Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)
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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 $69,440 and sold $1.62M worth of Business First Bancshares, Inc. stock.
On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Business First Bancshares, Inc. have bought $617,128 and sold $1.19M worth of stock each year.
Highest buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months: Day Rick D. (director) — $67,185. Ducrest John P. (director) — $2,255.
The last purchase of 1,800 shares for transaction amount of $36,540 was made by Day Rick D. (director) on 2024‑04‑30.
List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, Business First Bancshares, Inc.
| 2024-04-30 | Day Rick D. | director | 1,800 0.0071% | $20.30 | $36,540 | +3.69% | ||
| 2024-03-11 | Sale | McDonald Warren | Chief Credit Officer | 7,000 0.0276% | $22.37 | $156,590 | -5.86% | |
| 2023-11-30 | Ducrest John P. | director | 59.89 0.0002% | $20.33 | $1,218 | +7.53% | ||
| 2023-11-16 | Sale | Buquet James J. III | director | 43,700 0.1612% | $19.88 | $868,737 | +1.22% | |
| 2023-11-15 | Sale | Folse Mark P. | director | 5,000 0.0199% | $21.68 | $108,400 | +0.23% | |
| 2023-11-14 | Sale | Folse Mark P. | director | 20,000 0.0773% | $20.99 | $419,800 | +0.49% | |
| 2023-08-31 | Day Rick D. | director | 1,500 0.0059% | $20.43 | $30,645 | +3.23% | ||
| 2023-08-31 | Ducrest John P. | director | 51.59 0.0002% | $20.11 | $1,037 | +3.23% | ||
| 2023-08-09 | Sale | Jackson Jesse | EVP & Pres., Fin. Institutions | 3,000 0.0122% | $20.87 | $62,610 | +0.77% | |
| 2023-05-31 | Day Rick D. | director | 2,000 0.008% | $14.60 | $29,200 | +42.66% | ||
| 2023-05-31 | Ducrest John P. | director | 59.22 0.0002% | $15.01 | $889 | +42.66% | ||
| 2023-05-16 | Manning Kathryn | Chief Risk Officer | 1,400 0.0058% | $14.34 | $20,076 | +47.46% | ||
| 2023-05-11 | ROBERTSON GREG | EVP and CFO | 6,775 0.0273% | $14.10 | $95,528 | +47.80% | ||
| 2023-05-11 | Ducrest John P. | director | 6,036 0.0243% | $14.10 | $85,108 | +47.80% | ||
| 2023-05-10 | PRICE ARTHUR | director | 1,500 0.006% | $13.99 | $20,985 | +48.05% | ||
| 2023-05-10 | PRICE ARTHUR | director | 750 0.003% | $13.99 | $10,493 | +48.05% | ||
| 2023-05-09 | WHITE STEVEN GERARD | director | 1,500 0.0061% | $14.44 | $21,660 | +46.09% | ||
| 2023-05-08 | Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 500 0.002% | $14.19 | $7,095 | +42.42% | ||
| 2023-05-05 | SMITH KENNETH W. | director | 3,650 0.0145% | $13.96 | $50,954 | +46.19% | ||
| 2023-05-05 | MCLINDON ANDREW D. | director | 1,000 0.004% | $14.07 | $14,070 | +46.19% |
Insider Historical Profitability
| Day Rick D. | director | 262785 1.0249% | $20.43 | 8 | 0 | +33.73% |
| Folse Mark P. | director | 112137 0.4423% | $20.43 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jackson Jesse | EVP & Pres., Fin. Institutions | 19417 0.0766% | $20.43 | 0 | 1 | |
| McDonald Warren | Chief Credit Officer | 24306 0.0358% | $20.43 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ducrest John P. | director | 10342 0.0238% | $20.43 | 12 | 0 | +15.66% |
| Buquet James J. III | director | 5689 0.0224% | $20.43 | 4 | 2 | <0.0001% |
