BFST Valuation
Business First Bancshares Inc
$
25.290
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BFST Relative Valuation
BFST's fair value is calculated using relative valuation, based on historical P/E and P/S ranges and their premiums/discounts relative to a competitor average, adjusted by weights. If the market price exceeds this fair value range, BFST is overvalued; if below, it's undervalued.
Historical Valuation
Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) is now in the Fair zone, suggesting that its current forward PE ratio of 9.03 is considered Fairly compared with the five-year average of 9.70. The fair price of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) is between 24.85 to 31.24 according to relative valuation methord.
Relative Value
Fair Zone
24.85-31.24
Current Price：25.29
Fair
9.03
PE
1Y
3Y
5Y
Trailing
Forward
0.00
EV/EBITDA
Business First Bancshares Inc. (BFST) has a current EV/EBITDA of 0.00. The 5-year average EV/EBITDA is 0.00. The thresholds are as follows: Strongly Undervalued below 0.00, Undervalued between 0.00 and 0.00, Fairly Valued between 0.00 and 0.00, Overvalued between 0.00 and 0.00, and Strongly Overvalued above 0.00. The current Forward EV/EBITDA of 0.00 falls within the Strongly Undervalued range.
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EV/EBIT
Business First Bancshares Inc. (BFST) has a current EV/EBIT of NaN. The 5-year average EV/EBIT is NaN. The thresholds are as follows: Strongly Undervalued below NaN, Undervalued between NaN and NaN, Fairly Valued between NaN and NaN, Overvalued between NaN and NaN, and Strongly Overvalued above NaN. The current Forward EV/EBIT of NaN falls within the range.
2.18
PS
Business First Bancshares Inc. (BFST) has a current PS of 2.18. The 5-year average PS is 2.23. The thresholds are as follows: Strongly Undervalued below 1.56, Undervalued between 1.56 and 1.89, Fairly Valued between 2.57 and 1.89, Overvalued between 2.57 and 2.91, and Strongly Overvalued above 2.91. The current Forward PS of 2.18 falls within the Historic Trend Line -Fairly Valued range.
0.00
P/OCF
Business First Bancshares Inc. (BFST) has a current P/OCF of 0.00. The 5-year average P/OCF is 0.00. The thresholds are as follows: Strongly Undervalued below 0.00, Undervalued between 0.00 and 0.00, Fairly Valued between 0.00 and 0.00, Overvalued between 0.00 and 0.00, and Strongly Overvalued above 0.00. The current Forward P/OCF of 0.00 falls within the Strongly Undervalued range.
0.00
P/FCF
Business First Bancshares Inc. (BFST) has a current P/FCF of 0.00. The 5-year average P/FCF is 0.00. The thresholds are as follows: Strongly Undervalued below 0.00, Undervalued between 0.00 and 0.00, Fairly Valued between 0.00 and 0.00, Overvalued between 0.00 and 0.00, and Strongly Overvalued above 0.00. The current Forward P/FCF of 0.00 falls within the Strongly Undervalued range.
Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) has a current Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio of 0.96. Compared to its 3-year average P/B ratio of 0.99 , the current P/B ratio is approximately -2.80% higher. Relative to its 5-year average P/B ratio of 1.04, the current P/B ratio is about -8.08% higher. Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) has a Forward Free Cash Flow (FCF) yield of approximately 10.64%. Compared to its 3-year average FCF yield of 11.67%, the current FCF yield is approximately -8.82% lower. Relative to its 5-year average FCF yield of 10.31% , the current FCF yield is about 3.25% lower.
0.96
P/B
Median3y
0.99
Median5y
1.04
10.64
FCF Yield
Median3y
11.67
Median5y
10.31
Competitors Valuation Multiple
The average P/S ratio for BFST's competitors is 2.86, providing a benchmark for relative valuation. Business First Bancshares Inc Corp (BFST) exhibits a P/S ratio of 2.18, which is -23.76% above the industry average. Given its robust revenue growth of 14.27%, this premium appears unsustainable.
P/S
P/E
EV/EBITDA
EV/EBIT
P/S
Performance Decomposition
1Y
3Y
5Y
Market capitalization of BFST increased by 4.60% over the past 1 year. The primary factor behind the change was an increase in Revenue Growth from 61.07M to 69.78M.
The secondary factor is the Margin Expansion, contributed 12.42%to the performance.
Overall, the performance of BFST in the past 1 year is driven by Revenue Growth. Which is more sustainable.
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Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) is now in the Fair zone, suggesting that its current forward PE ratio of 9.03 is considered Fairly compared with the five-year average of 9.70. The fair price of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) is between 24.85 to 31.24 according to relative valuation methord.
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