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TEAM-0.32% 13F +439META+3.01% 13F +2,694RCG-2.04% CLUSTERUTHR-4.03% 13F +425CRWV+4.49% 13F +693CRM+2.92% 13F +1,018CVNA-0.98% 13F +794TPL-0.71% 13F +444NET+4.32% 13F +710MSTR+17.56% 13F +526DELL+4.91% 13F +1,203CRWD+5.68% 13F +1,382ANET+1.22% 13F +1,323COIN+10.14% 13F +475TEAM-0.32% 13F +439META+3.01% 13F +2,694RCG-2.04% CLUSTERUTHR-4.03% 13F +425CRWV+4.49% 13F +693CRM+2.92% 13F +1,018CVNA-0.98% 13F +794TPL-0.71% 13F +444NET+4.32% 13F +710MSTR+17.56% 13F +526DELL+4.91% 13F +1,203CRWD+5.68% 13F +1,382ANET+1.22% 13F +1,323COIN+10.14% 13F +475

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BFST

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Business First Bancshares, Inc.

BANKS · STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS · CIK 0001624322

FORM 144 · 8☆ WATCH

INSIDER NET · 180D

-$5.0M

open-market buys minus sells, Form 4 codes P and S

INSIDER BUYERS · 180D

CONGRESS BUYERS · 1Y

FUNDS ADDED · QTR

13F, latest reported quarter

REVENUE GROWTH

+1.2%

XBRL, annual

NET MARGIN

820.8%

CONVERSIONS · 180D

codes C/M, not in net · no price filed

SEVEN FACTS, RANKED AGAINST THE SECTOR · RANK IS NOT A FORECAST

INSIDERS

net -$5.0M over 180 days

-$4.4M over 90 days

below 90% of Banks

CONGRESS

no member of Congress has reported trading it

FUNDS

98 funds added or opened last quarter

more than 50% of Banks

REVENUE

+1.2% year over year

below 73% of Banks

MARGIN

820.8% net margin

more than 92% of Banks

BUYBACKS

$7.6M repurchased, FY to 2026-06-30

more than 52% of Banks

SHORT

2.6% of shares outstanding short · 3.5 days to cover · settled 2026-07-31

more than 56% of Banks

THE SITUATION · EVERY LINE IS ONE RULE OVER ONE DATASET

Insiders are net sellers: -$5.0M across 6 people in 180 days.

98 funds added or opened positions in the latest 13F quarter, of 175 holders.

The year, with the filings on it

Total return indexed to 100 over the last 12 months · every marker is a federal filing, placed at its date — hover any marker for the detail

TOTAL 12M RETURN +29.0%

+29.0%12M

INSIDER BUYINSIDER SELLFORM 144

INDEXED RETURN, DIVIDEND-ADJUSTED — NOT A PRICE CHART · LARGE TRADES DRAWN FIRST WHEN A NAME FILES HEAVILY

Live price

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WHY THIS NAME IS ON THE DESK

Insiders have filed to sell — before selling.

The record shows a net $5.0M sold by insiders over 180 days, 98 funds added last quarter, $3.4M in planned Form 144 sales. Every figure is a federal filing, dated the day it became public.

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Same sector, ranked by filing activity

Sector from the SEC's own SIC classification

UMBF BWFG PEBO PB FMBM GABC NEWT PCB DCOM ISBA WSBF JMSB

Insider transactions

Form 4 purchases and sales (codes P and S) — grants, option exercises and preferred conversions excluded

Over the last 180 days, Business First Bancshares, Inc. insiders sold a net $5.0M of stock across 113 Form 4 purchases and sales, with 1 insider(s) buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-09-05.

INSIDER

FILED

VALUE

Cummings George W. III

Director

SELL

2026-08-24

10,000.0

$313.3K

Cummings George W. III

Director

SELL

2026-08-21

4,200.0

$131.3K

Cummings George W. III

Director

SELL

2026-08-19

3,235.0

$102.9K

Cummings George W. III

Director

SELL

2026-08-18

10,000.0

$317.8K

Carter Donald Chad

EVP, Correspondent Banking

SELL

2026-08-06

1,875.0

$59.3K

113 TRANSACTIONS ON RECORD

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Institutional holders

13F · holdings as of the latest quarter funds have reported

BlackRock, Inc.

2,732,988.0 sh

$84.0M

VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

1,399,712.0 sh

$43.0M

DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP

1,311,018.0 sh

$40.3M

Jupiter Topco LLC

1,089,827.0 sh

$33.5M

STATE STREET CORP

1,045,212.0 sh

$32.1M

SCHEDULE 13D/G

No 5%+ ownership filings

Nobody has crossed 5% with a filing obligation. Absence is a fact here, not missing data.

Planned sales · Form 144

Filed before the sale — intent, not a trade

George W. Cummings

FILED 2026-08-24

$76.2K

George W. Cummings

FILED 2026-08-18

$799.2K

Carter Donald Chad

FILED 2026-08-06

$60.0K

William G. Hall

FILED 2026-08-05

$365.2K

KEITH MANSFIELD

FILED 2026-07-30

$134.7K

Fund concentration

N-PORT · funds ranked by how much of THEMSELVES they put in this stock — the conviction number 13F cannot show

RMB Mendon Financial Services Fund

$6.8M POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31

3.0%

Janus Henderson Small-Mid Cap Value Fund

$2.0M POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31

2.9%

Ranger Micro Cap Fund

$311.0K POSITION · AS OF 2026-04-30

2.7%

Janus Henderson Small Cap Value Fund

$19.9M POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31

1.7%

Royce Capital Fund - Small-Cap Portfolio

$2.5M POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31

1.4%

Royce Small-Cap Value Fund

$1.4M POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31

1.4%

SEC N-PORT, MONTHLY WITH A ~60-DAY PUBLIC LAG · FUNDS ≥ $10M · % = SHARE OF THE FUND'S OWN BOOK

Executive pay vs shareholder return · David R. Melville

DEF 14A pay-versus-performance disclosure · both the headline pay and the SEC's mark-to-market figure, beside the return the company delivered and the return of the peer group it chose itself

CEO TOTAL

ACTUALLY PAID

OTHER NEOs AVG

TSR

PEER TSR

2025

$2.6M

$1.1M

+44%

+31%

2024

$3.1M

$1.4M

+38%

+27%

2023

$2.4M

$1.0M

+29%

+16%

2022

$2.5M

$2.0M

$924.2K

+13%

+21%

2021

$2.0M

$2.2M

$898.9K

+42%

+33%

TAGGED BY THE COMPANY UNDER SEC ITEM 402(v) · RETURN IS CUMULATIVE FROM THE START OF THE DISCLOSURE PERIOD · GREEN WHERE THE COMPANY BEAT ITS OWN PEER GROUP

Fundamentals

Annual figures from XBRL filings · pick a past date to see them exactly as the market knew them then — restatements and all

	2025-12	2024-12	2023-12	2022-12
REVENUE	$10.7M	$10.6M	$9.7M	$8.3M
NET INCOME	$87.9M	$65.1M	$71.0M	$54.3M
EPS (DILUTED)	2.79	2.26	2.59	2.32
OPERATING CASH FLOW	$92.1M	$61.4M	$91.0M	$69.6M
CASH	$411.2M	$319.1M	$226.1M	$152.7M
BUYBACKS	$3.7M	$0	$0	$0
DIVIDENDS PAID	$16.8M	$14.9M	$12.7M	$10.8M

SEC XBRL · FISCAL-YEAR PERIODS · AS KNOWN ON 2026-09-05 · NOBODY ELSE SHOWS FUNDAMENTALS AS OF A PAST DATE