Business First Bancshares, Inc.
General ticker "BFST" information:
- Sector: Financials
- Industry: Banks - Regional
- Capitalization: $685.6M (TTM average)
Business First Bancshares, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 46.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.1%: low 26.65$, high 27.26$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-01-22 amc
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-11-15, amount 0.15$ (Y2.21%)
- Total employees count: 872 (+13.2%) as of 2024
- Company does not operate outside US (retrieved using AI)
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Loan portfolio risks, Reputation and brand risks, Strategic risks and growth management
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are close to our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [23.16$, 31.60$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [22.26$, 31.22$]
Financial Metrics affecting the BFST estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 10.4 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 30.58 > 18.33
- Negative: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 10.18 <= 19.35
- Positive: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 10.65 > 10.14
- Positive: 6.63 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 9.05
- Positive: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 21.25 > 9.53
- Negative: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 0.82 <= 1.77
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $228.89MM | $251.77MM | $271.58MM |
| Operating Expenses | $160.29MM | $161.19MM | $188.53MM |
| Operating Income | $68.59MM | $90.59MM | $83.05MM |
| Interest Expense | $36.54MM | $138.20MM | $187.38MM |
| Income(Loss) | $68.59MM | $90.59MM | $83.05MM |
| Taxes | $14.34MM | $19.54MM | $17.94MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $54.26MM | $71.04MM | $65.11MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $580.48MM | $644.26MM | $799.47MM |
| Assets | $5,990.46MM | $6,584.55MM | $7,857.09MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $69.58MM | $92.43MM | $61.40MM |
| Capital expenditure | $7.78MM | $11.65MM | $1.56MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-700.52MM | $-521.14MM | $-294.91MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $715.31MM | $502.08MM | $326.50MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $2.40 | $2.83 | $2.48 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.