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About

Business First Bancshares, Inc. is a financial holding company, which engages in the provision of banking products and services through its subsidiary. The company is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and currently employs 821 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2018-04-09. The firm's personal banking products and services include personal checking, personal savings, digital banking, long term savings, personal lending and additional services. Its commercial products and services include commercial checking, commercial savings, commercial lending, online banking, and treasury management. The firm's wealth management products and services include investments, financial planning, and insurance. The company also provides private client banking products and services. Its personal checking products include MAX Checking and FLEX Checking. Its personal savings products include MAX Money Market, FLEX Savings and AIM Savings. Its commercial checking products include Essential Business Checking, Aspire Checking, and MAX Business Checking.
Country

US

CEO

Mr. David Melville

IPO date

2018

Employees

821

ISIN

US12326C1053

Key stats

Open

$31.58

Volume

218.90K

Market cap

$1.02B

Prev. close

$31.22

Impl / hst vl

-

Open interest

$0.00

$31.00

Day’s Range

$31.58

$25.60

52W Range

$32.53

Valuation

50
Valuation score
Fairly Valued
P/E
11.31
P/S
-
NIM
0.93
ROE
9.85
Efficiency ratio
42.63
FCF growth
-3.18%
LLP / Net income
8.72%

Aug

31

Dividends

The last payment date was Aug 31, 2026

Div. per Share

$0.15

Div. Yield

0.48%

Payout Ratio

-

Div. Growth YoY

0.00%

Analysts estimates

Consensus rating
Buy

The average rating from top 7 analysts indicates that stock is expected to perform in line with the market

Str. Sell
Sell
Hold
Buy
Str. Buy
Avg. price target
$34.68
The top 7 analysts forecasts that 12-month price may increase by 11.08%, with a low of $32.83 and a high of $37.80
$32.83
Low
$34.68
Avg
$37.80
High
Current price

Earnings

Q2 ‘26 interest income
$125.65M
Q2 ‘26 net income
$22.83M
Interest income
Net income
Previous EPS
$0.73
Estimate EPS
$0.71
Actual EPS
Estimate EPS
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