Business First Bancshares (BFST) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $28.20 -0.37 (-1.30%) (As of 11/15/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends Business First Bancshares Short Interest DataBusiness First Bancshares (BFST) has a short interest of 148,900 shares. This marks a -1.59% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.9, indicating that it would take 1.9 days of the average trading volume of 65,287 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest148,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest151,300 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-1.59%Dollar Volume Sold Short$3.90 millionShort Interest Ratio1.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateOctober 31, 2024Outstanding Shares29,541,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.50%Today's Trading Volume88,401 sharesAverage Trading Volume65,287 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average135% Short Selling Business First Bancshares? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Business First Bancshares and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartBFST Short Interest Over TimeBFST Days to Cover Over TimeBFST Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Colonial Metals“This Changes Everything” - Trump Hands Millions Massive IRS GiftNow it's your time to return the favor by taking advantage of this tax "revenge loophole." Because even as we wait for Trump's agenda to kick in…>> YES! Send Me My FREE Gold Guide! Business First Bancshares Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 10/31/2024148,900 shares $3.90 million -1.6%N/A1.9 $26.19 10/15/2024151,300 shares $3.89 million -19.1%N/A2 $25.69 9/30/2024187,000 shares $4.80 million +6.4%N/A2.2 $25.67 9/15/2024175,800 shares $4.51 million +9.9%N/A2.1 $25.63 8/31/2024159,900 shares $3.90 million -37.5%N/A2.2 $24.42 8/15/2024255,700 shares $5.65 million +74.8%N/A3.6 $22.11 Get the Latest News and Ratings for BFST and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Business First Bancshares and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/31/2024146,300 shares $3.72 million -31.3%N/A2.2 $25.42 7/15/2024212,800 shares $4.95 million +17.0%6.2%3.5 $23.26 6/30/2024181,900 shares $3.96 million +10.5%N/A3.7 $21.76 6/15/2024164,600 shares $3.25 million +7.2%N/A3.4 $19.72 5/31/2024153,600 shares $3.29 million +1.3%N/A3 $21.45 5/15/2024151,600 shares $3.23 million -16.9%N/A3.1 $21.28 4/30/2024182,500 shares $3.68 million -5.4%N/A3.6 $20.19 4/15/2024193,000 shares $3.91 million -1.4%N/A4 $20.26 3/31/2024195,800 shares $4.36 million -19.8%N/A3.9 $22.28 3/15/2024244,100 shares $5.18 million +8.2%N/A4.8 $21.24 2/29/2024225,600 shares $5.06 million -6.4%N/A4.2 $22.45 2/15/2024241,000 shares $5.37 million +23.4%N/A4.4 $22.30 1/31/2024195,300 shares $4.40 million +8.3%N/A3.5 $22.55 1/15/2024180,400 shares $4.14 million -9.3%N/A3.1 $22.93 12/31/2023198,800 shares $4.90 million +5.8%N/A3.4 $24.65 12/15/2023187,900 shares $4.45 million +2.6%N/A3.4 $23.67 11/30/2023183,200 shares $3.71 million -41.1%N/A3.3 $20.23 11/15/2023311,200 shares $6.68 million +46.2%N/A5.6 $21.48 10/31/2023212,900 shares $4.16 million +2.6%N/A3.4 $19.54 10/15/2023207,600 shares $3.83 million -13.6%N/A3 $18.46 9/30/2023240,200 shares $4.51 million -6.3%N/A3.4 $18.76 9/15/2023256,200 shares $4.90 million -13.8%N/A3.6 $19.11 8/31/2023297,200 shares $6.08 million +22.2%N/A3.8 $20.45 8/15/2023243,300 shares $5.05 million +4.5%N/A3.1 $20.75 7/31/2023232,900 shares $4.76 million -9.9%N/A3 $20.45 