Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NasdaqGS: BFST)
Financials · Banks · US
$31.30
+0.48% today · +24.4% 1Y
Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NasdaqGS: BFST) operates in the Banks industry within the Financials sector. The company is valued at $1.02B and employs 832 people.
Over the last twelve months the share price has gained 24.4%, trading between 22.56 and 32.53.
Tweenvest scores Business First Bancshares, Inc. across four factors: quality 56/100, value 26/100, growth 95/100, dividend 71/100. Its strongest factor is growth.
BFST price history
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Key figures
- Market cap
- $1.02B
- Revenue (TTM)
- $334.00M
- P/E
- 11.15
- EPS
- 2.81
- Dividend yield
- 1.93%
- Beta (5Y)
- 0.77
- 52-week high
- $32.53
- 52-week low
- $22.56
- Avg volume (3M)
- —
- Shares outstanding
- 32.55M
- Employees
- 832
- Next earnings
- —
About Business First Bancshares, Inc.
Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) serves as the bank holding company for b1BANK, delivering an extensive array of banking products and financial services. Its deposit offerings include checking, demand, money market, time, and savings accounts, alongside certificates of deposit, and modern conveniences such as remote and direct deposit capabilities. The company provides a diverse portfolio of lending solutions. These include commercial and industrial loans for working capital, equipment financing, asset acquisition, expansion, and development, featuring lines of credit, letters of credit, term loans, and borrowing base facilities. BFST also finances construction and development projects, commercial real estate, and residential properties, offering first and second lien mortgages for 1-4 family homes, plus home equity lines of credit. Consumer loan options span both secured and unsecured installment and term arrangements. Beyond traditional banking, BFST offers wealth management services, encompassing mutual funds, annuities, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), other investment products, fiduciary services, and private banking solutions. A wide range of additional financial tools are available, including debit and credit cards, comprehensive treasury and cash management services (such as merchant services, automated clearing house (ACH), lock-box, receivables factoring, and correspondent banking), and employee and payroll benefits solutions. Customer access points feature drive-through facilities, ATMs, night depositories, personalized checks, electronic funds transfer (EFT), domestic and international wire transfers, traveler's checks, vault services, sweep accounts, and robust online and mobile banking platforms, e-statements, and bank-by-mail services. As of March 1, 2022, Business First Bancshares operated approximately 48 full-service banking centers and three loan production offices across Louisiana, and in the Dallas and Houston metropolitan areas. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- ISIN
- US12326C1053
- Founded
- 2006
- Listed since
- Apr 23, 2018
- Exchange
- Nasdaq Global Select
- Currency
- USD
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Figures last refreshed Aug 18, 2026.