Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)
NASDAQ$24.89
Market Cap
$735.56M
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Banks—Regional
Rank in Sector
238 of 638
Rank in Industry
115 of 300
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BFST Insider Trading Activity
BFST Median Price and Trade Amounts History Chart
Statistics of Insider Transactions
Amount of Insider Buys and Sells
Buys | $74,735 | 2 | 10 |
Sells | $3,470,096 | 18 | 90 |
Related Transactions
| Day Rick D. | director | 2 | $74,735 | 0 | $0 | $74,735 |
| McDonald Warren | Chief Credit Officer | 0 | $0 | 3 | $149,880 | $-149,880 |
| Strong Saundra | EVP & General Counsel | 0 | $0 | 1 | $159,516 | $-159,516 |
| Buquet James J. III | director | 0 | $0 | 1 | $407,880 | $-407,880 |
| MELVILLE DAVID R. III | President and CEO | 0 | $0 | 3 | $543,504 | $-543,504 |
| Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 0 | $0 | 6 | $946,675 | $-946,675 |
| Folse Mark P. | director | 0 | $0 | 4 | $1.26M | $-1.26M |
About Business First Bancshares, Inc.
Business First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for b1BANK that provides various banking products and services. 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 commercial lines of credit, letters of credit, working capital, term, equipment financing, asset acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing …
Insider Activity of Business First Bancshares, Inc.
Over the last 12 months, insiders at Business First Bancshares, Inc. have bought $74,735 and sold $3.47M worth of Business First Bancshares, Inc. stock.
On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Business First Bancshares, Inc. have bought $440,417 and sold $1.65M worth of stock each year.
Highest buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months: Day Rick D. (director) — $74,735.
The last purchase of 1,500 shares for transaction amount of $38,195 was made by Day Rick D. (director) on 2025‑03‑05.
List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, Business First Bancshares, Inc.
| 2025-03-05 | Day Rick D. | director | 1,500 0.0051% | $25.46 | $38,195 | -3.12% | ||
| 2024-11-13 | Sale | Buquet James J. III | director | 14,000 0.0482% | $29.13 | $407,880 | -5.91% | |
| 2024-11-07 | Sale | McDonald Warren | Chief Credit Officer | 2,560 0.0088% | $28.70 | $73,472 | -3.86% | |
| 2024-11-06 | Sale | MELVILLE DAVID R. III | President and CEO | 9,172 0.03% | $28.42 | $260,668 | -8.16% | |
| 2024-11-05 | Sale | MELVILLE DAVID R. III | President and CEO | 3,512 0.0119% | $26.06 | $91,523 | +4.26% | |
| 2024-11-04 | Sale | MELVILLE DAVID R. III | President and CEO | 7,316 0.0248% | $26.15 | $191,313 | +4.40% | |
| 2024-11-04 | Sale | Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 2,500 0.0085% | $26.33 | $65,825 | +4.40% | |
| 2024-11-01 | Sale | Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 6,000 0.0204% | $26.36 | $158,160 | +3.15% | |
| 2024-10-30 | Sale | Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 11,520 0.0392% | $27.16 | $312,883 | -0.13% | |
| 2024-10-29 | Sale | Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 3,980 0.0136% | $26.63 | $105,987 | +2.51% | |
| 2024-09-09 | Sale | Folse Mark P. | director | 7,346 0.0287% | $24.56 | $180,418 | +5.70% | |
| 2024-09-09 | Sale | McDonald Warren | Chief Credit Officer | 1,500 0.0059% | $24.68 | $37,020 | +5.70% | |
| 2024-08-30 | Sale | Folse Mark P. | director | 154 0.0006% | $24.50 | $3,773 | +6.75% | |
| 2024-08-29 | Sale | Folse Mark P. | director | 2,500 0.0099% | $24.50 | $61,250 | +7.23% | |
| 2024-08-01 | Sale | McDonald Warren | Chief Credit Officer | 1,532 0.0064% | $25.71 | $39,388 | +7.53% | |
| 2024-07-31 | Sale | Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 6,300 0.025% | $25.77 | $162,351 | +2.21% | |
| 2024-07-30 | Sale | Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 5,574 0.0217% | $25.38 | $141,468 | +1.78% | |
| 2024-07-30 | Sale | Folse Mark P. | director | 40,000 0.1564% | $25.43 | $1.02M | +1.78% | |
| 2024-07-30 | Sale | Strong Saundra | EVP & General Counsel | 6,300 0.0245% | $25.32 | $159,516 | +1.78% | |
| 2024-04-30 | Day Rick D. | director | 1,800 0.0071% | $20.30 | $36,540 | +25.72% |
Total: 191
*Gray background shows transactions not older than one year
Insider Historical Profitability
5.94%
| Day Rick D. | director | 264285 0.8943% | $6.58M | 9 | 0 | +30.19% |
| Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 183057 0.6194% | $4.56M | 1 | 6 | +43.42% |
| Buquet James J. III | director | 3689 0.0125% | $91,819.21 | 4 | 3 | +5.48% |
| Hood William K | director | 770443 2.607% | $19.18M | 5 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| MCCOLLISTER ROLFE H. JR. | director | 90727 0.307% | $2.26M | 3 | 0 | +13.45% |
*Gray background shows insiders who have made transactions during last year
Historical Insider Profitability vs. Competitors
$12,926,693 | 286 | -13.94% | $740.8M | |
$7,335,332 | 194 | 5.42% | $841.05M | |
$11,804,864 | 156 | -1.26% | $731.53M | |
$5,501,071 | 148 | 3.01% | $671.87M | |
$5,489,212 | 139 | 6.14% | $705.29M |
BFST Institutional Investors: Active Positions
| Increased Positions | 79 | +61.24% | 2M | +13.44% |
| Decreased Positions | 51 | -39.53% | 599,285 | -4.7% |
| New Positions | 28 | New | 501,507 | New |
| Sold Out Positions | 14 | Sold Out | 174,405 | Sold Out |
| Total Postitions | 157 | +21.71% | 14M | +8.74% |
BFST Ownership Change vs Market
Institutional Investor Ownership
Top Shareholders
Top Buyers
Top Sellers
New Shareholders
Sold-Out Shareholders
Active Shareholders
| Blackrock, Inc. | $55,649.00 | 7.6% | 2.28M | +66,541 | +3% | 2024-12-31 |
| Vanguard Group Inc | $39,495.00 | 5.4% | 1.62M | +245,491 | +17.88% | 2024-12-31 |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors Lp | $19,474.00 | 2.66% | 798,114 | +83,664 | +11.71% | 2024-12-31 |
| Janus Henderson Group Plc | $15,213.00 | 2.08% | 623,464 | +328,189 | +111.15% | 2024-12-31 |
| Geode Capital Management, Llc | $14,831.00 | 2.03% | 607,810 | +46,492 | +8.28% | 2024-12-31 |
| State Street Corp | $13,247.00 | 1.81% | 542,893 | +19,267 | +3.68% | 2024-12-31 |
| American Century Companies Inc | $13,137.00 | 1.8% | 538,402 | +88,546 | +19.68% | 2024-12-31 |
| Banc Funds Co Llc | $11,675.00 | 1.6% | 478,494 | +16,000 | +3.46% | 2024-12-31 |
| Royce & Associates Lp | $11,527.00 | 1.58% | 472,430 | +88,230 | +22.96% | 2024-12-31 |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | $11,115.00 | 1.52% | 455,539 | -3,775 | -0.82% | 2024-12-31 |
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