BFST
Business First Bancshares Inc
30.90$
+1.4%
vs. previous close
Closing price · As of: Oct 2, 2026
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 38.6 | 32.6 | 21.5 | 20.1 | 17.7 | 15.5 | 14.3 | 8.0 | 15.7 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 13.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 10.8 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.3 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20.7 | 19.1 | 13.2 | 14.6 | 16.7 | 16.1 | 13.9 | 9.6 | 14.4 | 12.7 | 8.3 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 10.2 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 15.6 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 11.1 | 9.5 | 10.9 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 5.5 | 16.5 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22.8 | 19.3 | 16.5 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 16.6 | 10.3 | – | 23.2 | 16.0 | 12.8 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 10.2 | 10.2 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.4% | 5.2% | 6.1% | 6.8% | 6.9% | 6.6% | 6.0% | 9.7% | -1.4% | 4.3% | 6.2% | 7.8% | 13.5% | 11.4% | 9.1% | 9.8% | 11.4% | 12.9% | 11.3% | 15.6% | 20.2% | 16.0% | 12.9% | 11.8% | 10.0% | 8.8% | 7.9% | 11.1% | 11.0% | 13.0% | 11.3% | 9.8% | 9.8% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 85.6% | 86.0% | 86.0% | 83.4% | 83.2% | 78.2% | 79.7% | 80.3% | 79.5% | 80.5% | 79.0% | 77.8% | 77.1% | 77.3% | 76.8% | 75.2% | 77.2% | 80.2% | 82.2% | 86.0% | 87.4% | 87.9% | 88.9% | 88.7% | 86.5% | 82.0% | 76.1% | 70.8% | 66.3% | 63.0% | 60.7% | 59.0% | 57.8% | 56.7% | 57.5% | 58.2% | 58.7% | 60.9% | 61.7% | 56.4% | |
| 13.8% | 15.3% | 17.2% | 18.7% | 18.8% | 14.2% | 16.0% | 17.1% | 18.8% | 20.7% | 22.4% | 24.1% | 24.4% | 26.1% | 24.0% | 17.4% | 18.6% | 21.7% | 24.7% | 31.9% | 32.4% | 31.8% | 29.7% | 27.0% | 26.1% | 26.0% | 25.4% | 25.3% | 25.5% | 23.5% | 22.0% | 20.3% | 19.0% | 18.1% | 19.2% | 19.9% | 20.4% | 22.2% | 22.5% | 13.1% | |
| 10.5% | 11.3% | 17.8% | 18.4% | 18.3% | 11.1% | 9.5% | 11.1% | 13.0% | 16.8% | 18.1% | 19.5% | 19.6% | 20.8% | 19.5% | 14.1% | 15.2% | 17.7% | 20.0% | 25.7% | 25.9% | 25.7% | 23.8% | 21.7% | 21.0% | 20.5% | 20.1% | 19.9% | 20.0% | 18.4% | 17.3% | 15.9% | 14.9% | 14.2% | 15.1% | 15.6% | 16.1% | 17.2% | 17.5% | 20.4% | |
