Business First Bancshares, Inc.

BFST · Financial Services · Business First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for b1BANK that provides various banking products and services in Loui…

Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST), in the Financial Services sector, has 18 disclosed filings on Paydirt over the trailing twelve months from 6 corporate insiders: 0 purchases and 18 sales. Filers took a median of 2 days from execution to disclosure, and the most recent trade was executed Aug 24 and filed Aug 25. The most active filer was George W. Cummings III with 13 filings.

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Filings, ttm

0 buys · 18 sells

Traders, ttm

6 insiders

Volume, ttmiDollar value disclosed in the window

$6.4M

estimated for Congress, as filed for insiders

Median delay

execution to disclosure

Last traded

Aug 24

Filed Aug 25

ADViAverage daily dollar volume

$8.1M

market data

Share price · 12M

$31.21 (+32.4%)

Adjusted for splits and dividends.

Volume by month

Buys $0 Sells $7.9M

Estimated for Congress, as filed for insiders · by filing month · past 24 months

Who filed

GI George W. Cummings III Director 13 filings JJ Joseph Vernon Johnson Director 3 filings JI James J. Buquet III Director 2 filings DC Donald Chad Carter EVP, Correspondent Banking 1 filing MF Mark P. Folse Director 1 filing WH William G. Hall Director 1 filing KM Keith Mansfield EVP&COO of b1Bank 1 filing DI David R. Melville Iii President and CEO 1 filing

Recent filings

George W. Cummings IIISALE Director $445K
14,200 sh across 2 lots
Exec Aug 21
Filed Aug 25 · 4:14 PM ET George W. Cummings IIISALE Director $103K
3,235 sh × $31.80
Exec Aug 19
Filed Aug 21 · 4:06 PM ET George W. Cummings IIISALE Director $318K
10,000 sh × $31.78
Exec Aug 18
Filed Aug 19 · 4:35 PM ET William G. HallSALE Director $311K
9,723 sh × $31.97
Exec Aug 5
Filed Aug 7 · 4:06 PM ET George W. Cummings IIISALE Director $319K
10,000 sh × $31.87
Exec Aug 3
Filed Aug 5 · 4:09 PM ET Keith MansfieldSALE EVP&COO of b1Bank $135K
4,200 sh × $32.08
Exec Jul 30
Filed Jul 31 · 6:08 PM ET George W. Cummings IIISALE Director $636K
20,000 sh across 2 lots
Exec Jul 30
Filed Jul 31 · 6:07 PM ET George W. Cummings IIISALE Director $637K
20,000 sh across 2 lots
Exec Jul 28
Filed Jul 30 · 4:08 PM ET Joseph Vernon JohnsonSALE Director $318K
10,000 sh × $31.75
Exec Jul 28
Filed Jul 30 · 4:08 PM ET George W. Cummings IIISALE Director $577K
20,000 sh across 2 lots
Exec Jun 10
Filed Jun 12 · 5:30 PM ET George W. Cummings IIISALE Director $428K
15,000 sh × $28.54
Exec Jun 8
Filed Jun 9 · 5:30 PM ET George W. Cummings IIISALE Director $324K
11,595 sh × $27.92
Exec May 27
Filed May 28 · 5:30 PM ET George W. Cummings IIISALE Director $280K
10,000 sh × $27.99
Exec May 22
Filed May 27 · 5:30 PM ET George W. Cummings IIISALE Director $304K
11,000 sh × $27.60
Exec Mar 4
Filed Mar 6 · 5:30 PM ET George W. Cummings IIISALE Director $269K
9,800 sh × $27.42
Exec Mar 3
Filed Mar 4 · 5:30 PM ET George W. Cummings IIISALE Director $560K
20,000 sh × $28.00
Exec Feb 25
Filed Feb 27 · 5:30 PM ET Mark P. FolseSALE Director $296K
10,000 sh across 2 lots
Exec Feb 9
Filed Feb 11 · 5:30 PM ET Donald Chad CarterSALE EVP, Correspondent Banking $103K
3,778 sh × $27.27
Exec Jan 29
Filed Jan 30 · 5:30 PM ET James J. Buquet IIISALE Director $119K
5,164 sh × $23.08
Exec Aug 4 2025
Filed Aug 5 2025 · 5:30 PM ET James J. Buquet IIISALE Director $349K
12,000 sh × $29.12
Exec Nov 13 2024
Filed Nov 15 2024 · 5:30 PM ET David R. Melville IiiSALE President and CEO $452K
16,488 sh across 2 lots
Exec Nov 4 2024
Filed Nov 6 2024 · 5:30 PM ET Joseph Vernon JohnsonSALE Director $158K
6,000 sh × $26.36
Exec Nov 1 2024
Filed Nov 5 2024 · 5:30 PM ET Joseph Vernon JohnsonSALE Director $419K
15,500 sh across 2 lots
Exec Oct 29 2024
Filed Oct 31 2024 · 5:30 PM ET Mark P. FolseSALE Director $180K
7,346 sh × $24.56
Exec Sep 9 2024
Filed Sep 10 2024 · 5:30 PM ET