Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Insider Trading Activity

NASDAQ$26.55-0.11 (-0.41%)
Market Cap
$872.06M
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Banks—Regional
Rank in Sector
220 of 634
Rank in Industry
95 of 281

BFST Insider Trading Activity

BFST Median Price and Trade Amounts History Chart

Statistics of Insider Transactions

Amount of Insider Buys and Sells

Buys
$152,075
5
31
Sells
$1,779,129
11
69

Related Transactions

Day Rick D.director
2
$80,061
0
$0
$80,061
Ducrest John P.director
1
$52,555
0
$0
$52,555
MCCOLLISTER ROLFE H. JR.director
2
$19,459
0
$0
$19,459
Strong SaundraEVP & General Counsel
0
$0
1
$59,973
$-59,973
ROBERTSON GREGEVP and CFO
0
$0
2
$62,734
$-62,734
Carter Donald ChadEVP, Correspondent Banking
0
$0
1
$103,026
$-103,026
Buquet James J. IIIdirector
0
$0
1
$119,185
$-119,185
Folse Mark P.director
0
$0
2
$296,335
$-296,335
Cummings George W. IIIdirector
0
$0
4
$1.14M
$-1.14M

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 base, and other loan products; 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 services 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. As of March 01, 2022, it operates approximately 48 full-service banking centers and three loan production offices across Louisiana, and in the Dallas and Houston markets. Business First Bancshares, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Insider Activity of Business First Bancshares, Inc.

Over the last 12 months, insiders at Business First Bancshares, Inc. have bought $152,075 and sold $1.78M worth of Business First Bancshares, Inc. stock.

On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Business First Bancshares, Inc. have bought $407,398 and sold $1.93M worth of stock each year.

Highest buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months: Day Rick D. (director) — $80,061. Ducrest John P. (director) — $52,555. MCCOLLISTER ROLFE H. JR. (director) — $19,459.

The last purchase of 120 shares for transaction amount of $3,547 was made by MCCOLLISTER ROLFE H. JR. (director) on 2026‑02‑10.

List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, Business First Bancshares, Inc.

2026-03-04SaleCummings George W. IIIdirector
11,000
0.0372%
$27.60
$303,600
-3.70%
2026-03-03SaleCummings George W. IIIdirector
9,800
0.0328%
$27.42
$268,716
-2.88%
2026-03-02SaleCummings George W. IIIdirector
200
0.0007%
$27.80
$5,560
-2.53%
2026-02-25SaleCummings George W. IIIdirector
20,000
0.0667%
$28.00
$560,000
-3.30%
2026-02-10SaleFolse Mark P.director
4,854
0.0164%
$29.51
$143,242
-4.06%
2026-02-10PurchaseMCCOLLISTER ROLFE H. JR.director
120
0.0004%
$29.56
$3,547
-4.06%
2026-02-09SaleFolse Mark P.director
5,146
0.0175%
$29.75
$153,094
-3.73%
2026-01-29SaleCarter Donald ChadEVP, Correspondent Banking
3,778
0.0126%
$27.27
$103,026
+4.38%
2026-01-27PurchaseDay Rick D.director
1,500
0.0051%
$27.55
$41,325
+5.27%
2025-12-01SaleROBERTSON GREGEVP and CFO
1,400
0.0047%
$26.41
$36,974
+4.59%
2025-10-28PurchaseDay Rick D.director
1,600
0.0056%
$24.21
$38,736
+10.45%
2025-08-22SaleStrong SaundraEVP & General Counsel
2,363
0.0079%
$25.38
$59,973
+2.98%
2025-08-04SaleBuquet James J. IIIdirector
5,164
0.0175%
$23.08
$119,185
+10.27%
2025-07-31PurchaseDucrest John P.director
2,225
0.0074%
$23.62
$52,555
+7.28%
2025-06-06PurchaseMCCOLLISTER ROLFE H. JR.director
680
0.0023%
$23.40
$15,912
+7.23%
2025-05-29SaleROBERTSON GREGEVP and CFO
1,086
0.0036%
$23.72
$25,760
+5.19%
2025-03-05PurchaseDay Rick D.director
1,500
0.0051%
$25.46
$38,195
-1.58%
2024-11-13SaleBuquet James J. IIIdirector
14,000
0.0482%
$29.13
$407,880
-12.33%
2024-11-07SaleMcDonald WarrenChief Credit Officer
2,560
0.0088%
$28.70
$73,472
-11.27%
2024-11-06SaleMELVILLE DAVID R. IIIPresident and CEO
9,172
0.03%
$28.42
$260,668
-15.24%
Total: 207
*Gray background shows transactions not older than one year