| 13.8% | 12.6% | – | – | – | – | 15.4% | 18.8% | 22.0% | 21.9% | 24.8% | 23.7% | 20.2% | 17.9% | 15.1% | -3.0% | 9.3% | 15.6% | 20.4% | 31.2% | 26.3% | 25.9% | 24.7% | 26.5% | 27.2% | 23.4% | 22.2% | 23.1% | 20.8% | 20.9% | 16.7% | 13.2% | 13.3% | 13.1% | 16.8% | 16.2% | 17.8% | 17.1% | 16.7% | 21.7% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.5% | 4.9% | 5.9% | 6.3% | 6.4% | 2.7% | 3.3% | 3.6% | 4.6% | 5.4% | 6.2% | 7.2% | 7.7% | 8.3% | 8.0% | 4.6% | 5.5% | 7.3% | 9.1% | 12.3% | 12.5% | 12.0% | 10.6% | 10.1% | 9.5% | 9.3% | 10.1% | 11.1% | 12.1% | 11.0% | 10.7% | 10.1% | 9.2% | 8.1% | 8.7% | 9.1% | 9.3% | 9.8% | 9.2% | 9.2% | |
| 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -36 | -43 | -49 | -39 | -30 | -102 | -19 | -29 | -28 | -59 | -17 | 85 | 121 | 97 | 103 | 66 | 64 | -91 | -218 | 9.5 | 96 | 119 | -63 | 239 | 524 | 407 | 692 | 613 | 451 | 409 | 244 | 220 | 280 | 164 | 121 | 117 | 96 | 140 | -205 | 21 | |
| -4.4 | -4.8 | – | – | – | – | -1.7 | -2.2 | -1.9 | -3.2 | -0.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 | -2.3 | -4.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | -1.0 | 4.0 | 8.1 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | -1.7 | 0.3 | |
| 10.3% | 10.0% | 10.0% | 10.2% | 9.9% | 13.6% | 11.3% | 12.8% | 12.7% | 12.4% | 12.8% | 12.9% | 12.6% | 12.5% | 12.3% | 9.8% | 10.1% | 9.9% | 9.4% | 10.0% | 9.8% | 9.2% | 8.5% | 8.1% | 8.7% | 9.7% | 9.5% | 9.3% | 9.3% | 9.8% | 9.7% | 9.9% | 10.2% | 10.2% | 10.6% | 10.7% | 11.0% | 10.9% | 11.1% | 11.3% | |
| 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.74 | 0.82 | – | 1.08 | 1.11 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 0.68 | 0.82 | 1.13 | 1.22 | 1.44 | 1.57 | 1.74 | 1.69 | 0.98 | 1.06 | 1.45 | 1.82 | 2.55 | 2.63 | 2.55 | 2.29 | 1.98 | 2.13 | 2.19 | 2.40 | 2.63 | 2.89 | 2.80 | 2.74 | 2.64 | 2.53 | 2.21 | 2.44 | 2.61 | 2.76 | 2.96 | 2.77 | 2.84 | |
| 7.06 | 7.25 | – | 5.87 | 6.09 | 3.80 | 5.44 | 6.13 | 6.26 | 6.71 | 6.73 | 7.42 | 8.00 | 8.37 | 8.69 | 6.97 | 6.97 | 8.17 | 9.14 | 9.95 | 10.15 | 9.92 | 9.63 | 9.13 | 10.19 | 10.67 | 11.97 | 13.22 | 14.46 | 15.22 | 15.85 | 16.56 | 16.98 | 15.51 | 16.18 | 16.68 | 17.19 | 17.26 | 15.87 | 13.89 | |
| 16.42 | 16.81 | – | 17.18 | 17.36 | 15.60 | 15.61 | 19.04 | 17.76 | 20.77 | 19.71 | 20.19 | 20.51 | 20.90 | 21.10 | 21.32 | 19.23 | 19.78 | 20.09 | 20.69 | 20.97 | 21.18 | 21.59 | 19.66 | 22.43 | 23.45 | 23.70 | 23.72 | 23.90 | 25.43 | 25.52 | 26.17 | 27.50 | 27.08 | 27.97 | 28.72 | 29.62 | 30.24 | 30.23 | 30.76 | |
| 0.98 | 0.91 | – | – | – | – | 0.84 | 1.16 | 1.38 | 1.47 | 1.67 | 1.76 | 1.61 | 1.50 | 1.31 | -0.21 | 0.65 | 1.27 | 1.86 | 3.11 | 2.67 | 2.56 | 2.38 | 2.42 | 2.77 | 2.50 | 2.66 | 3.05 | 3.01 | 3.19 | 2.64 | 2.19 | 2.26 | 2.03 | 2.71 | 2.70 | 3.07 | 2.96 | 2.65 | 3.02 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: October 2, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.