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Ticker
BFST

Price
24.54
Stock movement down
-0.20 (-0.81%)
Company name
Business First Bancshares Inc
Exchange
(NASDAQ
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Financial Services >
Banks - Regional
Market cap
729.19M
Ent value
6.71B
Price/Sales
1.90
Price/Book
1.04
Div yield
2.44%
Div growth
-
Growth years
4
FCF payout
-
Trailing P/E
11.32
Forward P/E
8.08
PEG
-
EPS growth
18.14%
1 year return
-7.54%
3 year return
-
5 year return
-
10 year return
-
Last updated: 2025-10-30

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DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share0.60
Dividend yield2.44%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield2.60%
Average yield2.24%
Minimum yield1.88%
Discount to avg yield8.24%
Upside potential8.98%
Yield as % of max yield93.87%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield2.44%
Current yield distribution7.52%
Yield at 100% (Min)1.88%
Yield at 90%2.01%
Yield at 80%2.12%
Yield at 50% (Median)2.26%
Yield at 20%2.38%
Yield at 10%2.43%
Yield at 0% (Max)2.60%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth4 years
CCC status-
Dividend per share0.60
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Ex-div date14 Nov 2025
EPS (TTM)-
EPS (1y forward)3.01
EPS growth (5y)18.14%
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
BFSTS&P500
DGR MR7.14%-13.74%
DGR TTM1.79%6.60%
DGR 3 years7.72%5.24%
DGR 5 years-5.40%
DGR 10 years-7.07%
DGR 15 years-6.12%
Time since last change announced18 days
EPS growth (5y)18.14%
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM--
Average--
Forward19.75%-

VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E11.32
Price to OCF11.16
Price to FCF14.43
Price to EBITDA10.58
EV to EBITDA97.29

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales1.90
Price to Book1.04
EV to Sales17.47

FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count29.71M
EPS (TTM)-
FCF per share (TTM)-

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)-
Gross profit (TTM)-
Operating income (TTM)-
Net income (TTM)-
EPS (TTM)-
EPS (1y forward)3.01

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)-
Operating margin (TTM)-
Profit margin (TTM)-

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash399.08M
Net receivables6.00B
Total current assets7.39B
Goodwill121.15M
Intangible assets15.14M
Property, plant and equipment0.00
Total assets7.95B
Accounts payable0.00
Short/Current long term debt494.89M
Total current liabilities0.00
Total liabilities7.08B
Shareholder's equity878.44M
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)-
Capital expenditures (TTM)-
Free cash flow (TTM)-
Dividends paid (TTM)-

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity-
Return on Assets-
Return on Invested Capital-
Cash Return on Invested Capital-

STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open24.53
Daily high25.82
Daily low24.50
Daily Volume99K
All-time high29.86
1y analyst estimate30.63
Beta0.88
EPS (TTM)-
Dividend per share0.60
Ex-div date14 Nov 2025
Next earnings date22 Jan 2026

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
BFSTS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-17.82%-1.10%
Highest price drop-28.00%-19.00%
Date of highest drop8 Apr 20258 Apr 2025
Avg drop from high-15.72%-2.76%
Avg time to new high133 days5 days
Max time to new high243 days89 days
COMPANY DETAILS
BFST (Business First Bancshares Inc) company logo
Marketcap
729.19M
Marketcap category
Small-cap
Description
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.
Employees
849
Investor relations
-
SEC filings
CEO
David R. Melville
Country
USA
City
Baton Rouge
Stock type
Common stock
CCC status
-
Dividend Frequency
Quarterly
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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