Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Stock

About Business First Bancshares, Inc.

Business First Bancshares, Inc. is led by CEO David R. Melville, employs 849 people, headquartered in US, publicly traded since 2018.

Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) stock trades at $31.80 with a market capitalization of $1.04B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 10.96, price-to-book of 1.00, price-to-sales of 2.22. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $22.56 and $32.53, and currently trades 2.2% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.94%.

On profitability, Business First Bancshares, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 9.85%, return on capital employed of 0.69%, an operating margin of 22.07%, a net profit margin of 20.42%.

Business First Bancshares, Inc. by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Business First Bancshares, Inc. reported revenue of $49.0M rising to $512.0M, a change of +944.9% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 24.8% a year over five years, 24.7% over three, 11.8% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $88.0M.

Operating margin went from 13.8% in 2016 to 22.1% in 2025, a gain of 8.4 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 20.42%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $455.0M and net profit $93.0M.

Borrowings rose from $54.0M to $551.0M, cash from operations was $92.0M in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 10.1% over five years, and was 9.8% in the most recent year.

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