automated clearing house, lock-box, receivables factoring, correspondent banking, and other treasury services, as well as employee and payroll benefits solutions; and drive-through banking facilities, automated teller machines, night depository, personalized checks, electronic funds transfer, domestic and foreign wire transfer, traveler's checks, vault, loan and deposit sweep accounts, online and mobile banking, e-statements, and bank-by-mail services. Business First Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Today's Range

Now: $22.44
Low: $22.01
High: $22.55

50 Day Range

MA: $24.78
Low: $21.50
High: $27.93

52 Week Range

Now: $22.44
Low: $18.97
High: $30.30

Volume

74,589 shs

Average Volume

85,851 shs

Market Capitalization

$663.15 million

P/E Ratio

9.93

Dividend Yield

2.59%

Beta

0.75

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Business First Bancshares?

Business First Bancshares' top insider shareholders include:
  1. Rick D Day (Director)
  2. Joseph Vernon Johnson (Director)
  3. Greg Robertson (CFO)
  4. Kenneth W Smith (Director)
  5. James J Buquet III (Director)
  6. Andrew D Mclindon (Director)
  7. Warren Mcdonald (Insider)
  8. Jesse Jackson (EVP)
  9. Steven Gerard White (Director)
  10. Kathryn Manning (Insider)
  11. Saundra Strong (EVP)
  12. John P Ducrest (Director)
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Who are the major institutional investors of Business First Bancshares?

Business First Bancshares' top institutional investors include:
  1. Rhumbline Advisers — 0.12%
  2. Kings Path Partners LLC — 0.07%
  3. GAMMA Investing LLC — 0.02%
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Which major investors are selling Business First Bancshares stock?

During the last quarter, BFST stock was sold by these institutional investors:
  1. Kings Path Partners LLC
  2. Rhumbline Advisers
During the previous year, company insiders that have sold Business First Bancshares company stock include:
  1. Rick D Day (Director)
  2. Joseph Vernon Johnson (Director)
  3. Greg Robertson (CFO)
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Which major investors are buying Business First Bancshares stock?

During the previous quarter, BFST stock was bought by institutional investors including:
  1. GAMMA Investing LLC
During the previous year, these company insiders have bought Business First Bancshares stock:
  1. Rick D Day (Director)
  2. Joseph Vernon Johnson (Director)
  3. Greg Robertson (CFO)
  4. Kenneth W Smith (Director)
  5. James J Buquet III (Director)
  6. Andrew D Mclindon (Director)
  7. Warren Mcdonald (Insider)
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