BFST — Business First Bancshares, Inc.
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
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Dividends
Measured signals that fired on BFST
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-08-12 | Breakout to a 52-week high price | -1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-31 | Cluster sale: three or more insiders insider | -0.37% over 21 days · t = -3.38 · n = 21,542 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-24 | Breakout to a 52-week high price | -1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-12 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-03-20 | Volume shock without a price move price | -1.33% over 21 days · t = -4.53 · n = 16,432 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | Cummings George W. III Director | Open-market sale | 3.2K | 31.80 | 102.9K |
| 2026-08-18 | Cummings George W. III Director | Open-market sale | 10.0K | 31.78 | 317.8K |
| 2026-08-06 | Carter Donald Chad EVP, Correspondent Banking | Open-market sale | 1.9K | 31.64 | 59.3K |
| 2026-08-05 | Hall William G. Director | Open-market sale | 9.7K | 31.97 | 310.8K |
| 2026-08-05 | Hall William G. Director | Open-market sale | 1.7K | 31.97 | 53.3K |
| 2026-08-05 | Strong Saundra EVP & General Counsel | Open-market sale | 1.0K | 31.98 | 32.0K |
| 2026-08-03 | Cummings George W. III Director | Open-market sale | 10.0K | 31.87 | 318.7K |
| 2026-07-31 | Cummings George W. III Director | Open-market sale | 10.0K | 31.50 | 315.0K |
| 2026-07-30 | Cummings George W. III Director | Open-market sale | 10.0K | 32.08 | 320.8K |
| 2026-07-30 | MANSFIELD KEITH EVP&COO of b1Bank | Open-market sale | 4.2K | 32.08 | 134.7K |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 66.2M | 2.4M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 38.7M | 1.4M |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 31.5M | 1.2M |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC | 26.8M | 989.7K |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | 24.1M | 890.4K |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP | 22.6M | 836.1K |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 21.9M | 810.0K |
| STATE STREET CORP | 17.9M | 661.1K |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 11.9M | 441.9K |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE | 11.8M | 434.9K |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
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