Business First Bancshares Inc

Keith Mansfield, executive vice president and chief operating officer of b1Bank, sold 4,200 shares of Business First Bancshares on July 30, 2026, at a weighted average price of $32.08, for a total transaction value of $134,736. Following the sale, Mansfield directly holds 77,139 shares, which includes 27,000 shares in an individual retirement account and 13,374 restricted stock units vesting through March 2029, leaving a meaningful portion of his equity tied to future service. The sale was executed at a narrow premium to the $31.94 market close on the transaction date. Business First Bancshares, the Baton Rouge-based holding company for b1Bank, has a market capitalization of $1 billion and reported trailing twelve-month net income of $93 million on revenue of $344 million. While the insider sale appears routine, the company saw a return to normalized loan production last quarter and financial services group revenue running about 20% ahead of the prior year at the halfway mark, though deposits fell 3.1% in the quarter on an annualized basis of 12.3%, driven by declines in commercial money market accounts and brokered deposits.