BFST

Business First Bancshares Inc

BFST, USA

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.

https://www.b1bank.com

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Analyst Ratings & Sentiment

(Last Updated 2025-09-30)

Rating:

STRONG BUY

Target Price:

$31.7

Analyst Picks

Strong Buy

4

Buy

1

Hold

0

Sell

0

Strong Sell

0

Sentiment:

Bullish

Finn Analysis

(Last Updated 2025-09-30)

Health Score

Price to Earnings Ratio (P/E)

-

Very High

10.46

Low ≥ 50

High ≤ 10

Price to Book Ratio (P/B)

-

Very Low

0.91

Low ≤ 1

High ≥ 3

Return on Equity (ROE)

-

Very Low

2.60 %

Low ≤ 5%

High ≥ 25%

Return on Assets (ROA)

-

Very Low

0.29 %

Low ≤ 2%

High ≥ 10%

Free Cash Flow - Revenue % (FCF)

-

Very High

24.63 %

Low ≤ 5%

High ≥ 15%

Debt to Equity

-

Very Low

8.05

Low ≥ 1

High ≤ 0.3

Investors

* Institutions hold a combined 59.25% of the total shares of Business First Bancshares Inc

1.

BlackRock Inc

(7.4874%)

since

2025/06/30

2.

Vanguard Group Inc

(5.315%)

since

2025/06/30

3.

HHG PLC

(3.3857%)

since

2025/06/30

4.

Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.

(3.3351%)

since

2025/06/30

5.

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv

(2.7678%)

since

2025/07/31

6.

Janus Henderson Small Cap Value L

(2.4838%)

since

2025/06/30

7.

Geode Capital Management, LLC

(2.3554%)

since

2025/06/30

8.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

(2.2863%)

since

2025/08/31

9.

American Century Companies Inc

(2.1927%)

since

2025/06/30

10.

Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF

(1.9494%)

since

2025/08/30

11.

State Street Corp

(1.9434%)

since

2025/06/30

12.

Royce & Associates, LP

(1.8625%)

since

2025/06/30

13.

Manufacturers Life Insurance Co

(1.5241%)

since

2025/06/30

14.

Banc Funds Co LLC

(1.1726%)

since

2025/06/30

15.

Ranger Investment Management LP

(1.161%)

since

2025/06/30

16.

JPMorgan Chase & Co

(1.077%)

since

2025/06/30

17.

Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr

(1.0366%)

since

2025/07/31

18.

Royce Small-Cap Opportunity Invmt

(1.0071%)

since

2025/06/30

19.

Fidelity Small Cap Index

(0.9635%)

since

2025/06/30

20.

Mendon Capital Advisors Corp

(0.9459%)

since

2025/06/30

21.

Northern Trust Corp

(0.941%)

since

2025/06/30

22.

iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF

(0.8499%)

since

2025/08/31

23.

Curi Capital, LLC

(0.8445%)

since

2025/06/30

24.

RMB Mendon Financial Services A

(0.8445%)

since

2025/07/31

25.

Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc

(0.7808%)

since

2025/06/30

26.

FTGF RY US SmCp Opp A USD Dis(A)

(0.7659%)

since

2025/08/31

27.

Acadian Asset Management LLC

(0.7523%)

since

2025/06/30

28.

JHancock Regional Bank A

(0.7306%)

since

2025/07/31

29.

Millennium Management LLC

(0.7187%)

since

2025/06/30

30.

JH Financial Opportunities

(0.6164%)

since

2025/07/31

31.

Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC

(0.6066%)

since

2025/06/30

32.

DFA US Small Cap Value I

(0.5986%)

since

2025/07/31

33.

Franklin Resources Inc

(0.5889%)

since

2025/06/30

34.

Kennedy Extended Small Cap

(0.5592%)

since

2024/12/31

35.

Fidelity Extended Market Index

(0.5069%)

since

2025/07/31

36.

Janus Henderson US SM Cap Val A2 USD

(0.4853%)

since

2025/07/31

37.

Janus Strategic Val A USD

(0.4853%)

since

2025/06/30

38.

Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF

(0.4581%)

since

2025/07/31

39.

Schwab US Small-Cap ETFâ„¢

(0.4499%)

since

2025/08/30

40.

Ranger Micro Cap

(0.417%)

since

2025/06/30

* Investors data is estimated based on stocks listed on Finnton that are currently held by Institution/Fund.

Earnings History

EPS ActualEPS EstimateEPS DifferenceSurprise Percent

Upcoming Earnings Release

Date

—

EPS Estimate

—

Latest Release

Date

2025-12-31

EPS Actual

—

EPS Estimate

0.71

EPS Difference

0

Surprise Percent

0%

Investing Fit Scorecard

(Last Updated 2025-09-30)

Deep Value
Strong Deep Value(8)
Defensive
Highly Defensive(6.5)
Dividend
Decent Dividend Payer(3.5)
Economic Moat
Wide Moat Company(7.3)
GARP
Not Attractive for GARP(3)
Growth
Weak Growth Prospect(3)
Momentum
Moderate Momentum(4)
Net Net
Not Undervalued (Net-Net)(3)
Quality
Moderate Quality(5)
Value
Undervalued(6.5)

Income Statement

(Last Updated 2025-09-30)

Revenue

$ 0

Cost Of Revenue

$ 0

Gross Profit

$ 0

Operating Expenses

$ 0

Operating Income

$ 0

Interest Expense

$ 0

Pretax Income

$ 0

Net Income

$ 0

Income Tax Expense

$ 0

EBITDA

$ 0

Total Other Income Expense Net

$ 0

Earnings Per Share

0

Dividends Per Share

0

Shares Outstanding

0

Operating Margin

0%

Trend

Balance Sheet

(Last Updated 2025-09-30)

Cash

$ 0

Short Term Investments

$ 0

Receivables

$ 0

Inventories

$ 0

Total Current Assets

$ 0

Property Plant Equipment

$ 0

Total Assets

$ 0

Payables

$ 0

Short Term Debt

$ 0

Long Term Debt

$ 0

Total Liabilities

$ 0

Equity

$ 0

Trend

Cash Flow

(Last Updated 2025-09-30)

Net Income

$ 0

Depreciation

$ 0

Change In Working Capital

$ 0

Cash From Operations

$ 0

Capital Expenditures

$ 0

Cash From Investing

$ 0

Cash From Financing

$ 0

Net Change In Cash

$ 0

Trend

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