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BFST — structural market context

Business First Bancshares, Inc

Structural market context from public regulatory and market data, shown with its as-of dates. Descriptive only: nothing on this page is a recommendation, a prediction, or advice to buy or sell any security.

What changed

As of the close on Oct 22. Each line shows the earlier value, the later value and their dates.

Price

Close $31.94 (Oct 22) vs $31.36 (Oct 21): +1.85%.

Volume

0.92× its 20-session average (192K) on Oct 22.

Includes pre- and post-market trading.

Short interest

Short interest 1.2M shares (settlement Sep 30) vs 1.1M (Sep 15).

No new publication in this window. Latest: settlement Sep 30, published Oct 10.

Fails-to-deliver

Latest file (settlements Sep 15–Sep 30, published Oct 16): 2 days with fails, largest 6K shares on Sep 30.

Previous file (settlements Sep 1–Sep 14, published Sep 30): no fails listed.

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Insider filings (Form 4)

None recorded in this window.

BFST events and their magnitude

Latest SEC filing in the event study

8-K 5.02 · Executive or director change · filed 2026-09-11 · View on sec.gov ↗

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BFST short interest & days to cover

SHARES SHORT
1.2M
% OF FLOAT
4.0%
DAYS TO COVER
5.7
CHANGE VS PRIOR
+11.2%

FINRA consolidated short interest, reported twice a month and published ~2 weeks after each settlement date. % of float uses reported free float. · as of 2026-09-30 (23d ago)

BFST fails-to-deliver (FTD)

Settlement dateFailed sharesPrice
2026-09-30 · 23d6K$30.41
2026-09-24 · 29d30$30.35
2026-08-25 · 59d12$31.3

SEC fails-to-deliver files, published twice a month with ~6 weeks of delay.

BFST insider buying and selling (Form 4)

Last 12 months, Form 4 codes P and S: 0 purchases · 4 sales

InsiderTypeSharesValueFiled
Cummings George W. III · directorSale (S)4K$131K2026-08-25
Cummings George W. III · directorSale (S)10K$313K2026-08-25
Cummings George W. III · directorSale (S)3K$103K2026-08-21
Cummings George W. III · directorSale (S)10K$318K2026-08-19

SEC Form 4 filings: purchases and sales reported on Form 4 (transaction codes P and S) only; grants and option exercises excluded. Attributed public records.

Frequently asked questions

What is BFST's short interest?
As of the FINRA settlement date 2026-09-30, BFST had 1.2M shares sold short — 4.0% of its float, with 5.7 days to cover at average volume. FINRA publishes this data roughly two weeks after each twice-monthly settlement, so it is inherently delayed. A short-interest figure describes an aggregate position; it does not predict what the stock will do.
Are insiders buying BFST?
In the last 12 months of SEC Form 4 filings, BFST recorded 0 insider purchases and 4 sales reported on Form 4 (transaction codes P and S; grants and option exercises excluded). These are attributed public records — information, not instruction.
Is this page telling me to buy or sell BFST?
No. Everything on this page is descriptive, structural market context from public data, shown with its as-of dates. TradeAI News does not issue directional recommendations, price predictions, or buy/sell advice — for any ticker.
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