BFST - Business First Bancshares Inc
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BFST - Business First Bancshares Inc

https://www.b1bank.com
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call - Business First Bancshares ( NASDAQ:BFST )
Benzinga • 2 months, 1 week ago • score: 0.48
BATON ROUGE, La., July 02, 2025 ( GLOBE NEWSWIRE ) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. BFST, the parent company of b1BANK, announced today that it is scheduled to release its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2025, before market open on Monday, July 28, 2025, at 7:00 a.m.
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. Appoints Alejandro M. Sanchez to its Board of Directors - Popular ( NASDAQ:BPOP ) , Business First Bancshares ( NASDAQ:BFST )
Benzinga • 4 months, 2 weeks ago • score: 0.52
BATON ROUGE, La., April 30, 2025 ( GLOBE NEWSWIRE ) -- Business First Bancshares Inc. BFST, the holding company for b1BANK, has announced the appointment of Alejandro M. Sanchez to the Business First Bancshares, Inc. Board of Directors and b1BANK Board of Directors, effective March 27, 2025.
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As of 2025-09-10 (Snapshot)

Business First Bancshares, Inc. is the banking holding company for b1BANK offering various banking products and services. The company is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

52W High
$29.66
52W Low
$19.84

MA Status:
50D: Below 200D: Below
Beta (~1 neutral, <0.9 lower risk)
0.84
Valuation
Attractive
As of 2025-06-30 (Overview)
Trailing P/E (<15 better)
10.02
Forward P/E (<15 better)
9.68
EV/EBITDA (<8 favorable)
N/A
EV/Revenue (<3 favorable)
4.60
P/S (TTM) (<3 favorable)
2.56
P/B (<3 favorable)
0.96
Ownership
Balanced
Source: Overview
Insiders (1–5% typical)
4.79%
Institutions (25–75% balanced)
51.64%
Shares Outstanding
29,603,000
Float
28,108,300
Dividend Yield (2–6% sweet spot)
0.02%
Ex‑Dividend Date
2025-08-15
Income & Growth
Profitability: Weak
As of 2025-06-30 (Overview)
Revenue (TTM)
291,096,000
Gross Profit (TTM)
291,096,000
EPS (TTM)
2.51
Profit Margin (>10% good)
0.26%
Operating Margin (TTM) (higher better)
0.36%
ROE (TTM) (>15% strong)
0.10%
EPS YoY (Quarterly) (>10% good)
0.13
Revenue YoY (Quarterly) (>8% good)
0.22
Momentum
Bearish momentum
Value
0.1118
Previous
0.1786
Trend
Falling
Signal Cross
No cross

As of
Sep. 12, 2025