| Hood William K | director | 770443 3.039% | $20.43 | 5 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| Johnson Joseph Vernon | director | 225798 0.8907% | $20.43 | 1 | 0 | +42.42% |
| MCCOLLISTER ROLFE H. JR. | director | 90727 0.3579% | $20.43 | 3 | 0 | +13.07% |
| MANSFIELD KEITH | EVP&COO of b1Bank | 64227 0.2533% | $20.43 | 5 | 0 | +19.04% |
| ROBERTSON GREG | EVP and CFO | 60501 0.2386% | $20.43 | 3 | 0 | +8.6% |
| SHAMIEH FAYEZ K. | director | 50296 0.1984% | $20.43 | 2 | 0 | +2.89% |
| SMITH KENNETH W. | director | 49331 0.1946% | $20.43 | 1 | 0 | +46.19% |
| MCLINDON ANDREW D. | director | 39081 0.1542% | $20.43 | 33 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| Vascocu Norman Jerome Sr | director | 38721 0.1527% | $20.43 | 0 | 17 | |
| GREER ROBERT S. JR. | director | 20140 0.0794% | $20.43 | 3 | 0 | +18.8% |
| WHITE STEVEN GERARD | director | 12765 0.0504% | $20.43 | 2 | 4 | +59.68% |
| ROBERTSON ALICIA | EVP - b1BANK | 12687 0.05% | $20.43 | 2 | 1 | +33.31% |
| MOCKLER PATRICK E. | director | 12473 0.0492% | $20.43 | 1 | 0 | +3.26% |
| HINGLE DONALD A. II | EVP & CCE of b1Bank | 12449 0.0491% | $20.43 | 2 | 17 | <0.0001% |
| Manning Kathryn | Chief Risk Officer | 12343 0.0487% | $20.43 | 1 | 0 | +47.46% |
| PRICE ARTHUR | director | 9515 0.0375% | $20.43 | 2 | 0 | +48.05% |
| MONTGOMERY DAVID A. JR. | director | 7648 0.0302% | $20.43 | 1 | 0 | +3.26% |
| Smith Edgar R. III | director | 7443 0.0294% | $20.43 | 24 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| JORDAN PHILIP | EVP&CCO of Business First Bank | 6300 0.0249% | $20.43 | 1 | 0 | +2.51% |
| Brees Drew C. | director | 3625 0.0143% | $20.43 | 1 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| Calkins Carol | director | 3159 0.0125% | $20.43 | 2 | 0 | +22.03% |
| Tillage Keith Alexis | director | 698 0.0028% | $20.43 | 4 | 0 | +24.24% |
Institutional Investor Ownership
| BlackRock | $45.89M | 8.08 | 2.06M | -3.14% | -$1.49M | <0.01 | |
| The Vanguard Group | $28.11M | 4.95 | 1.26M | -3.14% | -$912,054.10 | <0.01 | |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | $13.78M | 2.43 | 618,575 | +10.27% | +$1.28M | <0.01 | |
| Geode Capital Management | $12.36M | 2.18 | 554,771 | +3.89% | +$463,073.06 | <0.01 | |
| State Street | $11.12M | 1.96 | 498,880 | -0.86% | -$96,717.48 | <0.0001 | |
| Banc Funds Co Llc | $10.65M | 1.88 | 478,003 | 0% | +$0 | 1.51 | |
| The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company | $10.64M | 1.87 | 477,660 | -3.36% | -$369,692.05 | 0.01 | |
| GOLDEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $8.91M | 1.57 | 400,000 | 0% | +$0 | 0.21 | |
| JPMorgan Chase | $8.57M | 1.51 | 384,647 | +45.73% | +$2.69M | <0.01 | |
| American Century Investments | $7.81M | 1.38 | 350,363 | +28.64% | +$1.74M | 0.01 | |
| Ranger Investment Management L P | $7.72M | 1.36 | 346,498 | +3.77% | +$280,282.38 | 0.51 | |
| Kennedy Capital Management Inc | $7.41M | 1.31 | 332,530 | -8.61% | -$697,831.84 | 0.16 | |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES INC | $6.92M | 1.22 | 310,440 | +17.92% | +$1.05M | 0.06 | |
| Stieven Capital Advisors L P | $6.09M | 1.07 | 273,524 | -3.85% | -$243,854.61 | 1.27 | |
