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Business First Bancshares

168 hedge funds and large institutions have $456M invested in Business First Bancshares in 2026 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 26 funds opening new positions, 55 increasing their positions, 45 reducing their positions, and 20 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

30% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 26 | Existing positions closed: 20

22% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 55 | Existing positions reduced: 45

14% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $400M → $456M (+$55.3M)

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 164168 (+4)

0.19% less ownership

Funds ownership: 51.73%51.54% (-0.19%)

Holders
168
Holders Change
+4
Holders Change %
+2.44%
% of All Funds
2.07%
Holding in Top 10
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
26
Increased
55
Reduced
45
Closed
20
Calls
$3K
Puts
Net Calls
+$3K
Net Calls Change
+$173K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
EF
26
Empowered Funds
Pennsylvania
$3.28M +$110K +3,997 +3%
Qube Research & Technologies (QRT)
27
Qube Research & Technologies (QRT)
United Kingdom
$3.16M +$2.67M +97,150 +493%
First Trust Advisors
28
First Trust Advisors
Illinois
$3.13M +$283K +10,301 +10%
AllianceBernstein
29
AllianceBernstein
Tennessee
$2.74M -$206K -7,500 -7%
AQR Capital Management
30
AQR Capital Management
Connecticut
$2.73M -$66.1K -2,406 -2%
PCM
31
Polaris Capital Management
Massachusetts
$2.23M
Creative Planning
32
Creative Planning
Kansas
$2.19M +$330K +12,022 +17%
Two Sigma Investments
33
Two Sigma Investments
New York
$2.17M +$465K +16,936 +27%
CAM
34
Cresset Asset Management
Illinois
$1.91M
HSBC Holdings
35
HSBC Holdings
United Kingdom
$1.64M +$1.66M +60,396 New
N
36
Nuveen
North Carolina
$1.61M +$108K +3,946 +7%
SFWA
37
Summit Financial Wealth Advisors
Louisiana
$1.61M +$1.63M +59,449 New
Swiss National Bank
38
Swiss National Bank
Switzerland
$1.56M
AAP
39
Arax Advisory Partners
Colorado
$1.48M +$1.5M +54,561 +1,364,025%
SEI Investments
40
SEI Investments
Pennsylvania
$1.39M +$793K +28,879 +128%
Bank of America
41
Bank of America
North Carolina
$1.39M -$61.4K -2,235 -4%
WF
42
Womack Financial
Texas
$1.37M -$27.2K -990 -2%
Man Group
43
Man Group
United Kingdom
$1.34M +$204K +7,431 +18%
VCM
44
Vines Capital Management
Louisiana
$1.33M +$1.35M +49,062 New
SGCA
45
Steel Grove Capital Advisors
Tennessee
$1.29M +$1.31M +47,736 New
KAS
46
Kestra Advisory Services
Texas
$1.28M +$1.3M +47,399 New
PRCP
47
Pacific Ridge Capital Partners
Oregon
$1.28M +$247 +9 +0%
Raymond James Financial
48
Raymond James Financial
Florida
$1.25M -$153K -5,585 -11%
Squarepoint
49
Squarepoint
New York
$1.22M +$885K +32,216 +247%
Citadel Advisors
50
Citadel Advisors
Florida
$1.18M +$868K +31,615 +265%