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Rick D. Day bought $39k of BFST

director at Business First Bancshares, Inc.. 1,600 shares at an average of $24.21, traded Oct 28, 2025, filed Oct 28, 2025.

Conviction score
20
Value
$39k
1,600 shares
Holdings after
265,885
+1% from before
From 52-week low
+15%
low $20.81, close $23.96
From 52-week high
-16%
high $28.61, as of Oct 28, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $39k at market
    +6
  • Relative to holdings
    Under 1% of holdings (0.6%)
    -5
  • Price context
    16% below the 52-week high
    +4
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +7.9%, 3m +12.0%, 6m +13.6%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

BFSTOct 9, 2026 · close 30.49
Since filing Oct 28, 2025: +27.2%SPY +14.5% · excess +12.8%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001437749-25-032025, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Oct 28, 2025POpen-market purchase
COMMON STOCK
+1,600$24.21$39k265,885Oct 28, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Business First Bancshares, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
32Weak
BFSTsell
Business First Bancshares, Inc.
George W. Cummings III
director
$445k
14,200 shares
-7%
40Moderate
BFSTsell 4
Business First Bancshares, Inc.
George W. Cummings III
director
$103k
3,235 shares
-2%
44Moderate
BFSTsell 4
Business First Bancshares, Inc.
George W. Cummings III
director
$318k
10,000 shares
-5%
65Notable
BFSTsell 6
Business First Bancshares, Inc.
William G. Hall
director
$364k
11,389 shares
-117%
42Moderate
BFSTsell 6
Business First Bancshares, Inc.
Donald Chad Carter
EVP, Correspondent Banking
$59k
1,875 shares
-13%
40Moderate
BFSTsell 6
Business First Bancshares, Inc.
Saundra Strong
EVP & General Counsel
$32k
1,000 shares
-17%
44Moderate
BFSTsell 6
Business First Bancshares, Inc.
George W. Cummings III
director
$319k
10,000 shares
-5%
50Moderate
BFSTsell 6
Business First Bancshares, Inc.
George W. Cummings III
director
$636k
20,000 shares
-8%
56Moderate
BFSTsell 6
Business First Bancshares, Inc.
Keith Mansfield
EVP&COO of b1Bank
$135k
4,200 shares
-5%
46Moderate
BFSTsell 6
Business First Bancshares, Inc.
Joseph Vernon Johnson
director
$380k
12,000 shares
-7%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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