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Donald Chad Carter sold $103k of BFST

EVP, Correspondent Banking at Business First Bancshares, Inc.. 3,778 shares at an average of $27.27, traded Jan 29, 2026, filed Jan 30, 2026.

Warning score
38
Value
$103k
3,778 shares
Holdings after
13,863
-21% from before
From 52-week low
+31%
low $20.81, close $27.20
From 52-week high
-2%
high $27.78, as of Jan 29, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $103k at market
    +10
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 21% of holdings
    +5
  • Cluster
    2 insiders selling within 14 days
    +8

What happened after comparable sells

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 -2.6%, 3m -1.9%, 6m +14.2%.

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 Jan 30, 2026: +9.9%SPY +13.3% · excess -3.4%

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 0001437749-26-002572, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jan 29, 2026SOpen-market sale
COMMON STOCK
-3,778$27.27$103k13,863Jan 30, 2026

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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