Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Insider Trading Activity
Trading
Quantity
Profitability
Ownership
Largest Insider Buys in Sector
| $552M | ||
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| $83M | ||
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| $68M | ||
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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 | $38,195 | 1 | 5 |
Sells | $3,470,096 | 18 | 95 |
Related Transactions
| Day Rick D. | director | 1 | $38,195 | 0 | $0 | $38,195 |
| 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 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 $38,195 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 $424,765 and sold $1.65M worth of stock each year.
Highest buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months: Day Rick D. (director) — $38,195.
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 | -5.46% | ||
| 2024-11-13 | Sale | Buquet James J. III | director | 14,000 0.0482% | $29.13 | $407,880 | -10.35% | |
| 2024-11-07 | Sale | McDonald Warren | Chief Credit Officer | 2,560 0.0088% | $28.70 | $73,472 | -8.98% | |
| 2024-11-06 | Sale | MELVILLE DAVID R. III | President and CEO | 9,172 0.03% | $28.42 | $260,668 | -13.07% | |
| 2024-11-05 | Sale | MELVILLE DAVID R. III | President and CEO | 3,512 0.0119% | $26.06 | $91,523 | -1.47% | |
| 2024-11-04 | Sale | MELVILLE DAVID R. III | President and CEO | 7,316 0.0248% | $26.15 | $191,313 | -0.99% | |
| 2024-11-04 | Sale | Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 2,500 0.0085% | $26.33 | $65,825 | -0.99% | |
| 2024-11-01 | Sale | Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 6,000 0.0204% | $26.36 | $158,160 | -1.96% | |
| 2024-10-30 | Sale | Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 11,520 0.0392% | $27.16 | $312,883 | -4.80% | |
| 2024-10-29 | Sale | Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 3,980 0.0136% | $26.63 | $105,987 | -2.39% | |
| 2024-09-09 | Sale | Folse Mark P. | director | 7,346 0.0287% | $24.56 | $180,418 | +3.93% | |
| 2024-09-09 | Sale | McDonald Warren | Chief Credit Officer | 1,500 0.0059% | $24.68 | $37,020 | +3.93% | |
| 2024-08-30 | Sale | Folse Mark P. | director | 154 0.0006% | $24.50 | $3,773 | +4.76% | |
| 2024-08-29 | Sale | Folse Mark P. | director | 2,500 0.0099% | $24.50 | $61,250 | +5.19% | |
| 2024-08-01 | Sale | McDonald Warren | Chief Credit Officer | 1,532 0.0064% | $25.71 | $39,388 | +5.51% | |
| 2024-07-31 | Sale | Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 6,300 0.025% | $25.77 | $162,351 | +0.32% | |
| 2024-07-30 | Sale | Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 5,574 0.0217% | $25.38 | $141,468 | -0.06% | |
| 2024-07-30 | Sale | Folse Mark P. | director | 40,000 0.1564% | $25.43 | $1.02M | -0.06% | |
| 2024-07-30 | Sale | Strong Saundra | EVP & General Counsel | 6,300 0.0245% | $25.32 | $159,516 | -0.06% | |
| 2024-04-30 | Day Rick D. | director | 1,800 0.0071% | $20.30 | $36,540 | +24.00% |
Insider Historical Profitability
| Day Rick D. | director | 264285 0.89% | $6.47M | 9 | 0 | +30.2% |
| MELVILLE DAVID R. III | President and CEO | 221639 0.7464% | $5.43M | 0 | 3 | |
| Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 183057 0.6165% | $4.48M | 1 | 6 | +43.43% |
| Folse Mark P. | director | 63286 0.2131% | $1.55M | 0 | 9 | |
| McDonald Warren | Chief Credit Officer | 16535 0.0557% | $405,107.50 | 0 | 5 | |
| Strong Saundra | EVP & General Counsel | 11275 0.038% | $276,237.50 | 0 | 1 | |
| Buquet James J. III | director | 3689 0.0124% | $90,380.50 | 4 | 3 | +5.48% |
| Hood William K | director | 770443 2.5945% | $18.88M | 5 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| MCCOLLISTER ROLFE H. JR. | director | 90727 0.3055% | $2.22M | 3 | 0 | +13.45% |
| MANSFIELD KEITH | EVP&COO of b1Bank | 64227 0.2163% | $1.57M | 5 | 0 | +19.6% |
