BFST

Business First Bancshares Inc

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23.600

-0.07(-0.296%)1D

Overview
Forecast
Valuation
Earnings

Line

Candle

YTD

High

23.830

Open

23.830

VWAP

23.65

Vol

69.04K

Mkt Cap

698.63M

Low

23.490

Amount

1.63M

EV/EBITDA(TTM)

8.60

Total Shares

25.50M

890.02M

EV/OCF(TTM)

3.61

P/S(TTM)

2.48

Business First Bancshares, Inc. is a financial holding company. The Company operates through its banking subsidiary, b1BANK (the Bank). The Bank is a Louisiana state banking association and community-based financial institution that offers a full array of banking products and services. It operates throughout the state of Louisiana, in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and Houston, from a network of banking centers and loan production offices. The Bank offers products, such as checking, savings and money market accounts, certificates of deposit, commercial and consumer loans, mortgage loans, real estate loans, and other installment and term loans. In addition, it offers its customers wealth management products, drive-through banking facilities, ATMs, night depository, personalized checks, credit cards, debit cards, Internet banking, electronic funds transfers through ACH services, domestic and foreign wire transfers, traveler’s checks, cash management, vault services, and others.

Market Estimates

Earnings Estimates

Revenue

YoY Chg

EPS

YoYChg

FY2026Q1

FY2025Q4

FY2025Q3

90.08M

+14.87%

0.677

+4.23%

81.93M

+5.62%

0.700

+6.06%

80.50M

+20.32%

0.670

-1.47%

Estimates Revision

The market is revising Downward the revenue expectations for Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) for FY2025, with the revenue forecasts being adjusted by -0.34% over the past three months. During the same period, the stock price has changed by -9.47%.

Revenue Estimates for FY2025

Revise Downward

-0.34%

In Past 3 Month

EPS Estimates for FY2025

Revise Upward

+0.22%

In Past 3 Month

Stock Price

Go Down

-9.47%

In Past 3 Month

2 Analyst Rating

Wall Street analysts forecast BFST stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for BFST is 30.00 USD with a low forecast of 30.00 USD and a high forecast of 30.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.

2 Buy

0 Hold

0 Sell

Moderate Buy

Current: 23.600

Low

30.00

Averages

30.00

High

30.00

Current: 23.600

Low

30.00

Averages

30.00

High

30.00

DA Davidson

Buy

maintain

$31 -> $32

2025-07-29

Reason

DA Davidson

Price Target

$31 -> $32

2025-07-29

maintain

Buy

Reason

DA Davidson raised the firm's price target on Business First Bancshares to $32 from $31 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. Pre-provision net revenue beat expectations on better operating expenses, offsetting weaker fees and net interest income, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm sees an attractive entry point.

DA Davidson

Buy

maintain

$29 -> $31

2025-07-09

Reason

DA Davidson

Price Target

$29 -> $31

2025-07-09

maintain

Buy

Reason

DA Davidson raised the firm's price target on Business First Bancshares to $31 from $29 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The company is opportunistically filling in its Northern Louisiana footprint with its acquisition of Progressive Bancorp where the EPS accretion is solid at an estimated 10% on 2026 estimate, assuming full cost saves and tangible book value dilution is manageable, the analyst tells investors in a research note.

Stephens

Matt Olney

Overweight

downgrade

$34 -> $32

2025-04-25

Reason

Stephens

Matt Olney

Price Target

$34 -> $32

2025-04-25

downgrade

Overweight

Reason

Stephens analyst Matt Olney lowered the firm's price target on Business First Bancshares to $32 from $34 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. The company's Q1 EPS beat was "broad-based," driven by higher non-interest income, better net interest income and lower operating expenses, the analyst tells investors. The firm anticipates a more material capital build in 2025, which could support an improved trading multiple, the analyst added.

Raymond James

Outperform

downgrade

$30 -> $28

2025-04-25

Reason

Raymond James

Price Target

$30 -> $28

2025-04-25

downgrade

Outperform

Reason

Raymond James lowered the firm's price target on Business First Bancshares to $28 from $30 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The Q1 results exceeded consensus on a core EPS/pre-provision net revenue basis, with relatively solid results despite ongoing noise from the acquisition of Oakwood, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Raymond James continues to view risk-reward positively given solid profitability juxtaposed with its discounted valuation vs. peers.

Raymond James

Michael Rose

Hold

Buy

Upgrades

$30

2024-12-19

Reason

Raymond James

Michael Rose

Price Target

$30

2024-12-19

Upgrades

Hold

Buy

Reason

Raymond James analyst Michael Rose upgraded Business First Bancshares to Outperform from Market Perform with a $30 price target.

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Valuation Metrics

The current forward P/E ratio for Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST.O) is 8.50, compared to its 5-year average forward P/E of 9.69. For a more detailed relative valuation and DCF analysis to assess Business First Bancshares Inc 's fair value, click here.

Forward PE

The forward P/E ratio is a valuation metric that divides a company's current stock price by its estimated future earnings per share over the next 12 months.

Fair

5Y Average PE

9.69

Current PE

8.50

Overvalued PE

11.12

Undervalued PE

8.26

Forward EV/EBITDA

The forward EV/EBITDA ratio is a valuation metric that divides a company's enterprise value (EV) by its estimated future earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) over the next 12 months.

N/A

5Y Average EV/EBITDA

0.00

Current EV/EBITDA

0.00

Overvalued EV/EBITDA

0.00

Undervalued EV/EBITDA

0.00

Forward PS

The forward P/S ratio is a valuation metric that divides a company's current stock price by its estimated future sales (or revenue) per share over the next 12 months.

N/A

5Y Average PS

2.24

Current PS

0.00

Overvalued PS

2.57

Undervalued PS

1.90