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Business First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for b1BANK that provides various banking products and services in Louisiana and Texas. It offers various deposit products and services, including checking, demand, money market, time, and savings accounts; and certificates of deposits, remote deposit capture, and direct deposit services. The company also provides commercial and industrial loans, such as working capital, term, equipment financing, asset acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing base, and other loan products, as well as commercial lines of credit, accounts receivable factoring, agricultural financing, and letters of credit; construction and development loans; commercial real estate loans; residential real estate loans comprising first and second lien 1-4 family mortgage loans, and home equity lines of credit; and consumer loans, including secured and unsecured installment, and term loans. In addition, it offers wealth management products, including mutual funds, annuities, individual retirement accounts, and other financial products, as well as other fiduciary and private banking products and services. Further, the company provides a range of other financial services comprising debit and credit cards, treasury and cash management, merchant, automated clearing house, lock-box, receivables factoring, correspondent banking, and other treasury services, as well as employee and payroll benefits solutions; and drive-through banking facilities, automated teller machines, night depository, personalized checks, electronic funds transfer, domestic and foreign wire transfer, traveler's checks, vault, loan and deposit sweep accounts, interest-rate swaps, small business administration products, online and mobile banking, e-statements, and bank-by-mail services. Business First Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. more
| Time Frame | BFST | Sector | S&P500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-Week Return | -1.09% | -3.55% | -1.5% |
| 1-Month Return | 9.14% | -2.91% | 0.6% |
| 3-Month Return | 20.21% | 0.39% | 2.43% |
| 6-Month Return | 22.63% | -1.62% | 6.01% |
| 1-Year Return | 5.62% | -1% | 11.48% |
| 3-Year Return | 45.02% | 41.93% | 67.52% |
| 5-Year Return | 33.04% | 60.3% | 73.75% |
| 10-Year Return | 15.4% | 201.33% | 254.46% |
| Dec '21 | Dec '22 | Dec '23 | Dec '24 | Dec '25 | 5YR TREND | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | 203.11M | 264.08M | 385.62M | 457.75M | 511.93M | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":39.68,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":51.59,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":75.33,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":89.42,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":100,"profit":true}] |
| Cost of Revenue | 24.60M | 47.42M | 142.68M | 198.25M | 200.07M | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":12.3,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":23.7,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":71.32,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":99.09,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":100,"profit":true}] |
| Gross Profit | 178.51M | 216.65M | 242.94M | 259.50M | 311.86M | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":57.24,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":69.47,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":77.9,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":83.21,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":100,"profit":true}] |
| Gross Margin | 87.89% | 82.04% | 63.00% | 56.69% | 60.92% | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":100,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":93.35,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":71.68,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":64.5,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":69.31,"profit":true}] |
| Operating Expenses | 113.95M | 148.06M | 152.35M | 176.44M | 198.45M | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":57.42,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":74.61,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":76.77,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":88.91,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":100,"profit":true}] |
| Operating Income | 64.56M | 68.59M | 90.59M | 83.09M | 113.41M | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":56.93,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":60.48,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":79.88,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":73.27,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":100,"profit":true}] |
| Total Non-Operating Income/Expense | 165.10M | 195.40M | 178.28M | 227.34M | - | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":72.62,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":85.95,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":78.42,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":100,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":"-","profit":true}] |
| Pre-Tax Income | 64.56M | 68.59M | 90.59M | 83.05M | 110.31M | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":58.52,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":62.18,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":82.12,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":75.29,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":100,"profit":true}] |
| Income Taxes | 12.42M | 14.34M | 19.54M | 17.94M | 22.45M | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":55.34,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":63.87,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":87.06,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":79.94,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":100,"profit":true}] |
| Income After Taxes | 52.14M | 54.26M | 71.04M | 65.11M | - | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":73.39,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":76.37,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":100,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":91.64,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":"-","profit":true}] |
| Income From Continuous Operations | 52.14M | 54.26M | 73.19M | 65.11M | - | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":71.24,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":74.13,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":100,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":88.96,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":"-","profit":true}] |
| Income From Discontinued Operations | - | - | - | - | - | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":"-","profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":"-","profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":"-","profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":"-","profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":"-","profit":true}] |
| Net Income | 52.14M | 54.26M | 71.04M | 65.11M | 87.86M | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":59.34,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":61.75,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":80.86,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":74.1,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":100,"profit":true}] |
| EPS (Diluted) | 2.61 | 2.51 | 2.62 | 2.48 | 2.82 | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":92.55,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":89.01,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":92.91,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":87.94,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":100,"profit":true}] |
These ratios help you determine the liquidity of the company. Higher is better.
| BFST | |
|---|---|
| Cash Ratio | 1.04 |
| Current Ratio | 5.62 |
These ratios help you understand the company's efficiency in using its assets to generate returns. Higher is better. For ROE, average long term is around 14%, less than 10% is poor.
| BFST | |
|---|---|
| ROA (LTM) | 1.09% |
| ROE (LTM) | 10.36% |
These ratios help you understand the company's liabilities, gauging the riskiness of the investment.
| BFST | |
|---|---|
| Debt Ratio Lower is generally better. Negative is bad. | 0.89 |
| Common Equity/Total Assets Higher is better. Lower can suggest investment is riskier. | 0.11 |
These ratios help you understand the company's valuation. Lower may indicate cheaper stocks.
| BFST | |
|---|---|
| Trailing PE | 10.45 |
| Forward PE | 9.68 |
| P/S (TTM) | 3.06 |
| P/B | 1.16 |
| Price/FCF | 30 |
| EV/R | 4.79 |
| EV/Ebitda | NM |
Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) share price today is $29.29
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The 52-week high price of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) is $30.16. The 52-week low price of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) is $19.62.
The price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) is 10.448
The price-to-book (P/B) ratio of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) is 1.16
The dividend yield of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) is 2.01%
The market capitalization of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) is $956.49M
The stock symbol (or ticker) of Business First Bancshares Inc is BFST
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