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George W. Cummings III sold $274k of BFST

director at Business First Bancshares, Inc.. 10,000 shares at an average of $27.43, traded Mar 2, 2026, filed Mar 4, 2026.

Warning score
28
Value
$274k
10,000 shares
Holdings after
328,775
-3% from before
From 52-week low
+32%
low $20.81, close $27.42
From 52-week high
-7%
high $29.53, as of Mar 2, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $274k at market
    +13
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 3.0% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    No other insider selling within 14 days
    0

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 -0.1%, 3m +1.1%, 6m +14.7%.

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 13, 2026 · close 30.80
Since filing Mar 4, 2026: +12.9%SPY +14.4% · excess -1.6%

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 0001437749-26-006909, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Mar 2, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-200$27.80$5,560338,575Mar 4, 2026
Mar 3, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-9,800$27.42$269k328,775Mar 4, 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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