BFST

Business First Bancshares, Inc. NASDAQ

Financial Services ·Banks - Regional ·US · b1bank.com

$27.03

Mkt Cap $883.7M

52w Low $22.52 57.8% of range 52w High $30.32

50d MA $27.46 200d MA $26.05

P/E (TTM) 9.9x

EV/EBITDA 7.7x

P/B 0.9x

Debt/Equity 0.6x

ROE 9.8%

P/FCF 8.4x

RSI (14) —

ATR (14) —

Beta 0.82

50d MA $27.46

200d MA $26.05

Avg Volume 196.6K

About

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 a…

Recent Earnings

Date	Time	Est	Rptd	Surp	Base	Gap%	D1%	D2%	D3%	D4%	D5%	Guide ▲★
Apr 27, 2026	BMO	0.69	0.73	+5.8%	28.26	-0.9%	-4.4%	-2.7%	-4.7%	-3.1%	-2.7%	—
Jan 22, 2026	BMO	0.72	0.79	+9.7%	28.21	+0.1%	-0.1%	-3.4%	-2.7%	-3.4%	-4.4%	—
Oct 23, 2025	BMO	0.69	0.72	+4.3%	23.39	+0.3%	+0.0%	+6.9%	+3.7%	+4.7%	+5.8%	—
Jul 28, 2025	BMO	0.65	0.66	+1.5%	25.40	-0.4%	-2.4%	-3.1%	-5.6%	-6.5%	-9.8%	—
Apr 24, 2025	BMO	0.61	0.65	+6.6%	23.21	-0.4%	+1.9%	-2.1%	-0.6%	+1.0%	-0.7%	—
Jan 23, 2025	BMO	0.49	0.66	+34.7%	25.44	-0.6%	+0.0%	+8.8%	+8.9%	+7.3%	+7.8%	—
Oct 24, 2024	BMO	0.57	0.68	+19.3%	25.34	+0.7%	-1.2%	+2.5%	+4.7%	+4.4%	+7.1%	—
Jul 25, 2024	BMO	0.51	0.64	+25.5%	24.68	+0.8%	+2.2%	+6.2%	+3.0%	+3.4%	+3.0%	—
Apr 25, 2024	BMO	0.57	0.50	-12.3%	22.04	-0.5%	-1.2%	-6.3%	-6.8%	-8.4%	-6.1%	—
Jan 23, 2024	BMO	0.60	0.66	+10.0%	23.77	-0.3%	-1.6%	-3.1%	-1.9%	-1.1%	+0.4%	—
Oct 26, 2023	BMO	0.61	0.71	+16.4%	18.42	+0.1%	+0.8%	+3.7%	+5.9%	+6.1%	+6.5%	—
Jul 27, 2023	BMO	0.52	0.70	+34.6%	16.87	+0.8%	+0.8%	+24.2%	+21.2%	+25.8%	+22.0%	—

