BFST - Business First Bancshares Inc Stock Price, Fair Value and News

21.75USD+0.40 (+1.87%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD21.75+0.40

Market Closed

1.87%

BFST Alerts

1 major insider buys recently.

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BFST Valuation

Market Cap

554.3M

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

7.97

Price/Sales (Trailing)

1.5

EV/EBITDA

1.2

Price/Free Cashflow

8.26

BFST Price/Sales (Trailing)

BFST Profitability

EBT Margin

23.94%

Return on Equity

10.72%

Return on Assets

1.04%

Free Cashflow Yield

12.11%

BFST Fundamentals

BFST Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

369.8M

Rev. Growth (Yr)

20.78%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

1.42%

BFST Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

69.6M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

-9.68%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

-14.24%

Breaking Down BFST Revenue

Last 7 days

3.1%

Last 30 days

7.8%

Last 90 days

-2.5%

Trailing 12 Months

45.4%

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BFST Financial Health

BFST Investor Care

Dividend Yield

2.39%

Dividend/Share (TTM)

0.52

Shares Dilution (1Y)

0.65%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

2.54

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2024	369.8M	0	0	0
2023	271.5M	303.3M	333.2M	353.3M
2022	170.3M	182.0M	203.9M	236.1M
2021	168.0M	173.5M	172.5M	170.4M
2020	104.9M	115.9M	132.0M	149.8M
2019	83.6M	91.4M	98.4M	103.5M
2018	56.7M	61.4M	68.3M	76.2M
2017	44.8M	47.6M	48.8M	51.6M
2016	42.2M	43.0M	43.2M	43.4M
2015	27.6M	30.6M	34.8M	38.6M
2014	28.6M	28.2M	27.9M	27.5M
2013	0	0	0	29.0M

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Business First Bancshares Inc

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
May 08, 2024	johnson joseph vernon	gifted	-	-	-9,600	-
Apr 30, 2024	day rick d.	bought	36,540	20.3	1,800	-
Apr 25, 2024	johnson joseph vernon	acquired	25,013	21.77	1,149	-
Apr 25, 2024	price arthur	acquired	25,013	21.77	1,149	-
Apr 25, 2024	mccollister rolfe h. jr.	acquired	25,013	21.77	1,149	-
Apr 25, 2024	quirk aimee m	acquired	25,013	21.77	1,149	-
Apr 25, 2024	folse mark p.	acquired	25,013	21.77	1,149	-
Apr 25, 2024	ducrest john p.	acquired	25,013	21.77	1,149	-
Apr 25, 2024	montgomery david a. jr.	acquired	25,013	21.77	1,149	-

Which funds bought or sold BFST recently?

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
May 16, 2024	JANE STREET GROUP, LLC	sold off	-100	-248,373	-	-%
May 16, 2024	CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM	reduced	-5.27	-89,963	535,901	-%
May 16, 2024	COMERICA BANK	unchanged	-	-212	2,006	-%
May 15, 2024	BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	added	10.05	-16,401	3,097,160	0.06%
May 15, 2024	Ranger Investment Management, L.P.	added	3.77	-511,104	7,719,980	0.50%
May 15, 2024	MENDON CAPITAL ADVISORS CORP	reduced	-94.38	-1,059,290	9,908,410	5.31%
May 15, 2024	NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO	sold off	-100	-36,162	-	-%
May 15, 2024	Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC	unchanged	-	-7,897	74,237	-%
May 15, 2024	STATE STREET CORP	reduced	-0.86	-1,289,350	11,115,000	-%
May 15, 2024	BOKF, NA	reduced	-15.09	-579,643	1,718,850	0.03%

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BFST Alerts

1 major insider buys recently.

