BFST

Business First Bancshares, Inc.

Company with tickers: BFST

CIK

1624322

CUSIP

12326C105

Shares Outstanding

32,677,968

13F Activity (30d)

97 filings 92 filers

Total shares sold short and not yet covered, reported to FINRA by broker-dealers and published twice a month (bi-monthly). Days to cover divides the short position by average daily volume; a high value (above 5) can signal short-squeeze potential.

Short Squeeze Score

55/100

Short interest 1.8% of shares — P48 Days to cover 3.1 — P53 Short-volume trend +2.6% — P62

Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-05-29). Equal-weight mean of the available factors.

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Short Interest History

Settlement Date	Current Position	Previous Position	Change	Avg Daily Volume	Days to Cover
2026-05-29	594,506	609,019	-14,513	193,385	3.07
2026-05-15	609,019	566,788	+42,231	158,796	3.84
2026-04-30	566,788	473,274	+93,514	180,368	3.14
2026-04-15	473,274	524,620	-51,346	206,057	2.30
2026-03-31	524,620	353,682	+170,938	227,588	2.31
2026-03-13	353,682	305,668	+48,014	153,937	2.30
2026-02-27	305,668	301,136	+4,532	159,367	1.92
2026-02-13	301,136	248,938	+52,198	217,275	1.39
2026-01-30	248,938	249,622	-684	149,827	1.66
2026-01-15	249,622	225,144	+24,478	104,213	2.40
2025-12-31	225,144	235,735	-10,591	119,222	1.89
2025-12-15	235,735	247,140	-11,405	105,325	2.24
2025-11-28	247,140	266,295	-19,155	157,632	1.57
2025-11-14	266,295	224,577	+41,718	85,723	3.11
2025-10-31	224,577	255,675	-31,098	126,799	1.77
2025-10-15	255,675	238,338	+17,337	93,242	2.74
2025-09-30	238,338	215,210	+23,128	103,754	2.30
2025-09-15	215,210	237,596	-22,386	79,376	2.71
2025-08-29	237,596	298,296	-60,700	87,518	2.71
2025-08-15	298,296	231,824	+66,472	96,435	3.09
2025-07-31	231,824	246,938	-15,114	89,929	2.58
2025-07-15	246,938	254,194	-7,256	100,186	2.46
2025-06-30	254,194	265,991	-11,797	165,121	1.54
2025-06-13	265,991	253,887	+12,104	76,430	3.48

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