Real time insider trading transaction history:
- Insiders are prohibited from making short-swing profits by trading their shares within 6 months of the registration or acquiring the shares.
- Shares are not adjusted for stock split.
"Insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise"
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Common stock purchase or sale:
Transaction Date |
Reported DateTime |
Company | Symbol | Insider Relationship |
Shares Traded |
Average Price |
Total Amount |
Shares Owned |
Filing |
2024-11-04 Sale |
2024-11-06 4:24 pm |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
20,000 | $27.18 | $543,504 | 221,639 (Direct) |
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Stock options: Exercise, Award, Grant, Conversion
Transaction Date |
Reported DateTime |
Exercisable Expiration |
Company | Symnbol | Insider Relationship |
Shares Traded |
Conversion Price |
Shares Owned |
Filing |
2025-03-31 Tax Withholding |
2025-04-02 6:18 pm |
N/A N/A |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
10,641 | $24.35 | 244,440 (Direct) |
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2025-03-01 Option Award |
2025-03-05 06:11 am |
N/A N/A |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
16,293 | $0 | 255,081 (Direct) |
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2024-12-12 Option Award |
2024-12-16 4:07 pm |
N/A N/A |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
14,966 | $0 | 236,605 (Direct) |
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2024-03-31 Tax Withholding |
2024-04-02 4:28 pm |
N/A N/A |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
11,258 | $22.28 | 241,639 (Direct) |
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2024-02-01 Option Award |
2024-02-02 5:12 pm |
N/A N/A |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
29,715 | $22.67 | 252,897 (Direct) |
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2023-05-10 I |
2023-05-12 5:24 pm |
N/A N/A |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
5,045 | $13.98 | 223,182 (Direct) |
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2023-03-31 Tax Withholding |
2023-04-04 4:18 pm |
N/A N/A |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
9,965 | $17.13 | 218,137 (Direct) |
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2023-02-01 Option Award |
2023-02-03 8:50 pm |
N/A N/A |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
45,570 | $20.74 | 227,709 (Direct) |
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2022-03-31 Tax Withholding |
2022-04-04 6:39 pm |
N/A N/A |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
6,761 | $24.33 | 181,839 (Direct) |
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2022-02-01 Option Award |
2022-02-03 4:03 pm |
N/A N/A |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
24,644 | $27.2 | 187,862 (Direct) |
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2021-04-30 Exercise |
2021-08-16 7:26 pm |
N/A N/A |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
100,000 | $15 | 212,942 (Direct) |
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2021-04-30 Tax Withholding |
2021-08-16 7:26 pm |
N/A N/A |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
36,836 | $24 | 212,942 (Direct) |
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2021-04-30 Exercise |
2021-08-16 7:26 pm |
N/A 2021-05-17 |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
100,000 | $0 | 212,942 (Direct) |
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2021-03-31 Tax Withholding |
2021-08-16 7:26 pm |
N/A N/A |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
5,294 | $23.93 | 212,942 (Direct) |
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2021-05-10 Tax Withholding |
2021-08-16 7:26 pm |
N/A N/A |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
37,246 | $24.28 | 212,942 (Direct) |
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2021-02-01 Option Award(A) |
2021-03-05 2:43 pm |
N/A N/A |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
28,481 | $20.82 | 141,780 (Direct) |
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2020-02-01 Option Award |
2021-02-03 9:36 pm |
N/A N/A |
Business First Bancshares Inc. | BFST | MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO |
28,481 | $20.82 | 141,780 (Direct) |
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