| ROBERTSON GREG | EVP and CFO | 60501 0.2037% | $1.48M | 3 | 0 | +8.93% |
| SHAMIEH FAYEZ K. | director | 50296 0.1694% | $1.23M | 2 | 0 | +2.91% |
| SMITH KENNETH W. | director | 49331 0.1661% | $1.21M | 1 | 0 | +47.17% |
| MCLINDON ANDREW D. | director | 39081 0.1316% | $957,484.50 | 33 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| Vascocu Norman Jerome Sr | director | 38721 0.1304% | $948,664.50 | 0 | 17 | |
| GREER ROBERT S. JR. | director | 20140 0.0678% | $493,430.00 | 3 | 0 | +18.8% |
| Jackson Jesse | EVP & Pres., Fin. Institutions | 19417 0.0654% | $475,716.50 | 0 | 1 | |
| WHITE STEVEN GERARD | director | 12765 0.043% | $312,742.50 | 2 | 4 | +60.17% |
| ROBERTSON ALICIA | EVP - b1BANK | 12687 0.0427% | $310,831.50 | 2 | 1 | +33.32% |
| MOCKLER PATRICK E. | director | 12473 0.042% | $305,588.50 | 1 | 0 | +3.3% |
| HINGLE DONALD A. II | EVP & CCE of b1Bank | 12449 0.0419% | $305,000.50 | 2 | 17 | <0.0001% |
| Manning Kathryn | Chief Risk Officer | 12343 0.0416% | $302,403.50 | 1 | 0 | +48.73% |
| Ducrest John P. | director | 10342 0.0348% | $253,373.41 | 12 | 0 | +3.36% |
| PRICE ARTHUR | director | 9515 0.032% | $233,117.50 | 2 | 0 | +48.87% |
| MONTGOMERY DAVID A. JR. | director | 7648 0.0258% | $187,376.00 | 1 | 0 | +3.3% |
| Smith Edgar R. III | director | 7443 0.0251% | $182,353.50 | 24 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| JORDAN PHILIP | EVP&CCO of Business First Bank | 6300 0.0212% | $154,350.00 | 1 | 0 | +2.53% |
| Brees Drew C. | director | 3625 0.0122% | $88,812.50 | 1 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| Calkins Carol | director | 3159 0.0106% | $77,395.50 | 2 | 0 | +22.71% |
| Tillage Keith Alexis | director | 698 0.0024% | $17,101.00 | 4 | 0 | +24.25% |
Historical Insider Profitability vs. Competitors
$12,926,693 | 286 | -13.94% | $741.03M | |
$11,804,864 | 156 | -1.27% | $743.73M | |
$5,489,212 | 139 | 6.14% | $696.54M | |
$8,406,172 | 124 | 9.11% | $770.46M | |
Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) | $4,143,510 | 122 | 5.95% | $727.53M |
$2,550,355 | 102 | 9.51% | $719.47M | |
$3,049,018 | 99 | -1.90% | $672.19M | |
$6,225,774 | 92 | 3.92% | $779.54M | |
$22,822,561 | 69 | 18.28% | $720.86M | |
$6,281,896 | 68 | 8.16% | $765.34M | |
$3,556,487 | 65 | 16.20% | $768.39M | |
$3,386,009 | 62 | 16.22% | $714.63M | |
$5,544,138 | 60 | 13.31% | $696.74M | |
$1,979,858 | 46 | 10.91% | $816.14M | |
$16,932,898 | 41 | 25.36% | $703.14M | |
$2,555,033 | 30 | 19.74% | $756.68M | |
$8,219,089 | 23 | 7.59% | $681.37M | |
$253,506 | 6 | 25.46% | $741.72M | |
$1,389 | 1 | 17.50% | $712.42M |
BFST Institutional Investors: Active Positions
| Increased Positions | 68 | +48.23% | 1M | +9.84% |
| Decreased Positions | 54 | -38.3% | 745,226 | -5.68% |
| New Positions | 25 | New | 459,030 | New |
| Sold Out Positions | 11 | Sold Out | 167,569 | Sold Out |
| Total Postitions | 155 | +9.93% | 14M | +4.17% |
BFST Ownership Change vs Market
Institutional Investor Ownership
| Blackrock, Inc. | $52,446.00 | 7.38% | 2.21M | -66,853 | -2.93% | 2025-03-31 |
| Vanguard Group Inc | $38,345.00 | 5.4% | 1.62M | +245,491 | +17.88% | 2024-12-31 |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors Lp | $18,907.00 | 2.66% | 798,114 | +83,664 | +11.71% | 2024-12-31 |
| Janus Henderson Group Plc | $14,770.00 | 2.08% | 623,464 | +328,189 | +111.15% | 2024-12-31 |
| Geode Capital Management, Llc | $14,399.00 | 2.03% | 607,810 | +46,492 | +8.28% | 2024-12-31 |
| State Street Corp | $12,861.00 | 1.81% | 542,893 | +19,267 | +3.68% | 2024-12-31 |
| American Century Companies Inc | $12,755.00 | 1.8% | 538,402 | +88,546 | +19.68% | 2024-12-31 |
| Banc Funds Co Llc | $11,336.00 | 1.6% | 478,494 | +16,000 | +3.46% | 2024-12-31 |
| Royce & Associates Lp | $11,192.00 | 1.58% | 472,430 | +88,230 | +22.96% | 2024-12-31 |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | $10,792.00 | 1.52% | 455,539 | -3,775 | -0.82% | 2024-12-31 |