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Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)

Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)
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Company Info

Business First Bancshares Inc 500 LAUREL STREET SUITE 101 BATON ROUGE LA 70801 USA

www.b1bank.com Employees: 872 P: 225-248-7600 F: 225-248-7650

Sector:

Finance

Description:

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, business sweep investment, essential business checking, business value checking accounts, business loans, cash management and merchant processing and other services. The company operates primarily in Baton Rouge, Brusly, Covington, Denham Springs, Erwinville, Gonzales, Houma, Lafayette, New Orleans, Shreveport, Port Allen, Zachary and Lake Charles, Louisiana as well as Dallas, Texas. Business First Bancshares Inc. is based in Clayton, United States.

Key Statistics

Overview:

Market Capitalization, $K 849,654
Enterprise Value, $K 814,624
Shares Outstanding, K 29,615
Float, K 27,933
% Float 94.32%
Short Interest, K 249
Short Float 0.84%
Days to Cover 1.66
Short Volume Ratio 0.56
% of Insider Shareholders 5.68%
% of Institutional Shareholders 47.35%

Financials:

Annual Sales, $ 516,550 K
Annual Net Income, $ 87,860 K
Last Quarter Sales, $ 130,010 K
Last Quarter Net Income, $ 22,360 K
EBIT, $ 100,320 K
EBITDA, $ 110,230 K

Growth:

1-Year Return 4.24%
3-Year Return 40.45%
5-Year Return 30.86%
5-Year Revenue Growth 201.51%
5-Year Earnings Growth 38.05%
5-Year Dividend Growth 42.50%

Per-Share Information:

Most Recent Earnings 0.72 on 10/23/25
Next Earnings Date 04/23/26
Earnings Per Share ttm 2.82
EPS Growth vs. Prev Qtr 9.72%
EPS Growth vs. Prev Year 19.70%
Annual Dividend & Yield (Paid) 0.58 (2.02%)
Annual Dividend & Yield (Fwd) 0.60 (2.05%)
Most Recent Dividend 0.150 on 02/13/26
Next Ex-Dividends Date 02/13/26
Dividend Payable Date 02/28/26
Dividend Payout Ratio 19.01%

BFST Ratios

Ratio
Price/Earnings ttm 10.39
Price/Earnings forward 9.68
Price/Earnings to Growth N/A
Return-on-Equity % 11.42%
Return-on-Assets % 1.13%
Profit Margin % 17.01%
Debt/Equity 0.53
Price/Sales 1.68
Price/Cash Flow 11.38
Price/Book 1.08
Book Value/Share 29.66
Interest Coverage 0.00
60-Month Beta 0.86

BFST Dividends

Date Value
02/13/26 $0.1500
11/14/25 $0.1500
08/15/25 $0.1400
05/15/25 $0.1400
02/14/25 $0.1400
11/15/24 $0.1400
08/15/24 $0.1400
05/14/24 $0.1400
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