Unveiling Business First Bancshares Inc's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 13, 2024	vanguard group inc	5.14%	1,302,405	SC 13G
Jan 25, 2024	blackrock inc.	8.4%	2,126,674	SC 13G/A
Feb 01, 2023	blackrock inc.	6.0%	1,501,827	SC 13G/A
Feb 07, 2022	blackrock inc.	6.1%	1,233,996	SC 13G/A
Feb 12, 2021	rmb capital management, llc	1.02%	134,916	SC 13G/A
Feb 02, 2021	blackrock inc.	5.2%	1,073,615	SC 13G
Jun 09, 2020	blackrock inc.	3.3%	685,297	SC 13G/A
Feb 14, 2020	rmb capital management, llc	7.60%	1,003,736	SC 13G/A
Feb 12, 2020	ejf capital llc	4.3%	570,193	SC 13G/A
Feb 07, 2020	blackrock inc.	5.2%	688,645	SC 13G

Recent SEC filings of Business First Bancshares Inc

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
May 09, 2024	3	Insider Trading
May 09, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	10-Q	Quarterly Report
May 01, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 01, 2024	425	Prospectus Filed
Apr 29, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 29, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 29, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 29, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 29, 2024	4	Insider Trading

Peers (Alternatives to Business First Bancshares Inc)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
JPM	588.1B	174.7B	13.73%	46.82%	11.68	3.37	53.11%	19.83%
BAC	307.4B	137.9B	11.58%	38.08%	12.28	2.23	56.12%	-12.56%
WFC	213.0B	85.8B	6.86%	51.95%	11.35	2.48	35.02%	26.14%
C	122.2B	125.0B	10.16%	38.13%	15.29	0.98	37.85%	-
CFG	16.9B	10.4B	12.51%	41.04%	11.81	1.62	26.22%	-33.87%
KEY	14.5B	8.1B	6.72%	53.23%	16.61	1.78	32.15%	-50.93%
MID-CAP
CMA	7.3B	4.2B	10.08%	41.38%	10.46	1.71	34.68%	-45.96%
ZION	6.6B	4.1B	14.23%	65.05%	10.55	1.63	32.93%	-30.73%
ABCB	3.5B	1.3B	13.35%	57.95%	12.32	2.65	30.60%	-12.99%
ASB	3.4B	2.0B	11.57%	43.03%	20.88	1.65	47.11%	-59.32%
SMALL-CAP
AMNB	497.6M	120.2M	6.68%	49.76%	19.02	4.14	45.65%	-13.98%
AROW	417.1M	173.1M	15.06%	27.00%	14.3	2.41	26.54%	-34.86%
ALRS	390.4M	152.4M	-0.90%	32.84%	39.27	2.56	16.94%	-73.84%
ACNB	295.5M	98.7M	10.19%	20.01%	10.04	2.99	6.27%	-22.90%
ASRV	48.0M	62.5M	8.95%	-1.75%	-16.24	0.77	18.83%	-145.18%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Revenue	1.4%	96.00	95.00	93.00	86.00	79.00	75.00	63.00	54.00	44.00	42.00	42.00	42.00	44.00	44.00	42.00	37.00	26.00	27.00	26.00	26.00	25.00
EBITDA Margin	-5.5%	0.83*	0.88*	0.95*	1.01*	1.08*	1.16*	1.21*	1.24*	1.29*	1.31*	1.31*	1.30*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Interest Expenses	-4.1%	52.00	54.00	55.00	53.00	53.00	56.00	53.00	50.00	40.00	38.00	37.00	38.00	40.00	40.00	37.00	31.00	20.00	21.00	20.00	20.00	19.00
Income Taxes	-19.4%	4.00	5.00	6.00	5.00	4.00	5.00	4.00	3.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	5.00	3.00	4.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	1.00	2.00	1.00
Earnings Before Taxes	-15.4%	17.00	20.00	26.00	25.00	19.00	23.00	17.00	17.00	11.00	15.00	13.00	22.00	15.00	17.00	12.00	3.00	5.00	7.00	7.00	9.00	7.00
