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Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)

Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)
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Fundamentals

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  • Market Capitalization, $K 904,527
  • Shares Outstanding, K 32,678
  • Annual Sales, $ 516,550 K
  • Annual Income, $ 87,860 K
  • EBIT $ 102 M
  • EBITDA $ 137 M
  • 60-Month Beta 0.79
  • Price/Sales 1.74
  • Price/Cash Flow 8.77
  • Price/Book 0.98

Options Overview Details

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  • Implied Volatility 50.26% (+0.23%)
  • Historical Volatility 23.84%
  • IV Percentile 22%
  • IV Rank 17.46%
  • IV High 165.34% on 10/29/25
  • IV Low 25.92% on 09/04/25
  • Expected Move (DTE 6) 0.01 (0.03%)
  • Put/Call Vol Ratio 0.00
  • Today's Volume 32
  • Volume Avg (30-Day) 15
  • Put/Call OI Ratio 0.15
  • Today's Open Interest 219
  • Open Int (30-Day) 201
  • Expected Range 27.67 to 27.69

Analyst Rating / Earnings Estimates

Current Rating
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Strong Buy
Based on 6 analysts offering recommendations.
Earnings Estimates - Current Qtr 06/30/26
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  • Average Estimate $0.71
  • Number of Estimates 3
  • High Estimate $0.75
  • Low Estimate $0.66
  • Prior Year $0.66
  • Growth Rate Est. (year over year) +7.58%

Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
26.69 +3.71%
on 04/27/26
29.44 -5.98%
on 04/17/26
-0.60 (-2.12%)
since 04/08/26
3-Month
25.60 +8.13%
on 03/09/26
30.00 -7.73%
on 02/11/26
-2.16 (-7.24%)
since 02/06/26
52-Week
22.51 +22.94%
on 06/20/25
30.32 -8.71%
on 02/04/26
+3.75 (+15.67%)
since 05/08/25

Most Recent Stories

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Business First: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Business First: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

BFST : 27.68 (+0.36%)
Business First Bancshares, Inc., Announces Financial Results for Q1 2026

BATON ROUGE, La. , April 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST) (Business First), parent company of b1BANK, today announced its unaudited results for the quarter...

BFST : 27.68 (+0.36%)
Business First Bancshares, Inc. Completes $85.0 Million Private Placement of Subordinated Notes

BATON ROUGE, La., April 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) (Business First or the Company), parent company of b1BANK, is pleased to announce the completion of...

BFST : 27.68 (+0.36%)
b1BANK Names Ben Marmande Director of Corporate Banking

BATON ROUGE, La., April 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- b1BANK announced that Ben Marmande has joined the organization as director of corporate banking. Marmande will lead b1BANK’s corporate banking efforts...

BFST : 27.68 (+0.36%)
Business First Bancshares, Inc. Schedules Q1 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call for April 27

BATON ROUGE, La., April 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST), the parent company of b1BANK, announced that it will release its financial results for the first quarter...

BFST : 27.68 (+0.36%)
b1BANK partners with Covecta to deploy agentic AI

The multi-year partnership will integrate agentic AI into key stages of b1BANK’s banking lifecycle, helping teams work faster, improve controls, and increase capacity while maintaining strong risk and...

BFST : 27.68 (+0.36%)
Business First: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Business First: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

BFST : 27.68 (+0.36%)
Business First Bancshares, Inc., Announces Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2025 and Q4 2025

BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST) (Business First), parent company of b1BANK, today announced its unaudited results for the quarter ended...

BFST : 27.68 (+0.36%)
Business First Bancshares, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call  

BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) (Business First), the parent company of b1BANK, announced it is scheduled to release fourth quarter...

BFST : 27.68 (+0.36%)
Business First Bancshares, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Progressive Bank

BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) (Business First), the holding company for b1BANK, announced today the successful completion of its previously...

BFST : 27.68 (+0.36%)

Business Summary

Business First Bancshares Inc. provides commercial and personal banking services to small to midsize businesses. Its services includes checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, consumer loans, commercial and non-profit checking, commercial interest checking,...

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Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 28.10
2nd Resistance Point 27.95
1st Resistance Point 27.82
Last Price 27.68
1st Support Level 27.54
2nd Support Level 27.39
3rd Support Level 27.26

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52-Week High 30.32
Last Price 27.68
Fibonacci 61.8% 27.34
Fibonacci 50% 26.42
Fibonacci 38.2% 25.50
52-Week Low 22.51

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