7/15/2023258,400 shares $3.89 million -9.6%N/A3.6 $15.04 6/30/2023285,900 shares $4.31 million +2.4%N/A4.1 $15.07 6/15/2023279,100 shares $4.55 million +0.3%N/A3.7 $16.29 5/31/2023278,400 shares $4.06 million -21.1%N/A3.4 $14.57 5/15/2023352,700 shares $5.04 million +18.6%N/A3.7 $14.30 4/30/2023297,400 shares $4.59 million -5.3%N/A2.9 $15.42 4/15/2023313,900 shares $5.03 million +16.0%N/A3.1 $16.03 3/31/2023270,600 shares $4.64 million -2.5%N/A2.6 $17.13 3/15/2023277,500 shares $4.88 million +13.8%N/A2.8 $17.60Trump’s IRS Hands Massive ‘Victory Gift’ To 401K Owners (Ad)Trump quietly left open an "off the books" wealth-protection loophole hidden in the 6,871 pages of the IRS Tax Code… And since then… "In the know" patriots have quietly used this same "Trump 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$21.50 6/30/2022237,400 shares $5.06 million +20.6%N/A5.5 $21.31 6/15/2022196,900 shares $4.20 million +23.8%N/A4.8 $21.31 5/31/2022159,000 shares $3.52 million +2.2%N/A5 $22.13 5/15/2022155,600 shares $3.37 million +15.5%N/A4.6 $21.69 4/30/2022134,700 shares $2.98 million +17.5%0.7%4.1 $22.16 4/15/2022114,600 shares $2.63 million -11.5%0.6%3.6 $22.94 3/31/2022129,500 shares $3.15 million -16.0%0.7%4.1 $24.33 3/15/2022154,200 shares $3.88 million +20.4%0.8%5 $25.15 2/28/2022128,100 shares $3.35 million +0.9%0.7%4.1 $26.19 2/15/2022127,000 shares $3.44 million +51.2%0.7%4.1 $27.10 1/31/202284,000 shares $2.31 million +5.9%0.5%2.8 $27.45 1/15/202279,300 shares $2.29 million -11.1%0.4%2.4 $28.90 12/31/202189,200 shares $2.53 million -15.1%0.5%2.5 $28.31 12/15/2021105,000 shares $2.94 million +12.4%0.6%2.4 $28.01 11/30/202193,400 shares $2.57 million -9.2%0.5%2 $27.50 11/15/2021102,900 shares $2.88 million -8.0%0.6%2.3 $28.02 10/29/2021111,800 shares $2.98 million +3.9%0.6%2.4 $26.68 10/15/2021107,600 shares $2.73 million -13.7%0.6%2.4 $25.34 9/30/2021124,700 shares $2.92 million -7.3%0.7%2.8 $23.39 9/15/2021134,500 shares $2.95 million +1.1%0.7%2.9 $21.90 8/31/2021133,100 shares $3.18 million -2.1%0.7%2.8 $23.92 8/13/2021136,000 shares $3.29 million -1.8%0.7%3 $24.20 7/30/2021138,500 shares $3.23 million -2.7%0.7%3.1 $23.31 7/15/2021142,300 shares $3.30 million -1.8%0.7%3.3 $23.21 6/30/2021144,900 shares $3.33 million -6.2%0.8%3.7 $22.95 6/15/2021154,500 shares $3.60 million +1.7%0.8%5.3 $23.30 5/28/2021151,900 shares $3.71 million +6.9%0.8%5.5 $24.40 5/14/2021142,100 shares $3.38 million +12.1%N/A4.6 $23.81 4/30/2021126,800 shares $3.04 million -4.0%N/A4 $24.00 4/15/2021132,100 shares $3.14 million -10.7%N/A3.7 $23.78 3/31/2021148,000 shares $3.55 million +7.0%N/A3.9 $23.96 3/15/2021138,300 shares $3.35 million -4.8%N/A3.3 $24.25 2/26/2021145,200 shares $3.29 million +5.5%N/A3.8 $22.64 2/12/2021137,600 shares $3.00 million +1.1%N/A3.7 $21.81Trump’s IRS Hands Massive ‘Victory Gift’ To 401K Owners (Ad)Trump quietly left open an "off the books" wealth-protection loophole hidden in the 6,871 pages of the IRS Tax Code… And since then… "In the know" patriots have quietly used this same "Trump revenge loophole" to shield their life savings from Bidenomics…Get Your Free Gold Guide 1/29/2021136,100 shares $2.83 million +0.4%N/A3.4 $20.82 1/15/2021135,500 shares $2.99 million -5.6%N/A3.6 $22.04 12/31/2020143,500 shares $2.96 million +23.7%N/A4.3 $20.65 12/15/2020116,000 shares $2.38 million -7.0%N/A3.3 $20.50 11/30/2020124,700 shares $2.52 million -30.1%N/A2.8 $20.21 11/15/2020178,400 shares $3.44 million +15.3%N/A3.7 $19.29 10/30/2020154,700 shares $2.62 million -12.1%N/A3.3 $16.96 10/15/2020176,000 shares $2.68 