EBT Margin	-6.6%	0.24*	0.26*	0.28*	0.28*	0.28*	0.29*	0.30*	0.31*	0.36*	0.38*	0.39*	0.38*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	-14.2%	14.00	16.00	20.00	20.00	15.00	18.00	14.00	14.00	9.00	12.00	10.00	17.00	12.00	14.00	10.00	2.00	4.00	6.00	6.00	7.00	6.00
Net Income Margin	-6.4%	0.19*	0.20*	0.22*	0.22*	0.22*	0.23*	0.24*	0.25*	0.29*	0.31*	0.31*	0.31*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	-53.0%	7.00	15.00	19.00	26.00	21.00	11.00	20.00	16.00	16.00	12.00	12.00	11.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3
Assets	1.7%	6,696	6,585	6,489	6,455	6,290	5,990	5,807	5,530	5,362	534	4,726	4,405	4,324	4,242	4,160	3,955	3,961	1,400	2,288	2,274	2,221
Cash Equivalents	-17.8%	186	226	191	181	160	153	153	155	282	-	68.00	81.00	131	355	149	104	116	-	80.00	89.00	63.00
Net PPE	-1.1%	69.00	69.00	65.00	63.00	64.00	63.00	64.00	64.00	63.00	-	58.00	57.00	58.00	58.00	59.00	59.00	64.00	-	30.00	29.00	27.00
Goodwill	3.5%	92.00	88.00	88.00	89.00	89.00	89.00	89.00	89.00	90.00	29.00	60.00	60.00	60.00	7.00	54.00	54.00	54.00	5.00	48.00	48.00	48.00
Liabilities	1.8%	6,047	5,940	5,884	5,854	5,692	5,410	5,299	5,085	4,905	-	4,293	3,975	3,893	3,822	3,750	3,557	3,575	-	2,006	1,989	1,941
Short Term Borrowings	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-	0.00	-	-	-	5.00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Long Term Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.00	6.00	8.00	-	-	-	-
Shareholder's Equity	0.7%	649	644	604	601	598	580	508	445	457	-	433	430	431	417	410	398	386	93.00	282	285	280
Retained Earnings	4.0%	225	216	205	189	174	164	150	139	128	-	122	112	104	89.00	79.00	67.00	60.00	-	60.00	57.00	52.00
Additional Paid-In Capital	0.3%	399	397	396	396	395	394	348	346	346	-	292	292	299	300	300	300	298	-	207	213	212
Shares Outstanding	0.5%	25.00	25.00	25.00	25.00	25.00	25.00	3.00	23.00	23.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	21.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Float	-	-	-	-	357	-	-	-	450	-	-	-	-	445	-	-	-	296	-	-	-	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Cashflow From Operations	-64.3%	7,603	21,279	22,407	25,803	22,938	11,380	20,698	18,037	19,462	14,654	12,124	11,607	18,058	14,197	21,839	-12,905	6,208	2,917	5,843	6,823	8,835
Share Based Compensation	-10.3%	1,197	1,334	246	1,222	1,197	1,324	1,328	287	757	802	814	750	495	531	1,359	353	210	338	384	286	85.00
Cashflow From Investing	-399.9%	-162,154	-32,435	-48,490	-150,804	-289,412	-171,507	-303,646	-317,565	92,197	-362,528	-132,087	-97,075	-83,664	-162,361	-14,446	-272,781	-25,707	-26,275	-68,495	-60,646	-36,874
Cashflow From Financing	149.6%	114,347	45,805	36,572	146,206	273,501	160,196	280,925	172,148	102,040	334,888	70,555	-139,020	271,732	193,401	-19,520	321,598	10,237	49,373	61,965	65,260	-15,427
Dividend Payments	0.8%	3,593	3,566	3,012	3,035	3,042	2,998	2,696	2,693	2,437	2,437	2,450	2,487	2,062	2,059	2,060	2,061	1,340	1,324	1,333	1,332	1,065
Buy Backs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8,338	1,922	663	799	-	-	5,000	-	2,553	-	-

