Business First Bancshares, Inc.(BFST) Stock Research - Grey Stern Research
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Stock Analysis

$24.50 (-1.09%)

BFST Financial Performance


Use the table below to view Business First Bancshares, Inc.'s financial profile. This data is gathers from the latest available financial statements. Annual data is taken from the trailing 12 months of statements. All numbers are reported in US Dollars and so any foreign currencies are converted to USD so comparison's can be done.

Based on Financial Statements from Q2 - 2024

Metric Value Ranking among Peers
Price $24.50 -
52 Week Low $18.97 -
52 Week High $30.30 -
Market Cap $724.0 Million 1/12
Gross Margin 100% 1/12
Profit Margin 14% 6/12
EBITDA margin 0% 4/12
Q2 - 2024 Revenue $116.1 Million 1/12
Q2 - 2024 Earnings $16.5 Million 1/12
Q2 - 2024 Free Cash Flow $0 Million 4/12
Trailing 4 Quarters Revenue $414.8 Million 1/12
Trailing 4 Quarters Earnings $65.1 Million 1/12
Quarterly Earnings Growth 4% 7/12
Annual Earnings Growth -16% 8/12
Quarterly Revenue Growth 15% 6/12
Annual Revenue Growth 42% 6/12
Cash On Hand $319.1 Million 1/12
Short Term Debt $0 2/12
Long Term Debt $0 5/12

Business First Bancshares, Inc. Financial Metrics


Financial metrics are a set of useful numbers that can give key performance indicators of a company. The various metrics can include information about profitability, growth, and debt load. When combined and use properly they can tell an analyst a compelling fact-based story of how the company is currently performing. To compare Business First Bancshares, Inc.'s metrics versus it's peers make sure to run our peer analysis tool.

Valuation Metrics

Metric Value Ranking among Peers
PE 11.12 10/12
PS 1.75 8/12
PB 0.91 5/12
PC 2.27 7/12
Liabilities to Equity 8.83 7/12
ROA 0.01 1/12
ROE 0.08 3/12
Current Ratio 1.11 5/12
Quick Ratio 0.17 3/12
Long Term Debt to Equity 0.00 5/12
Debt to Equity 0.00 6/12
Burn Rate -19.35 10/12
Cash to Cap 0.44 4/12
CCR 10/12
EV to EBITDA -1.00 4/12
EV to Revenue -1.00 4/12

Company Details

Business First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for b1BANK that provides various banking products and services. 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 commercial lines of credit, letters of credit, working capital, term, equipment financing, asset acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing base, and other loan products; 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 services 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. As of March 01, 2022, it operates approximately 48 full-service banking centers and three loan production offices across Louisiana, and in the Dallas and Houston markets. Business First Bancshares, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

CEO: Mr. David Melville

Website: https://www.b1bank.com

Address: 500 Laurel St Ste 101 Baton Rouge, LOUISIANA

Exchange: NASDAQ Global Select

Industry: Banks—Regional

Business First Bancshares, Inc. Peer Analysis


A useful and more reliable way of seeing the health of a company is to compare it to other companies operating in the same sector. Below is our list of companies which we rank are the closest peers to Business First Bancshares, Inc.. If you feel that peers should be added or removed from this list please contact us. To run an in-depth peer analysis which compares many financial metrics click on the link below.

Stock Ticker Market Cap
Investar Holding Corporation ISTR $190.7 Million
First Northwest Bancorp FNWB $90.3 Million
First Financial Northwest, Inc. FFNW $208.2 Million
First Community Corporation FCCO $182.9 Million
Community West Bancshares CWBC $350.9 Million
First Capital, Inc. FCAP $159.3 Million
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana HFBL $40.6 Million
HMN Financial, Inc. HMNF $125.0 Million
HV Bancorp, Inc. HVBC $77.4 Million
Finward Bancorp FNWD $131.0 Million
Cullman Bancorp, Inc. CULL $69.4 Million
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Income Statement
Balance Sheet
Cash Flow Statement
BFST Income Statements
Quarter Year Revenue Earnings
Q4 2024 $ 116.1 Million $16.5 Million
Q3 2024 $ 81.9 Million $17.8 Million
Q2 2024 $ 111.7 Million $17.2 Million
Q1 2024 $ 105.1 Million $13.6 Million
Q4 2023 $ 100.6 Million $15.8 Million
Q3 2023 $ 63.7 Million $20.5 Million
Q2 2023 $ 61.5 Million $19.7 Million
Q1 2023 $ 61.0 Million $15.0 Million

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BFST Balance Sheets
Quarter Year Cash & Equivalents Total Assets Total Debt Total Equity
Q4 2024 $319.1 Million $7.9 Billion $0 $799.5 Million
Q3 2024 $101.4 Million $6.4 Billion $0 $699.5 Million
Q2 2024 $208.1 Million $6.7 Billion $428.5 Million $664.5 Million
Q1 2024 $397.2 Million $6.7 Billion $430.3 Million $649.0 Million
Q4 2023 $226.1 Million $6.6 Billion $635.1 Million $644.3 Million
Q3 2023 $191.5 Million $6.5 Billion $619.2 Million $604.4 Million
Q2 2023 $181.0 Million $6.5 Billion $771.0 Million $601.0 Million
Q1 2023 $159.8 Million $6.3 Billion $820.7 Million $597.7 Million

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BFST Cash Flow Statements
Quarter Year freeCashFlow capitalExpenditure netChangeInCash
Q3 2024 $25.8 Million $4.4 Million $5.1 Million
Q2 2024 $14.0 Million -$1.1 Million $22.1 Million
Q1 2024 $0 $0 $0
Q4 2023 $3.3 Million $0 $3.3 Million
Q3 2023 $1.7 Million $0 $1.7 Million
Q2 2023 $0 $0 -$61,000
Q1 2023 $20.9 Million -$2.1 Million $7.0 Million
Q4 2022 $10.8 Million -$588,000 $69,000

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