million -25.6%N/A3.9 $15.22 9/30/2020236,600 shares $3.55 million +87.0%N/A5 $15.00 9/15/2020126,500 shares $1.91 million +11.2%N/A2.6 $15.06 8/31/2020113,800 shares $1.65 million -14.8%N/A2.4 $14.47 8/14/2020133,500 shares $1.98 million -10.1%N/A2.5 $14.81 7/31/2020148,500 shares $2.03 million -10.7%N/A2.5 $13.64 7/15/2020166,200 shares $2.28 million -0.1%N/A2.6 $13.71 6/30/2020166,400 shares $2.46 million +104.7%N/A2.6 $14.78 6/15/202081,300 shares $1.21 million +20.8%N/A1.2 $14.84 5/29/202067,300 shares $1.02 million -26.9%N/A1 $15.20 5/15/202092,100 shares $1.05 million +91.5%N/A1.6 $11.44 4/30/202048,100 shares $672,438.00 +10.3%0.4%1 $13.98 4/15/202043,600 shares $564,620.00 -7.4%0.3%1 $12.95 3/31/202047,100 shares $589,692.00 -0.2%0.4%1.3 $12.52 3/13/202047,200 shares $634,840.00 +61.1%0.4%1.7 $13.45 2/28/202029,300 shares $288,019.00 +0.7%0.2%1.9 $9.83 2/14/202029,100 shares $541,551.00 -17.1%0.2%2.3 $18.61 1/31/202035,100 shares $877,500.00 +10.7%0.3%3 $25.00 1/15/202031,700 shares $827,687.00 -53.4%0.3%3.2 $26.11 12/31/201968,000 shares $1.68 million +5.1%0.5%7.5 $24.65 BFST Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Business First Bancshares' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Business First Bancshares shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 31st, investors have sold 148,900 shares of BFST short. Learn More on Business First Bancshares' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Business First Bancshares? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. BFST shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Business First Bancshares's short interest ratio. Is Business First Bancshares' short interest increasing or decreasing? Business First Bancshares saw a decline in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 148,900 shares, a decline of 1.6% from the previous total of 151,300 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does Business First Bancshares' short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Business First Bancshares: MetroCity Bankshares, Inc. (0.54%), First Community Bankshares, Inc. (0.83%), Mercantile Bank Co. (0.83%), Capital City Bank Group, Inc. (0.33%), Midland States Bancorp, Inc. (1.06%), MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. (0.31%), Flushing Financial Co. (2.01%), TeraWulf Inc. (21.04%), Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. (6.97%), Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (1.70%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.18 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.64 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.54 billion), International Paper ($2.46 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.87 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.81 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Onsemi ($1.71 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Business First Bancshares stock? Short selling BFST is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Business First Bancshares as its price is falling. BFST shares are trading down $0.37 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Business First Bancshares? A short squeeze for Business First Bancshares occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of BFST, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Business First Bancshares' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including BFST, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024. 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