Financials / Banks - RegionalUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Business First Bancshares, Inc. has a live ticker hub with the latest available market, valuation, profitability, growth, ownership, and risk indicators.

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Fair value pending

Upside to midpoint

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

904.5M

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Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

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Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E9.2

P25 8.8P50 10.4P75 13.1

Trailing P/E9.8

P25 10.9P50 14.7P75 36.2

ROE10

P25 4.9P50 10.4P75 15

ROICn/a

P25 -1.3P50 6.6P75 12.7

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Indicator catalog

All BFST market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

236

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 236 of 236 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001624322
Company name	Business First Bancshares, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	12326C105
Employees	842
Employees Change	-30%
Employees Change Percent	-3.44
Enterprise value	$605.8M
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Banks - Regional
IPO Date	2018-04-09
Isin	US12326C1053
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$904.5M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$27.68
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	384,747.03x
Sector	Financials
Sic	6022
Symbol	BFST
Website	https://www.b1bank.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	9.45%
EV Earnings	7.09x
EV Sales Forward	1.57x
EV/FCF	6.64x
EV/Sales	1.87x
FCF yield	10.08%
Forward P/E	9.22x
P/B ratio	0.98x
P/E ratio	9.82x
P/S ratio	2.79x
PE Ratio10 Y	13.11x
PE Ratio3 Y	9.51x
PE Ratio5 Y	9.65x
PS Forward	2.34x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
FCF margin	28.15%
Gross Profit	$324M
Net Income	$85.5M
Net Income Growth	26.09%
Net Income Growth Q	14.71%
Net Income Growth Quarters	6%
Net Income Growth Years	1%
Net Income Growth3 Y	13.9%
Net Income Growth5 Y	17.71%
Pretax Margin	35.19%
Profit Margin	28.05%
Profit Per Employee	$101,521
Profitable Years	13
ROA	1.09
Roa5y	1.06
ROE	10
Roe5y	10.81

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr1y	20.54%
Cagr3y	28.28%
Cagr5y	5.02%
Div CAGR3	7.12%
Div CAGR5	7.03%
EPS Growth	15.94
EPS Growth Q	4.62
EPS Growth Quarters	5
EPS Growth Years	1
EPS Growth3 Y	5.07
EPS Growth5 Y	8.51
FCF Growth	13.81%
FCF Growth Q	-2.96%
FCF Growth3 Y	10.77%
FCF Growth5 Y	18.76%
OCF Growth	9.5%
OCF Growth Q	-6.58%
OCF Growth10 Y	37.31%
OCF Growth3 Y	7.28%
OCF Growth5 Y	16.97%
Revenue Growth	17.06x
Revenue Growth Q	14.78x
Revenue Growth Quarters	9x
Revenue Growth Years	11x
Revenue Growth3 Y	11.91x
Revenue Growth5 Y	15.45x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Assets	$8.9B
Cash	$708.8M
Debt	$410M
Debt FCF	$4.5
Equity	$991.2M
Liabilities	$7.9B
Net Cash	$298.8M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$33.03
Net Cash Growth	1,656.95%
Net Debt Equity	$-0.3
Net Debt FCF	$-3.28
Tangible Book Value	$756.3M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$23.18
WACC	5.88

