$BFST

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$BFST Overview Financial Statements SEC Filings Executives News Red Flags Capital Raising Ownership Insider Transactions Congressional Trades

Ownership

13F as of Q2 2026 · 32.5M shares outstanding

Who owns BFST?

By type of holder

Institutions 58.0% Insiders 5.5% Everyone else 36.5%

Concentration Top 10 holders own 34.7%

BlackRock, Inc. 8.4% · Vanguard Capital Management LLC 4.3%

Institutional ownership

58.0%

+6.0 pts vs last qtr

Institutional holders

172

+2 vs last qtr

Net shares bought

+1.9M

by institutions in Q2 2026

New / sold out

20 / 18

positions opened vs closed

How is ownership changing?

Institutions, last 8 quarters

Biggest buyers in Q2 2026

Jupiter Topco LLC NEW +1.1M
State Street Corp +384.1K

Biggest sellers in Q2 2026

Janus Henderson Group PLC SOLD OUT −989.7K
Fourthstone LLC SOLD OUT −231.1K

Who is planning to sell?

Notices of proposed sale, last 12 months

$5.94M

15 notices from 7 people

Shares covered

200.4K

0.62% of the company

Arranged in advance

of the value is under a 10b5-1 plan

Under a 10b5-1 plan No plan

Largest proposed sellers

George W. Cummings Director $3.22M
Cummings George W. III Director $1.45M

Every notice on Red Flags →

A Form 144 is notice of a planned sale, not the sale itself. What insiders actually sold is on Insider Transactions.

Is your stake being diluted?

Diluted share count, FY2016–FY2025

+303.9%

+16.78% a year

Each share's claim on the business

−75.2%

shrank without buying or selling a share

Spent on buybacks vs paid in stock

$23.9M vs $24.4M

over 10 fiscal years

Diluted shares, split-adjusted

Buybacks Stock-based comp

How patient are the owners?

Institutional shares by how long they've been held

5+ years59% 3–5 years18% 1–3 years9% Under 1 year14%

Quarterly turnover

17.0%

of institutional shares changed hands

Top 10 managers, median time held

5 years

Super Investors

Investment managers reporting BFST on Form 13F

Holder	Shares	% of company	Change vs last qtr	Held since	% of their book
B BlackRock, Inc.	2.7M	8.40%	+286.0K (+11.7%)	≤2021	0.0%
Shares held by quarter Peak holding2.7M (Q2'26) Change over 8 quarters+518.8K Share of the company8.400% BlackRock, Inc.'s full portfolio →
VC Vanguard Capital Management LLC	1.4M	4.30%	−31.5K (−2.2%)	≤2021	0.0%
Shares held by quarter Peak holding1.4M (Q1'26) Change over 8 quarters+1.4M Share of the company4.300% Vanguard Capital Management LLC's full portfolio →

BlackRock, Inc.

2.7M

% of company

8.40%

Change vs last qtr

+286.0K (+11.7%)

Held since

≤2021

Vanguard Capital Management LLC

1.4M

% of company

4.30%

Change vs last qtr

−31.5K (−2.2%)

Held since

≤2021

28 more super investors behind a free account

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Institutional Funds

Mutual funds and ETFs reporting BFST on Form N-PORT; together they hold 32.7% of the company

Fund	Position value	Shares	% of company	% of the fund	As of
VT Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Vanguard Index Funds	$30.4M	990.0K	3.04%	0.00%	June 30, 2026
IR iShares Russell 2000 ETF iShares Trust	$27.3M	889.3K	2.73%	0.03%	June 30, 2026

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund

Vanguard Index Funds

Position value

$30.4M

% of company

3.04%

% of the fund

0.00%

As of

June 30, 2026

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

iShares Trust

Position value

$27.3M

% of company

2.73%

% of the fund

0.03%

As of

June 30, 2026

23 more funds behind a free account

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Insiders and 5%+ holders

From Forms 3/4/5 and Schedules 13D/G

Holder	Shares	% of company	Change vs last qtr	8 quarters	Held since	% of their book
JJ Johnson Joseph Vernon Insider	281.8K	0.87%	—	—	—	—
Insider holdings come from Form 3/4/5 filings, which are not quarterly. Share of the company0.870% Johnson Joseph Vernon's insider activity →
DR Day Rick D. Insider	269.9K	0.83%	—	—	—	—
Insider holdings come from Form 3/4/5 filings, which are not quarterly. Share of the company0.830% Day Rick D.'s insider activity →

Johnson Joseph Vernon

Insider

281.8K

% of company

0.87%

Change vs last qtr

—

Held since

—

Day Rick D.

Insider

269.9K

% of company

0.83%

Change vs last qtr

—

Held since

—

25 more holders behind a free account

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