Business First Bancshares Inc
General ticker "BFST" information:
- Sector: Financials
- Industry: Banks
- Capitalization: $706.1M
Business First Bancshares Inc follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 56.2%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.9%: low 25.42$, high 26.40$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends: last record date 2024-11-15, amount 0.14$ (Y2.17%)
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are below 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 2023-12-31 to 2025-12-30
- 2023-12-31 to 2024-12-30 estimated range: [19.77$, 29.40$]
- 2024-12-30 to 2025-12-30 estimated range: [24.67$, 35.14$]
Financial Metrics affecting the BFST estimates:
- Positive: Non-GAAP EPS, $ of 2.62 > 2.29
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 35.18 > 19.51
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share, $ of -20.78 <= -3.48
- Positive: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 16.44 > 12.76
- Positive: -0.25 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 1.07
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Long-term BFST plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $186.56MM | $227.54MM | $245.83MM |
| Operating Expenses | $122.00MM | $124.45MM | $116.10MM |
| Operating Income | $64.56MM | $103.09MM | $129.73MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $0.00MM | $-34.50MM | $-39.15MM |
| Interest Expense | $16.55MM | $36.54MM | $138.20MM |
| Income(Loss) | $64.56MM | $68.59MM | $90.59MM |
| Taxes | $12.42MM | $14.34MM | $19.54MM |
| Profit(Loss) | $52.14MM | $54.26MM | $71.04MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $433.37MM | $580.48MM | $644.26MM |
| Inventory | $316.44MM | $195.38MM | $0.00MM |
| Assets | $4,726.38MM | $5,990.46MM | $6,584.55MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $56.44MM | $69.58MM | $92.43MM |
| Capital expenditure | $3.97MM | $7.78MM | $11.65MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-675.35MM | $-700.52MM | $-521.14MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $538.15MM | $715.31MM | $502.08MM |
| Earnings Per Share* | $2.54 | $2.34 | $2.62 |
* EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.