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Working Capital	$-6.7B

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-10.46%
Dividend Growth	5.36%
Dividend Growth Years	8%
Dividend per share	$0.6
Dividend Years	9
Dividend Yield	2.17%
Ex Div Date	2026-05-15
Last Dividend	$0.15
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	20.94%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
1Y total return	20.53%
200-day SMA	26.08
3Y total return	111.15%
50-day SMA	27.38
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	27.74%
All Time High	30.32
All Time High Change	-8.71%
All Time High Date	2026-02-04
All Time Low	9.17
All Time Low Change	201.85%
All Time Low Date	2020-03-23
ATR	0.68
Beta	0.78
Beta1y	0.73
Beta2y	0.94
Ch YTD	5.89
High	27.81
High52	30.32
High52 Date	2026-02-04
High52ch	-8.71%
Low	27.53
Low52	22.52
Low52 Date	2025-06-20
Low52ch	22.94%
Ma50ch	1.1%
Premarket Change Percent	-0.18
Premarket Price	$27.53
Premarket Volume	247
Price vs 200-day SMA	6.14%
RSI	49.98
RSI Monthly	58.94
RSI Weekly	53.62
Sharpe ratio	0.7x
Sortino ratio	1.31
Total Return	-8.29%
Tr YTD	6.44
Tr1m	0.04%
Tr1w	0.65%
Tr3m	-6.76%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	4
Analyst Count Top	3
Analyst Price Target Top	$33
Analyst Ratings	Strong Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Strong Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.69
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	6.15
Earnings Revenue Estimate	90,755,400x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	14.58x
Operating Income	$119.3M
Operating margin	36.84
Price target	$32.75
Price Target Change	$18.32
Price Target Change Top	$19.22

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	30,885,953%
Float Percent	94.52%
Net Borrowing	-56,895,000
Shares Insiders	5.44%
Shares Institutions	60.87%
Shares Out	32,677,968
Shares Qo Q	10.5%
Shares Yo Y	10.46%
Short Float	1.53%
Short Ratio	2.16
Short Shares	1.45

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$86.1M
Average Volume	166,354.25x
Bv Per Share	28.18
CAPEX	$1M
Ch1m	0.04
Ch1w	0.65
Ch1y	17.84
Ch3m	-7.24
Ch3y	96.17
Ch5y	14
Ch6m	12.25
Change	0.36%
Change From Open	0.54
Close	27.58
Days Gap	-0.18
Dollar Volume	3,019,251.4
Earnings Date	2026-04-27
Earnings Time	bmo
EPS	$2.82
F Score	4
FCF	$91.2M
FCF EV Yield	15.06x
FCF Per Share	$2.79
Financing CF	286,398,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	2,006
Goodwill	133,564,000
Graham Number	42.26215
Graham Upside	52.68
Income Tax	$23.1M
Investing CF	-99,683,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-27
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-26
Lynch Fair Value	$49.9
Lynch Upside	80.28
Ma150	26.68
Ma150ch	3.75%
Ma20	27.95
Ma20ch	-0.97%
Net CF	276,917,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-27
Open	27.53
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	9.92
P OCF Ratio	10.03
Payment Date	2026-05-29
Position In Range	53.57
Ppne	88,421,000
Pre Close	27.58
Price Date	2026-05-08
Ptbv Ratio	1.2
Relative Volume	0.66x
Revenue	323,957,000x
SBC By Revenue	1.58x
Share Based Comp	5,117,000
Tax By Revenue	7.13x
Tax Rate	20.27%
Tr6m	13.5%
Us State	Louisiana
Volume	109,077

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Moat score

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Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

Final action steps are kept in the recommendation tab.

Income

BFST dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+2.2%

$0.60 annual per share

Payout ratio

+20.9%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+7.0%

8 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

-8.3%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-05-15

Performance

BFST stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns BFST?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+60.9%

Float: +94.5% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+5.4%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

BFST momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

50.0

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+6.1%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.78

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

0.69

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

BFST vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
AXP	American Express Company	215.6B	19.7x	3.1x	11.5%	+15.5%	+15.6%	Giảm
BAC	Bank of America Corporation	364.1B	12.7x	3.3x	—	+6.3%	+28.2%	Giảm
BK	The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation	89.6B	16.2x	4.3x	—	+6.0%	+58.4%	Giảm

Questions

About BFST

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What is the current BFST stock rating?

Business First Bancshares, Inc. is currently shown with the latest rating in the latest report. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full BFST analysis?

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What fair-value range is used for BFST?

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