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BFST Income Statement

2024-03-31

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Interest Income:
Interest and Fees on Loans	$ 85,947	$ 73,768
Interest and Dividends on Non-taxable Securities	1,074	1,065
Interest and Dividends on Taxable Securities	4,525	3,717
Interest on Federal Funds Sold and Due From Banks	4,465	942
Total Interest Income	96,011	79,492
Interest Expense:
Interest on Deposits	38,029	18,928
Interest on Borrowings	6,451	7,815
Total Interest Expense	44,480	26,743
Net Interest Income	51,531	52,749
Provision for Credit Losses	1,186	3,222
Net Interest Income after Provision for Credit Losses	50,345	49,527
Other Income:
Service Charges on Deposit Accounts	2,439	2,281
Loss on Sales of Securities	(1)	(1)
Gain on Sales of Loans	139	611
Other Income	6,809	5,497
Total Other Income	9,386	8,388
Other Expenses:
Salaries and Employee Benefits	25,416	23,176
Occupancy and Equipment Expense	5,357	5,001
Other Expenses	11,749	10,502
Total Other Expenses	42,522	38,679
Income Before Income Taxes	17,209	19,236
Provision for Income Taxes	3,639	4,211
Net Income	13,570	15,025
Preferred Stock Dividends	1,350	1,350
Net Income Available to Common Shareholders	$ 12,220	$ 13,675
Earnings Per Common Share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.49	$ 0.55
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.48	$ 0.54

BFST Balance Sheet

2024-03-31

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
ASSETS
Cash and Due from Banks	$ 185,906	$ 226,110
Federal Funds Sold	211,292	151,134
Securities Available for Sale, at Fair Values (Amortized Cost of $963,726 at March 31, 2024 and $963,978 at December 31, 2023)	872,903	879,571
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale	77	835
Loans and Lease Receivable, Net of Allowance for Loan Losses of $41,165 at March 31, 2024 and $40,414 at December 31, 2023	5,047,674	4,952,371
Premises and Equipment, Net	68,716	69,480
Accrued Interest Receivable	29,326	29,916
Other Equity Securities	34,940	33,942
Other Real Estate Owned	1,339	1,685
Cash Value of Life Insurance	100,056	96,478
Deferred Taxes	26,800	27,323
Goodwill	91,527	88,391
Core Deposit and Customer Intangible	11,372	11,895
Other Assets	13,630	15,419
Total Assets	6,695,558	6,584,550
Deposits:
Noninterest Bearing	1,295,050	1,299,090
Interest Bearing	4,277,700	3,949,700
Total Deposits	5,572,750	5,248,790
Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase	17,207	18,885
Bank Term Funding Program	0	300,000
Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings	308,206	211,198
Subordinated Debt	99,933	99,990
Subordinated Debt - Trust Preferred Securities	5,000	5,000
Accrued Interest Payable	3,930	14,841
Other Liabilities	39,498	41,587
Total Liabilities	6,046,524	5,940,291
Commitments and Contingencies (See Note 11)
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Preferred Stock, No Par Value; 5,000,000 Shares Authorized; 72,010 Shares ($1,000 Liquidation Preference) Issued at both March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively	71,930	71,930
Common Stock, $1 Par Value; 50,000,000 Shares Authorized; 25,485,383 and 25,351,809 Shares Issued and Outstanding at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively	25,485	25,352
Additional Paid-in Capital	398,511	397,447
Retained Earnings	224,742	216,115
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	(71,634)	(66,585)
Total Shareholders' Equity	649,034	644,259
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	$ 6,695,558	$ 6,584,550

About Business First Bancshares Inc

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. It operates full-service banking centers and loan production offices across Louisiana, and in the Dallas and Houston markets. Business First Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

CEO	Mr. David R. Melville III
WEBSITE	b1bank.com
INDUSTRY	Banks Diversified
EMPLOYEES	727

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