BFSTBusiness First Bancshares, Inc.
What is the market doing?
Rangebound. That is the only one of 3 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.
Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +6% vs its 200-day average.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How BFST is trading
Business First Bancshares, Inc. is +32% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 14 points ahead of the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- +6.4%
vs 200-day average · close to trend
- RSI (14)
- 49
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 4.9%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-08
- $30.72
- 1 monthS&P 500 +1.6%
- −1.3%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- +32%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- +46%
- vs 50-day average$31.26
- −1.7%
- 52-week high
- $32.30
- 52-week low
- $22.35
- Annualised volatility
- 29%
- Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-08
- −$1.6M
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +19% |
| 2025 | +4.0% |
| 2024 | +6.9% |
| 2023 | +14% |
| 2022 | −20% |
| 2021 | +42% |
| 2020 | −16% |
| 2019 | +4.5% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | 2 of 8 | −1.3% |
| Feb | 8 | 4 of 8 | +0.88% |
| Mar | 8 | 1 of 8 | −8.8% |
| Apr | 8 | 3 of 8 | −3.2% |
| May | 9 | 6 of 9 | +0.63% |
| Jun | 9 | 7 of 9 | +3.2% |
| Jul | 9 | 5 of 9 | +5.5% |
| Aug | 9 | 6 of 9 | +0.78% |
| Sep | 9 | 4 of 9 | −1.4% |
| Oct | 9 | 8 of 9 | +5.7% |
| Nov | 8 | 6 of 8 | +3.7% |
| Dec | 8 | 5 of 8 | +2.0% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
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