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Business First Bancshares Inc

Nasdaq: BFSTCIK 1624322BATON ROUGE, LA

Financials

Revenue—
Net income$87.86M
Total debt$3.26M
Cash$575.60M
Diluted EPS$2.79
Shares outstanding32.5M

Ownership

32.5M shares outstanding · as of Jul 24, 2026
3.9%Insiders
Ownership
Insiders3.92%1,276,697
Institutions51.40%16,731,363
Public float44.68%14,541,823

% of common shares outstanding (exact, from the latest cover-page filing). Institutions are quarterly 13F snapshots; insiders reflect current officers & directors.

Insiders 14

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Insider% of sharesShares
Cummings George W. IIIDirector
0.98%317,775
Day Rick D.Director
0.82%267,385
Melville David R. IIICEOPresident and CEO · Director
0.65%213,181
McCollister Rolfe H. Jr.Director
0.29%93,080
Mansfield KeithEVP&COO of b1Bank
0.25%82,663
Jordan PhilipEVP&CBO of b1Bank
0.25%82,041
Robertson GregEVP and CFO
0.22%70,565
Folse Mark P.Director
0.16%53,286
Vascocu Norman Jerome JrPresident of b1Bank
0.07%23,195
Roemer Heather G.EVP, CAO
0.06%19,592

Institutional holders 166

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HolderValue% of shares
BlackRock, Inc.$83.98M8.40%
Vanguard Group Inc$43.08M5.06%
State Street Corporation$32.12M3.21%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP$28.33M3.33%
Janus Henderson Group PLC$26.76M3.04%
Geode Capital Management, LLC$21.91M2.49%
Royce & Associates LP$21.52M2.53%
American Century Companies Inc$20.58M2.42%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The$11.95M1.36%
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, the$11.50M1.35%

Activity

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InsidersInstitutions
What insiders are doing in this stock (Form 4).
DateActorActionSecurityValueShares ΔPosition afterImpact
Feb 25, 2026Cummings George W. III
Director
SellCOMMON STOCK$560.0K-20K
-5.57%
338,775
1.04% of shares
medium
Mar 4, 2026Cummings George W. III
Director
SellCOMMON STOCK$303.6K-11K
-3.35%
317,775
0.98% of shares
medium
Mar 3, 2026Cummings George W. III
Director
SellCommon Stock$268.7K-10K
-2.89%
328,775
1.01% of shares
medium
Feb 9, 2026Folse Mark P.
Director
SellCommon Stock$153.1K-5K
-8.13%
58,140
0.18% of shares
medium
Mar 1, 2026Melville David R. III
CEO
OtherCOMMON STOCK$146.8K-5K
-2.46%
213,181
0.65% of shares
low
Feb 10, 2026Folse Mark P.
Director
SellCommon Stock$143.2K-5K
-8.35%
53,286
0.16% of shares
medium
Jan 29, 2026Carter Donald Chad
Executive
SellCOMMON STOCK$103.0K-4K
-21.42%
13,863
0.04% of shares
medium
Mar 1, 2026Vascocu Norman Jerome Jr
Executive
OtherCOMMON STOCK$72.5K-3K
-10.27%
23,195
0.07% of shares
low

5%+ ownership events

Schedule 13D / 13G
FilerStance% of classSharesDate
Vanguard Group IncPassive13G/A—0—

Securities

via CUSIP / OpenFIGI
SymbolTypeMarketCUSIPFIGI
BFST——12326C105—