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Ticker
BFST

Price
23.94
Stock movement down
-0.33 (-1.36%)
Company name
Business First Bancshares Inc
Exchange
(NASDAQ
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Financial Services >
Banks - Regional
Market cap
707.22M
Ent value
6.68B
Price/Sales
1.84
Price/Book
1.01
Div yield
2.34%
Div growth
-
Growth years
4
FCF payout
38.92%
Trailing P/E
10.97
Forward P/E
9.36
PEG
-
EPS growth
18.14%
1 year return
14.16%
3 year return
4.30%
5 year return
13.61%
10 year return
-
Last updated: 2025-05-29

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DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share0.56
Dividend yield2.34%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield3.51%
Average yield2.32%
Minimum yield1.64%
Discount to avg yield0.87%
Upside potential0.88%
Yield as % of max yield66.57%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield2.34%
Current yield distribution39.21%
Yield at 100% (Min)1.64%
Yield at 90%1.91%
Yield at 80%2.00%
Yield at 50% (Median)2.23%
Yield at 20%2.66%
Yield at 10%2.91%
Yield at 0% (Max)3.51%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth4 years
CCC status-
Dividend per share0.56
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Ex-div date15 May 2025
EPS (TTM)2.53
EPS (1y forward)2.56
EPS growth (5y)18.14%
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
BFSTS&P500
DGR MR16.67%-13.74%
DGR TTM7.69%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 announced583 days
EPS growth (5y)18.14%
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM30.52%38.92%
Average--
Forward21.89%-

VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E10.97
Price to OCF10.82
Price to FCF14.00
Price to EBITDA10.26
EV to EBITDA96.97

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales1.84
Price to Book1.01
EV to Sales17.41

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count29.54M
EPS (TTM)2.53
FCF per share (TTM)1.99

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)383.87M
Gross profit (TTM)383.87M
Operating income (TTM)-95.80M
Net income (TTM)64.44M
EPS (TTM)2.53
EPS (1y forward)2.56

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)100.00%
Operating margin (TTM)-24.96%
Profit margin (TTM)16.79%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash213.20M
Net receivables5.21B
Total current assets6.34B
Goodwill91.53M
Intangible assets10.33M
Property, plant and equipment0.00
Total assets6.89B
Accounts payable3.75M
Short/Current long term debt472.02M
Total current liabilities2.08B
Total liabilities6.19B
Shareholder's equity699.52M
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)65.35M
Capital expenditures (TTM)14.82M
Free cash flow (TTM)50.53M
Dividends paid (TTM)19.67M

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity9.21%
Return on Assets0.94%
Return on Invested Capital8.94%
Cash Return on Invested Capital7.01%

STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open24.22
Daily high24.23
Daily low23.91
Daily Volume67K
All-time high29.86
1y analyst estimate33.25
Beta0.96
EPS (TTM)2.53
Dividend per share0.56
Ex-div date15 May 2025
Next earnings date23 Jul 2025

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
BFSTS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-19.83%-4.11%
Highest price drop-66.64%-56.47%
Date of highest drop19 Mar 20209 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-22.98%-11.06%
Avg time to new high256 days12 days
Max time to new high937 days1805 days
COMPANY DETAILS
BFST (Business First Bancshares Inc) company logo
Marketcap
707.22M
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, 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
751
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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