Business First Bancshares, Inc.
General ticker "BFST" information:
- Sector: Financials
- Industry: Banks - Regional
- Capitalization: $742.5M (TTM average)
Business First Bancshares, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 50.9%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.0%: low 27.78$, high 28.34$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-05-15, amount 0.15$ (Y2.16%)
- 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 3 months up through Q1 exceed 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 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [23.49$, 31.87$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [23.47$, 32.30$]
Financial Metrics affecting the BFST estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 9.6 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 6.59 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 11.53
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 22.15 > 18.39
- Negative: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 10.92 <= 19.24
- Positive: -3.75 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 1.06
- Negative: -0.16 < Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0
- Positive: Industry earnings per price (median), % of 7.25 > 4.45
- Positive: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 10.80 > 10.39
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $385.62MM | $457.75MM | $511.93MM |
| Operating Expenses | $295.03MM | $374.65MM | $398.52MM |
| Operating Income | $90.59MM | $83.09MM | $113.41MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $0.00MM | $-0.04MM | $-3.10MM |
| Interest Expense | $138.20MM | $187.38MM | $191.85MM |
| Income(Loss) | $90.59MM | $83.05MM | $110.31MM |
| Taxes | $19.54MM | $17.94MM | $22.45MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $71.04MM | $65.11MM | $87.86MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $644.26MM | $799.47MM | $896.88MM |
| Assets | $6,584.55MM | $7,857.09MM | $8,214.74MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $90.97MM | $61.41MM | $92.08MM |
| Capital expenditure | $11.65MM | $1.56MM | $0.07MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-521.14MM | $-294.92MM | $-281.53MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $503.54MM | $326.50MM | $281.52MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $2.83 | $2.48 | $2.97 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.