BFSTBusiness First Bancshares, Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: nothing decisive, though in an uptrend.
In an uptrend, above its rising 50- and 200-day averages. Price is +9% vs its 200-day average.
Moderately shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover.
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 +38% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 22 points ahead of the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +16%
- vs 200-day average
- +9.0%
vs 200-day average · close to trend
- RSI (14)
- 62
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 1.6%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-23
- $31.77
- 1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
- +3.7%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +16%
- +38%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- +40%
- vs 50-day average$31.10
- +2.2%
- 52-week high
- $32.30
- 52-week low
- $23.01
- Annualised volatility
- 28%
- Insider selling, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
- $1.6M
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +23% |
| 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 | +6.1% |
| 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.
Where the price stands
Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.
What it has returned
With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.
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