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BFST

Business First Bancshares, Inc.

Company with tickers: BFST

CIK
1624322
CUSIP
12326C105
Shares Outstanding
32,677,968
13F Activity (30d)
13 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.

Short Interest History

Settlement Date Current Position Previous Position Change Days to Cover
2026-05-29 594,506 609,019 -14,513 3.07
2026-05-15 609,019 566,788 +42,231 3.84
2026-04-30 566,788 473,274 +93,514 3.14
2026-04-15 473,274 524,620 -51,346 2.30
2026-03-31 524,620 353,682 +170,938 2.31
2026-03-13 353,682 305,668 +48,014 2.30
2026-02-27 305,668 301,136 +4,532 1.92
2026-02-13 301,136 248,938 +52,198 1.39
2026-01-30 248,938 249,622 -684 1.66
2026-01-15 249,622 225,144 +24,478 2.40
2025-12-31 225,144 235,735 -10,591 1.89
2025-12-15 235,735 247,140 -11,405 2.24
2025-11-28 247,140 266,295 -19,155 1.57
2025-11-14 266,295 224,577 +41,718 3.11
2025-10-31 224,577 255,675 -31,098 1.77
2025-10-15 255,675 238,338 +17,337 2.74
2025-09-30 238,338 215,210 +23,128 2.30
2025-09-15 215,210 237,596 -22,386 2.71
2025-08-29 237,596 298,296 -60,700 2.71
2025-08-15 298,296 231,824 +66,472 3.09
2025-07-31 231,824 246,938 -15,114 2.58
2025-07-15 246,938 254,194 -7,256 2.46
2025-06-30 254,194 265,991 -11,797 1.54
2025-06-13 265,991 253,887 +12,104 3.48
2025-05-30 253,887 261,760 -7,873 3.29
2025-05-15 261,760 260,246 +1,514 2.98
2025-04-30 260,246 233,600 +26,646 2.00
2025-04-15 233,600 230,453 +3,147 1.72
2025-03-31 230,453 213,087 +17,366 2.53
2025-03-14 213,087 217,192 -4,105 2.86
2025-02-28 217,192 246,765 -29,573 2.35
2025-02-14 246,765 198,850 +47,915 3.29
2025-01-31 198,850 230,502 -31,652 1.42
2025-01-15 230,502 254,377 -23,875 2.27
2024-12-31 254,377 133,475 +120,902 1.91
2024-12-13 133,475 124,464 +9,011 1.48
2024-11-29 124,464 216,159 -91,695 1.39
2024-11-15 216,159 148,908 +67,251 1.67
2024-10-31 148,908 151,311 -2,403 2.27
2024-10-15 151,311 186,986 -35,675 2.70
2024-09-30 186,986 175,810 +11,176 1.76
2024-09-13 175,810 159,857 +15,953 2.61
2024-08-30 159,857 255,678 -95,821 2.26
2024-08-15 255,678 146,273 +109,405 3.85
2024-07-31 146,273 212,794 -66,521 1.22
2024-07-15 212,794 181,909 +30,885 4.21
2024-06-28 181,909 164,549 +17,360 2.72
2024-06-14 164,549 153,608 +10,941 4.90
2024-05-31 153,608 151,634 +1,974 2.90
2024-05-15 151,634 182,459 -30,825 2.51
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