Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) stock
BFSTNasdaqState Commercial BanksFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q2 FY2026, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Nov 3, 2026Score 12/300% above fair value
$32.41−0.15 (-0.46%)
Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $1.05BP/E 11.5Yield 1.76%
Business First Bancshares statistics
82 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.
Important dates
- Next earnings
- Jan 21, 2027 (estimated, during market hours)
- Last ex-dividend date
- Nov 13, 2026
- Fundamentals through
- Jun 30, 2026
- Share price as of
- Nov 12, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/TBV Ratio
- 1.26
- 1.52
- P/OCF Ratio
- 10.21
- 9.78
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 41.50
- 2.95
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- 9.45%
- 0.35%
- Shares Change (QoQ)
- 0.00%
- 0.00%
- Float
- 31M
- 17M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 4.97%
- 6.05%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 58.0%
- 61.3%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 1M
- –
- Short Interest Change
- -7.74%
- -4.13%
- Short % of Float
- 3.52%
- 3.58%
- Short % of Shares Outstanding
- 3.34%
- 3.18%
- Days to Cover
- 6.48
- 4.85
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $33.69
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $24.19
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $32.04
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $31.35
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $29.59
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $0.74
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- 0.40%
- 0.51%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- 5.43%
- 4.83%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- 0.90%
- -3.58%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- 19.4%
- 10.8%
- Price Change (YTD)
- 24.0%
- 19.6%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- 28.0%
- 25.4%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- 59.2%
- 76.7%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- 14.6%
- 26.5%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 163,091
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 166,711
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 203,990
- –
- Relative Volume
- 0.76
- 0.67
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 56.6
- 52.6
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 21.7%
- 24.4%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 0.77
- 0.63
MarginsIndustry
- Pretax Margin
- 1006.5%
- 36.9%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Equity (ROE)
- 10.0%
- 10.8%
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- 1.10%
- 1.16%
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- 4.11%
- 11.8%
- Net Income Growth (YoY)
- 20.8%
- 22.7%
- EPS Growth (YoY)
- 12.4%
- 21.6%
- Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 8.97%
- 5.82%
- Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 14.8%
- 6.17%
- EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 6.34%
- 1.31%
- EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 11.2%
- 8.24%
EfficiencyIndustry
- Asset Turnover
- 0.00
- 0.04
- Revenue Per Employee
- $13.72K
- $359.04K
- Profits Per Employee
- $110.40K
- $110.51K
- Employee Count
- 842
- 492
- WACC
- 8.73%
- 7.91%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
- Pretax Income
- $116.26M
- $74.07M
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- $575.60M
- $166.15M
- Net Cash Per Share
- $17.68
- $8.19
- Equity (Book Value)
- $1.01B
- $570.13M
- Book Value Per Share
- $30.99
- $28.22
- Tangible Book Value
- $840.09M
- $478.27M
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Earnings Yield
- 8.81%
- 8.32%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.76%
- 2.44%
- Shareholder Yield
- 1.76%
- 3.22%
- Dividend Per Share
- $0.57
- $0.92
- Dividend Growth (YoY)
- 1.79%
- 4.26%
- Years of Dividend Growth
- 9
- 2
- Payout Ratio
- 19.7%
- 29.0%
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Income Tax
- $23.30M
- $16.14M
- Effective Tax Rate
- 20.0%
- 21.1%
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Graham Number
- $44.34
- $45.31
- Graham Upside
- 36.8%
- 18.8%
- Altman Z-Score
- 0.14
- 0.22
- Piotroski F-Score
- 5
- 6
- Lynch Fair Value
- $31.62
- –
- Lynch Upside
- -2.44%
- -0.36%
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 12, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | BFST | S&P 500 | Difference | BFST per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +5.2% | -2.7% | +7.9 pts | ||
| 3 months | +1.2% | -1.7% | +2.9 pts | ||
| Year to date | +25.9% | +11.9% | +14.0 pts | ||
| 1 year | +31.5% | +12.0% | +19.5 pts | ||
| 3 years | +70.1% | +78.2% | −8.0 pts | +19.4% | +21.2% |
| 5 years | +27.8% | +73.2% | −45.4 pts | +5.0% | +11.6% |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.
1M BFST shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, down 7.7% from the previous report, or 3.52% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 6.5 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 66.1% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 1,087,482 | -7.7% | 167,713 | 6.5 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 1,178,749 | -4.6% | 197,500 | 6.0 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1,236,013 | +11.2% | 217,113 | 5.7 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1,111,825 | +9.6% | 190,946 | 5.8 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 1,014,751 | -4.3% | 186,109 | 5.5 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 1,059,967 | +25.2% | 235,143 | 4.5 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 846,909 | -10.0% | 245,814 | 3.5 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 940,869 | -10.9% | 213,192 | 4.4 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1,056,031 | +70.7% | 404,293 | 2.6 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 618,627 | +4.1% | 199,815 | 3.1 |
| May 29, 2026 | 594,506 | -2.4% | 193,385 | 3.1 |
| May 15, 2026 | 609,019 | +7.5% | 158,796 | 3.8 |
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