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Business First Bancshares, Inc.

Business First Bancshares, Inc. Score & Ratio Trend

DateScoreP/EP/BD/EPrice
Oct 2026 20,353 11.0 0.99 0.59 2,933.20
Oct 2026 20,363 10.9 0.99 0.59 2,918.69
Oct 2026 20,297 11.1 1.00 0.59 2,956.14
Oct 2026 20,266 11.1 1.01 0.59 2,965.53
Oct 2026 20,309 11.1 1.00 0.59 2,945.00
Oct 2026 20,222 11.2 1.02 0.59 2,993.35
Oct 2026 20,258 11.2 1.01 0.59 2,966.10
Oct 2026 20,159 11.4 1.03 0.59 3,014.84
Oct 2026 20,183 11.1 1.03 0.59 3,014.07

Business First Bancshares, Inc. Quarterly Results

Line Item Jun 2026Mar 2026Dec 2025Sep 2025
Revenue 91,252,000.0 89,110,000.0 82,825,000.0 80,814,000.0
Net Profit 24,175,000.0 23,564,000.0 22,359,000.0 22,856,000.0
EPS 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

Business First Bancshares, Inc. Revenue & Profit: Last 5 Years

Line Item Dec 2025Dec 2024Dec 2023Dec 2022Dec 2021
Revenue 319,810,000.0 270,368,000.0 247,422,000.0 227,540,000.0 —
Net Profit 87,861,000.0 65,107,000.0 71,043,000.0 54,255,000.0 —
EPS 2.8 2.3 2.6 2.3 —

Business First Bancshares, Inc. Balance Sheet

Line Item Dec 2025Dec 2024Dec 2023Dec 2022Dec 2021
Total Assets 8,214,740,000.0 7,857,090,000.0 6,584,550,000.0 5,990,460,000.0 —
Total Liabilities 7,317,857,000.0 7,057,624,000.0 5,940,291,000.0 5,409,979,000.0 —
Total Equity 896,883,000.0 799,466,000.0 644,259,000.0 580,481,000.0 —

Owes vs Owns

Business First Bancshares, Inc. owed $0.89 for every $1 it owned in Jun 2026, down from $0.90 in Dec 2022.

PeriodJun 2026Dec 2025Dec 2024Dec 2023Dec 2022
Owes vs Owns 0.89× 0.89× 0.90× 0.90× 0.90×

Everything the company owes ÷ everything it owns. Below 1× it owns more than it owes; above 1× it owes more than it owns.

Business First Bancshares, Inc. Assets & Liabilities Breakdown (USD millions)

What it owns — Dec 2025

Cash & short-term investments 12.2%Fixed assets (tangible) 0.9%Intangible assets 1.7%Long-term investments 7.8%Other assets 77.0%

How it's funded — Dec 2025

Short-term debt 3.1%Long-term debt 3.3%Other liabilities 82.6%Shareholders' equity 10.9%
Line Item Dec 2025Dec 2024Dec 2023Dec 2022
Assets
Cash & short-term investments1,002.11,212.61,105.71,043.5
Receivables38.535.929.925.7
Inventory0.00.00.00.0
Fixed assets (tangible)74.082.069.563.2
Intangible assets135.6138.8100.3102.6
Long-term investments640.3934.6913.5928.2
Other assets6,324.25,453.14,365.73,827.3
Liabilities & equity
Short-term debt256.20.00.00.0
Long-term debt272.5460.6616.2525.8
Payables4.26.014.82.1
Other liabilities6,785.06,591.05,309.34,882.0
Shareholders' equity896.9799.5644.3580.5
Net tangible assets761.2660.6544.0477.9

Business First Bancshares, Inc. Cash Flow

Line Item Dec 2025Dec 2024Dec 2023Dec 2022Dec 2021
Operating Activities 92,083,000.0 61,409,000.0 90,969,000.0 69,577,000.0 —
Investing Activities -281,526,000.0 -294,920,000.0 -521,141,000.0 -700,521,000.0 —
Financing Activities 281,520,000.0 326,499,000.0 503,542,000.0 715,309,000.0 —

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