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BFST

Business First Bancshares, Inc.
Nasdaq· State Commercial Banks· Inc. LA· CIK 0001624322 Traditional Finance
$31.82 +0.02 (+0.06%)
Oct 26 4:00 PM ET · prev $31.80
Market cap
$1.0B
Small cap
Median target
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1 year
+31.2%
from $24.26 · Oct 27
30 days
+3.7%
from $30.67
52-week range
$24.25–32.28
−1% from high · low Nov 17
Avg volume 20D
190.5K
shares / day
Short interest
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Insider net
−$4.1M
1 buyer · 6 sellers · since May 27
New fund stakes
0
Q2 2026 13F · 0 exits
Filing reports
15
analyzed by SecBot
SecBot read BEARISH 10 reports · 90 days
Balance 2 bearish · 1 bullish · 7 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 4/10
Strongest BULLISH Five institutional investors accumulated $22.1M in BFST during Q2 2026, led by State Street (+$14.2M) and…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

  • E Apr 2 Offering: Business First Bancshares, Inc. Completes $85.0 Million Pr…
  • R Apr 27 b1BANK (BFST) reported Q1 2026 diluted EPS of $0.68, missing the $0.…
  • S May 27 1 insider sell $323.7K at $27.92
  • S Jun 8 1 insider sell $428.1K at $28.54
  • B Jul 28 1 insider buy $47.4K at $31.61
  • S Jul 28 to Aug 6 7 days of insider sells: $2.6M by 6 insiders, avg $31.84
  • X Aug 14 Short interest jumps 25.2% to 1.06M
  • S Aug 18 to Aug 24 4 days of insider sells: $865.3K by 1 insider, avg $31.54

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersBEARISH

    1 insider bought $47.4K at an average $31.61. 6 insiders sold $4.2M.

  • InstitutionsBULLISH

    Q2 2026: 20 added (0 new), 7 trimmed or exited.

  • TrendUPTREND

    2% above its 50-day average.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
0
new positions
0
exits
FundMoveSharesValue
STATE STREET CORPADD1,045,212$32.1M
JPMORGAN CHASE & COADD405,623$12.4M
CITADEL ADVISORS LLCDOUBLED150,215$4.6M
Arax Advisory PartnersDOUBLED110,128$3.4M
Man Group plcADD92,056$2.8M
Squarepoint Ops LLCADD88,239$2.7M
Nuveen, LLCADD78,000$2.4M
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.ADD66,963$2.1M

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

last action Jul 2026

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Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Jul 24, 2026DA Davidson
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINBuy
Jul 24, 2026Stephens & Co.
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOverweight

Insider ledger

Form 4
$47.4K
bought · 1 insider
$4.2M
sold · 6 insiders
+0.7%
vs their $31.61 cost
DateInsiderTypeValue
Aug 24, 2026
Cummings George W. III
Director
SELL$313.3K
Aug 21, 2026
Cummings George W. III
Director
SELL$131.3K
Aug 19, 2026
Cummings George W. III
Director
SELL$102.9K
Aug 18, 2026
Cummings George W. III
Director
SELL$317.8K
Aug 6, 2026
Carter Donald Chad
EVP, Correspondent Banking
SELL$59.3K
Aug 5, 2026
Strong Saundra
EVP & General Counsel
SELL$32.0K
Aug 5, 2026
Hall William G.
Director
SELL$310.8K
Aug 5, 2026
Hall William G.
Director
SELL$53.3K

Earnings setup

Estimates

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Short side

FINRA· Oct 15, 2026
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shares short
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 26, 2026 SEC
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Oct 26, 2026 Earnings
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Oct 26, 2026 SEC
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Oct 1, 2026 SEC
b1BANK announced it will report its Q3 2026 results on October 26.
PRESS-RELEASE — Impact 1/10
Aug 24, 2026 Insider
Cummings George W. III sold 10,000 shares
Director @ $31.33 ($313.3K)
Aug 21, 2026 Insider
Cummings George W. III sold 4,200 shares
Director @ $31.27 ($131.3K)
Aug 19, 2026 Insider
Cummings George W. III sold 3,235 shares
Director @ $31.80 ($102.9K)
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
STATE STREET CORP — ADD
1,045,212 shares ($32.1M)
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Recent
Oct 26, 2026
Earnings
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Oct 26, 2026
Earnings result
BFST Q3 2026 Earnings: EPS $0.79 (+3.4% vs est)
Oct 1, 2026
Earnings
Business First Bancshares, Inc. Schedules Q3 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call for Oct. 26
BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST), the parent company of b1BANK, announced that it…
Aug 14, 2026
Short interest
Short Interest: BFST up 25% to 1.1M shares
Settlement 2026-08-14 | Days to cover: 4.51 | ≈3.26% of shares outstanding (est.)
Jul 23, 2026
Earnings date
BFST Q2 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-07-23

SecBot reports

15 filings · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 mixed · 10 neutral
All BFST filing & press-release reports (15)