Insider Historical Profitability

6.08%
Cummings George W. IIIdirector
317775
0.9715%
$8.47M04
Day Rick D.director
267385
0.8174%
$7.13M110
+29.4%
MCCOLLISTER ROLFE H. JR.director
93080
0.2846%
$2.48M50
+13.46%
ROBERTSON GREGEVP and CFO
67835
0.2074%
$1.81M32
+8.88%
Folse Mark P.director
53286
0.1629%
$1.42M011
Buquet James J. IIIdirector
28523
0.0872%
$760,420.7844
+5.48%
Carter Donald ChadEVP, Correspondent Banking
13863
0.0424%
$369,587.5801
Ducrest John P.director
13716
0.0419%
$365,662.48130
+3.35%
Strong SaundraEVP & General Counsel
5997
0.0183%
$159,880.0202
Hood William Kdirector
770443
2.3553%
$20.54M50
<0.0001%
MELVILLE DAVID R. IIIPresident and CEO
221639
0.6776%
$5.91M03
Johnson Joseph Vernondirector
183057
0.5596%
$4.88M16
+43.32%
MANSFIELD KEITHEVP&COO of b1Bank
64227
0.1964%
$1.71M50
+19.55%
SHAMIEH FAYEZ K.director
50296
0.1538%
$1.34M20
+2.86%
SMITH KENNETH W.director
49331
0.1508%
$1.32M10
+47.14%
MCLINDON ANDREW D.director
39081
0.1195%
$1.04M330
<0.0001%
Vascocu Norman Jerome Srdirector
38721
0.1184%
$1.03M017
GREER ROBERT S. JR.director
20140
0.0616%
$536,932.4030
+18.77%
Jackson JesseEVP & Pres., Fin. Institutions
19417
0.0594%
$517,657.2201
McDonald WarrenChief Credit Officer
16535
0.0505%
$440,823.1005
WHITE STEVEN GERARDdirector
12765
0.039%
$340,314.9024
+60.15%
ROBERTSON ALICIAEVP - b1BANK
12687
0.0388%
$338,235.4221
+33.34%
HINGLE DONALD A. IIEVP & CCE of b1Bank
12449
0.0381%
$331,890.34217
<0.0001%
MOCKLER PATRICK E.director
12473
0.0381%
$332,530.1810
+3.22%
Manning KathrynChief Risk Officer
12343
0.0377%
$329,064.3810
+48.74%
PRICE ARTHURdirector
9515
0.0291%
$253,669.9020
+48.92%
MONTGOMERY DAVID A. JR.director
7648
0.0234%
$203,895.6810
+3.22%
Smith Edgar R. IIIdirector
7443
0.0228%
$198,430.38240
<0.0001%
JORDAN PHILIPEVP&CCO of Business First Bank
6300
0.0193%
$167,958.0010
+2.51%
Brees Drew C.director
3625
0.0111%
$96,642.5010
<0.0001%
Calkins Caroldirector
3159
0.0097%
$84,218.9420
+22.65%
Tillage Keith Alexisdirector
698
0.0021%
$18,608.6840
+24.26%
*Gray background shows insiders who have made transactions during last year

Historical Insider Profitability vs. Competitors

$12,926,693
286
-13.94%
$844.15M
$7,387,157
197
5.56%
$941.41M
$11,859,260
163
-0.72%
$869.26M
$3,144,347
129
5.12%
$1.08B
$8,507,348
128
9.16%
$1.03B
Business First Bancshares, Inc.
(BFST)
$4,180,050
123
6.08%
$872.06M
$6,409,455
95
3.95%
$917.44M
$3,171,472
89
7.77%
$1.04B
$3,099,672
79
6.63%
$918.82M
$6,416,659
70
8.57%
$825.72M
$4,155,829
70
13.98%
$850.24M
$3,606,087
66
16.24%
$850.81M
$5,544,138
60
13.29%
$834.33M
$1,979,858
46
10.84%
$860.97M
$3,178,151
44
10.21%
$963.57M
$2,555,033
30
19.73%
$895.27M
$3,332,568
24
-2.23%
$953.41M
$8,219,089
23
7.52%
$846.75M
$299,226
7
25.17%
$816.71M

BFST Institutional Investors: Active Positions

Increased Positions75+44.64%1M+6.69%
Decreased Positions66-39.29%673,334-4.46%
New Positions21New188,306New
Sold Out Positions13Sold Out119,356Sold Out
Total Postitions177+5.36%15M+2.23%

BFST Ownership Change vs Market

Institutional Investor Ownership

Top Shareholders
Top Buyers
Top Sellers
New Shareholders
Sold-Out Shareholders
Active Shareholders
Blackrock, Inc.$58,133.007.49%2.25M+29,755+1.34%2025-09-30
Vanguard Group Inc$41,178.005.3%1.59M+17,690+1.12%2025-09-30
Dimensional Fund Advisors Lp$26,508.003.41%1.02M+36,973+3.75%2025-09-30
Janus Henderson Group Plc$26,367.003.4%1.02M+16,543+1.65%2025-09-30
American Century Companies Inc$18,910.002.44%730,694+81,594+12.57%2025-09-30
Geode Capital Management, Llc$18,546.002.39%716,630+19,356+2.78%2025-09-30
Royce & Associates Lp$16,772.002.16%648,080+96,720+17.54%2025-09-30
State Street Corp$15,489.002%598,503+23,195+4.03%2025-09-30
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The$11,497.001.48%444,257-6,911-1.53%2025-09-30
Ranger Investment Management, L.P.$8,951.001.15%345,855+2,155+0.63%2025-09-30

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Summary
Comparison with Competitors

Price to Earnings

Price/Earnings to Growth

Price to Sales

Price to Book

Price/Free Cash Flow

Analyst Recommendations

Analyst Price Targets

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