| Northern Trust | $4.84M | 0.85 | 217,073 | -4.41% | -$223,334.70 | <0.01 | |
| Russell Investments Group Ltd | $4.48M | 0.79 | 201,149 | +6.07% | +$256,353.81 | 0.01 | |
| AllianceBernstein | $4.33M | 0.76 | 194,158 | -15.8% | -$811,482.11 | <0.01 | |
| Bridgeway Capital Management | $3.1M | 0.55 | 139,011 | +10.05% | +$282,955.99 | 0.06 | |
| Franklin Templeton Investments | $3.05M | 0.54 | 136,797 | +1,083.26% | +$2.79M | <0.01 | |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson Llc Adv | $2.59M | 0.46 | 116,161 | 0% | +$0 | 1.41 | |
| Goldman Sachs | $2.52M | 0.44 | 113,166 | -3.54% | -$92,573.42 | <0.0001 | |
| BNY Mellon | $2.29M | 0.4 | 102,589 | -6.92% | -$169,997.22 | <0.0001 | |
| Morgan Stanley | $1.82M | 0.32 | 81,785 | -11.17% | -$229,107.53 | <0.0001 | |
| Bokf Na | $1.72M | 0.31 | 79,173 | -15.09% | -$305,503.15 | 0.03 | |
| First Trust | $1.77M | 0.31 | 79,221 | +1.72% | +$29,766.06 | <0.01 | |
| Invesco | $1.59M | 0.28 | 71,217 | +61.68% | +$605,325.03 | <0.0001 | |
| Empowered Funds Llc | $1.48M | 0.26 | 66,211 | +7.99% | +$109,171.99 | 0.03 | |
| Charles Schwab | $1.4M | 0.25 | 62,984 | -4.08% | -$59,643.58 | <0.0001 | |
| Nuveen | $1.33M | 0.23 | 59,743 | 0% | +$0 | <0.0001 | |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | $1.22M | 0.22 | 54,952 | -8.25% | -$110,130.08 | 0.27 | |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management | $1.18M | 0.21 | 52,889 | -0.67% | -$7,998.52 | 0.01 | |
| Thrivent Financial For Lutherans | $1.1M | 0.2 | 49,621 | +8.85% | +$89,810.06 | <0.01 | |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc | $1.07M | 0.19 | 47,837 | 0% | +$0 | 0.05 | |
| Swiss National Bank | $1.06M | 0.19 | 47,508 | 0% | +$0 | <0.01 | |
| LSV Asset Management | $1.05M | 0.19 | 47,170 | 0% | +$0 | <0.01 | |
| Two Sigma Advisers LP | $973,636.00 | 0.17 | 43,700 | -11% | -$120,312.00 | <0.01 | |
| Gator Capital Management | $942,043.00 | 0.17 | 42,282 | 0% | +$0 | 0.49 | |
| Wakefield Asset Management LLLP | $927,717.00 | 0.16 | 41,639 | -0.89% | -$8,355.00 | 0.33 | |
| Stratos Wealth Partners | $922,838.00 | 0.16 | 41,420 | -18.09% | -$203,862.09 | 0.02 | |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC | $906,328.00 | 0.16 | 40,679 | +0.19% | +$1,693.28 | 0.09 | |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management Llc | $863,091.00 | 0.15 | 38,738 | +0.63% | +$5,391.81 | 0.63 | |
| RhumbLine Advisers | $847,989.00 | 0.15 | 38,061 | +2.61% | +$21,589.06 | <0.01 | |
| Kestra Advisory Services LLC | $825,223.00 | 0.15 | 37,039 | New | +$825,223.00 | 0.01 | |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | $746,380.00 | 0.13 | 33,500 | -4.29% | -$33,420.00 | <0.01 | |
| HSBC | $735,195.00 | 0.13 | 32,998 | +6.29% | +$43,512.81 | <0.01 | |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | $711,690.00 | 0.13 | 31,943 | +10.6% | +$68,199.08 | <0.01 | |
| Barclays | $688,000.00 | 0.12 | 30,914 | -35.38% | -$376,626.25 | <0.0001 | |
| Financial Management Professionals Inc | $668,000.00 | 0.12 | 30,000 | 0% | +$0 | 0.1 | |
| Janus Henderson | $670,374.00 | 0.12 | 30,060 | -4.54% | -$31,913.01 | <0.0001 | |
| UBS | $650,108.00 | 0.11 | 29,179 | -25% | -$216,739.80 | <0.0001 |