Business First Bancshares, Inc.
Hedge Funds Holdings

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Business First Bancshares, Inc.‘s stocks are currently a part of 63 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 26.24% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 5.98M shares of Business First Bancshares, Inc.. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -41.82% or -4.30M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 42.86% (27) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 22.22% (14) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 11.11% (7) closed the holdings completely. 9 hedge funds are new holders of Business First Bancshares, Inc. stock in Q1 2023, it is 14.29% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding Business First Bancshares (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Number of hedge funds
Q2 2018 48
Q3 2018 53
Q4 2018 52
Q1 2019 46
Q2 2019 45
Q3 2019 48
Q4 2019 52
Q1 2020 55
Q2 2020 58
Q3 2020 51
Q4 2020 50
Q1 2021 58
Q2 2021 60
Q3 2021 68
Q4 2021 80
Q1 2022 83
Q2 2022 79
Q3 2022 81
Q4 2022 95
Q1 2023 63

Hedge funds changes in Business First Bancshares positions (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Changes in positions
Q2 2018 480000
Q3 2018 1028951
Q4 2018 4221457
Q1 2019 1151776
Q2 2019 522648
Q3 2019 41713113
Q4 2019 71912311
Q1 2020 1219169-1
Q2 2020 16201213-3
Q3 2020 32315100
Q4 2020 6191573
Q1 2021 101619211
Q2 2021 62020410
Q3 2021 102025211
Q4 2021 19291679
Q1 2022 72525422
Q2 2022 82820914
Q3 2022 102523815
Q4 2022 22381898
Q1 2023 9271476

Hedge funds changes in Business First Bancshares stock options (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Changes in stock options
Q2 2018 0 0
Q3 2018 0 0
Q4 2018 0 0
Q1 2019 0 0
Q2 2019 0 0
Q3 2019 0 0
Q4 2019 0 0
Q1 2020 0 0
Q2 2020 0 0
Q3 2020 0 0
Q4 2020 0 0
Q1 2021 0 0
Q2 2021 0 0
Q3 2021 0 0
Q4 2021 0 0
Q1 2022 0 0
Q2 2022 0 0
Q3 2022 0 0
Q4 2022 0 0
Q1 2023 0 109,632,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 27.03M 1.25M 0.001%
VANGUARD GROUP INC 22.34M 1.03M 0.001%
MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 13.69M 635.88K 0.010%
SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 9.04M 420.10K 0.074%
EJF CAPITAL LLC 8.16M 379.03K 1.264%
STATE STREET CORP 8.02M 372.58K 0.001%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 7.83M 363.97K 0.001%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 5.73M 266.39K 0.002%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 5.55M 258.02K 0.001%
KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 5.41M 251.70K 0.160%
BANC FUNDS CO LLC 4.90M 228.00K 0.452%
BOKF, NA 4.43M 205.91K 0.090%
RMB CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 4.30M 200K 0.160%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 3.87M 179.78K 0.001%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 2.47M 115.04K 0.001%
BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.15M 100K 0.058%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 2.09M 97.33K 0.001%
JOHN W. ROSENTHAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 2.00M 93K 1.865%
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.54M 71.77K 0.001%
VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 1.21M 56.3K 0.001%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 1.20M 56.03K 0.000%
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 1.16M 53.97K 0.003%
GENEOS WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC. 1.04M 48.33K 0.072%
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 964K 44.75K 0.001%
MONTZ HARCUS WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC 803K 37.28K 0.884%
TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 691K 32.1K 0.002%
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 685K 31.80K 0.001%
LPL FINANCIAL LLC 662K 30.76K 0.001%
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS, INC. 646K 30K 0.148%
GATOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 607K 28.21K 0.507%
CORNERCAP INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 503K 23.34K 0.095%
STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 461K 21.42K 0.002%
INVESCO LTD. 440K 20.42K 0.000%
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP John Overdeck 422K 19.61K 0.001%
PRIME CAPITAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 401K 18.62K 0.023%
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC Jim Simons 391K 18.18K 0.001%
NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 385K 17.89K 0.001%
STRATOS WEALTH PARTNERS, LTD. 376K 17.45K 0.011%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 370K 17.20K 0.000%
MORGAN STANLEY 365K 16.98K 0.000%
ELCO MANAGEMENT CO., LLC 355K 16.49K 0.283%
MESIROW FINANCIAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 344K 15.96K 1.635%
RODGERS BROTHERS INC. 344K 16K 0.073%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 328K 15.22K 0.000%
RUSSELL INVESTMENTS GROUP, LTD. 320K 14.89K 0.001%
BARCLAYS PLC 309K 14.38K 0.000%
ALLSPRING GLOBAL INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS, LLC 286K 13.29K 0.001%
AXXCESS WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC 267K 12.42K 0.025%
INTERNATIONAL ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 258K 12K 0.050%
METLIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 229K 10.61K 0.001%