BFST

Business First Bancshares, Inc.

Company with tickers: BFST

CIK

1624322

CUSIP

12326C105

Shares Outstanding

32,677,968

13F Activity (30d)

12 filings 9 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 — P54 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
2020-01-15	31,709	68,009	-36,300	7,444	4.26
2020-01-31	35,102	31,709	+3,393	10,533	3.33
2020-02-14	29,128	35,102	-5,974	21,267	1.37
2020-02-28	29,341	29,128	+213	18,825	1.56
2020-03-13	47,234	29,341	+17,893	27,909	1.69
2020-03-31	47,098	47,234	-136	78,993	1.00
2020-04-15	43,569	47,098	-3,529	47,340	1.00
2020-04-30	48,074	43,569	+4,505	48,420	1.00
2020-05-15	92,116	48,092	+44,024	59,449	1.55
2020-05-29	67,305	92,116	-24,811	64,483	1.04
2020-06-15	81,246	67,305	+13,941	63,890	1.27
2020-06-30	166,394	81,246	+85,148	97,069	1.71
2020-07-15	166,176	166,394	-218	34,422	4.83
2020-07-31	148,514	166,176	-17,662	20,917	7.10
2020-08-14	133,475	148,514	-15,039	27,754	4.81
2020-08-31	113,787	133,475	-19,688	32,898	3.46
2020-09-15	126,526	113,787	+12,739	42,256	2.99
2020-09-30	236,548	126,526	+110,022	97,731	2.42
2020-10-15	175,954	236,548	-60,594	30,706	5.73
2020-10-30	154,715	175,954	-21,239	24,816	6.23
2020-11-13	178,389	154,715	+23,674	42,671	4.18
2020-11-30	124,716	178,389	-53,673	27,399	4.55
2020-12-15	115,983	124,716	-8,733	25,867	4.48
2020-12-31	143,534	115,983	+27,551	38,388	3.74
2021-01-15	135,495	143,534	-8,039	27,313	4.96
2021-01-29	136,085	135,495	+590	40,451	3.36
2021-02-12	137,638	136,085	+1,553	38,081	3.61
2021-02-26	145,170	137,638	+7,532	25,258	5.75
2021-03-15	138,335	145,170	-6,835	40,342	3.43
2021-03-31	148,019	138,335	+9,684	42,594	3.48
2021-04-15	132,072	148,019	-15,947	17,656	7.48
2021-04-30	126,827	132,072	-5,245	19,142	6.63
2021-05-14	142,133	126,827	+15,306	23,363	6.08
2021-05-28	151,872	142,133	+9,739	20,804	7.30
2021-06-15	154,487	151,712	+2,775	24,034	6.43
2021-06-30	144,905	154,487	-9,582	92,536	1.57
2021-07-15	142,284	144,905	-2,621	57,555	2.47
2021-07-30	138,452	142,284	-3,832	34,976	3.96
2021-08-13	136,041	138,452	-2,411	43,136	3.15
2021-08-31	133,105	136,041	-2,936	29,742	4.48
2021-09-15	134,485	133,105	+1,380	33,411	4.03
2021-09-30	124,711	134,485	-9,774	41,505	3.00
2021-10-15	107,611	124,711	-17,100	71,621	1.50
2021-10-29	111,839	107,611	+4,228	60,189	1.86
2021-11-15	102,906	111,839	-8,933	40,364	2.55
2021-11-30	93,431	102,906	-9,475	32,172	2.90
2021-12-15	104,956	93,431	+11,525	30,611	3.43
2021-12-31	89,230	104,956	-15,726	29,828	2.99
2022-01-14	79,316	89,230	-9,914	18,427	4.30
2022-01-31	83,951	79,316	+4,635	29,239	2.87

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