Recent Analyst Ratings

Date	Firm	Action	Grade	Target	Base	Open	Gap%	D1%	D2%	D3%	D4%	D5%
Apr 28	DA Davidson	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$27.01	$27.37	+1.3%	+1.8%	-0.3%	+1.4%	+1.8%	—
Jan 26	DA Davidson	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$27.26	$27.28	+0.1%	+0.7%	+0.0%	-1.1%	+1.3%	+3.3%
Jan 23	Stephens & Co.	Maintains	Overweight → Overweight	—	$28.17	$28.73	+2.0%	-3.2%	-2.5%	-3.2%	-4.3%	-2.0%
Jan 7	Raymond James	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$26.28	$26.41	+0.5%	-1.0%	+1.5%	+0.4%	+0.3%	-0.4%
Jul 29	DA Davidson	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$24.79	$25.11	+1.3%	-0.7%	-3.3%	-4.2%	-7.5%	-6.5%
Jul 9	DA Davidson	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$26.07	$26.35	+1.1%	+1.1%	+1.2%	-1.2%	+1.2%	-2.1%
Jul 8	Stephens & Co.	Maintains	Overweight → Overweight	—	$25.85	$26.06	+0.8%	+0.9%	+1.9%	+2.1%	-0.4%	+2.1%
Apr 25	Raymond James	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$23.64	$22.28	-5.8%	-3.8%	-2.4%	-0.8%	-2.5%	-2.3%
Apr 25	Stephens & Co.	Maintains	Overweight → Overweight	—	$23.64	$22.28	-5.8%	-3.8%	-2.4%	-0.8%	-2.5%	-2.3%
Dec 19	Raymond James	Upgrade	Market Perform → Outperform	—	$25.67	$26.11	+1.7%	+0.6%	+1.1%	+0.6%	+1.1%	+2.0%
Jan 24	Piper Sandler	Maintains	Overweight → Overweight	—	$23.40	$23.93	+2.3%	-1.6%	-0.4%	+0.5%	+2.0%	+1.3%
Jan 5	Raymond James	Downgrade	Outperform → Market Perform	—	$23.76	$22.72	-4.4%	-0.4%	-0.5%	-2.5%	-2.8%	-3.6%
Oct 27	Stephens & Co.	Maintains	Overweight → Overweight	—	$18.57	$20.00	+7.7%	+2.9%	+5.1%	+5.2%	+5.7%	+8.8%
Oct 27	Piper Sandler	Maintains	Overweight → Overweight	—	$18.57	$20.00	+7.7%	+2.9%	+5.1%	+5.2%	+5.7%	+8.8%
Jul 28	Stephens & Co.	Maintains	Overweight → Overweight	—	$17.01	$19.85	+16.7%	+23.2%	+20.2%	+24.8%	+21.0%	+22.1%
Jul 28	Raymond James	Upgrade	Market Perform → Outperform	—	$17.01	$19.85	+16.7%	+23.2%	+20.2%	+24.8%	+21.0%	+22.1%
Jan 5	Raymond James	Downgrade	Outperform → Market Perform	—	$21.83	$21.43	-1.8%	-4.0%	-2.7%	-3.9%	-1.7%	-1.5%
Oct 28	Stephens & Co.	Maintains	Overweight → Overweight	—	$23.38	$23.53	+0.6%	+5.7%	+6.0%	+3.3%	+1.1%	-0.3%
Jul 7	Raymond James	Maintains	Strong Buy → Strong Buy	—	$21.81	$21.96	+0.7%	-1.0%	-1.5%	-2.6%	-2.6%	-4.6%
Oct 25	Raymond James	Upgrade	Market Perform → Strong Buy	—	$25.96	$26.75	+3.0%	+3.4%	+2.9%	-0.0%	+2.3%	+2.8%
May 20	DA Davidson	Upgrade	Neutral → Buy	—	$23.74	$24.08	+1.4%	+1.1%	+2.9%	+1.7%	-1.9%	+1.1%
May 1	DA Davidson	Downgrade	Buy → Neutral	—	$13.98	$13.16	-5.9%	-7.3%	-8.9%	-10.0%	-15.7%	-14.4%
Apr 29	Raymond James	Downgrade	Strong Buy → Market Perform	—	$14.01	$13.24	-5.5%	+3.4%	-0.2%	-7.5%	-9.1%	-10.2%
Jan 27	Stephens & Co.	Upgrade	Equal Weight → Overweight	—	$24.65	$24.89	+1.0%	-0.2%	+1.4%	+2.9%	+0.9%	+0.5%
Jan 27	Raymond James	Upgrade	Market Perform → Strong Buy	—	$24.65	$24.89	+1.0%	-0.2%	+1.4%	+2.9%	+0.9%	+0.5%
Jan 3	DA Davidson	Upgrade	Neutral → Buy	—	$24.97	$25.00	+0.1%	-0.3%	-0.2%	-0.7%	+0.0%	+0.1%
Aug 29	Raymond James	Downgrade	Outperform → Market Perform	—	$23.50	$22.56	-4.0%	+0.4%	+0.5%	-2.1%	-0.3%	-0.3%
Jul 9	Stephens & Co.	Downgrade	Overweight → Equal Weight	—	$25.79	$25.01	-3.0%	-1.9%	-1.5%	-1.9%	-2.8%	-2.1%

Recent Filings

8-K · 7.01 ! Medium

Business First Bancshares, Inc. -- 8-K 7.01: Regulation FD Disclosure

Business First Bancshares' disclosure of material information suggests potential operational developments or strategic announcements that could materially impact earnings or competitive positioning, warranting investor attention for valuation implications.

Apr 27

8-K · 1.01 !! High

Unknown — 8-K 1.01: Material Agreement

BFST entered a material agreement that could substantially impact operations or financials, making this an important catalyst investors should monitor closely for disclosed terms and strategic implications.

Apr 2

8-K

Business First Bancshares, Inc. -- 8-K Filing

I cannot provide a meaningful analysis of this filing because the summary lacks substantive information about a specific reportable event or transaction involving Business First Bancshares.

Feb 24

Data updated apr 24, 2026 9:20pm · Source: massive.com