Compare
BFST · 1 ticker
Price
100 is the close on the leftSnapshot
best blue · worst red
BFST
Business First Bancshares Inc
32.41
-0.15 (-0.46%)
Valuation
| Index | RUT |
|---|---|
| Market Cap | $1.04B |
| Income | 89.25M |
| Sales | 546.37M |
| Book / share | 31.53 |
| Dividend Est. | 0.60 (1.87%) |
| Dividend TTM | 0.60 (1.85%) |
| Dividend Ex-Date | Nov 13, 2026 |
| Dividend Gr. 3/5Y | 5.90% 7.34% |
| Payout | 20.42% |
| Employees | 842 |
| IPO | Apr 11, 2018 |
Ratios
| Price / earnings | 11.61 |
|---|---|
| Forward price / earnings | 9.81 |
| Price / earnings / growth | 1.27 |
| Price / sales | 1.91 |
| Price / book | 1.03 |
| Price / free cash flow | 9.04 |
| Current Ratio | 0.27 |
| Debt / equity | 0.51 |
| Long-term debt / equity | 0.30 |
| Options and short | Yes / Yes |
Earnings
| Earnings / share | 2.79 |
|---|---|
| Earnings next year | 3.30 |
| Earnings next quarter | 0.80 |
| Earnings this year | 7.14% |
| Earnings growth, 5 years | 7.75% |
| Past earnings growth | 6.37% 11.16% |
| Past sales growth | 24.62% 24.79% |
| Earnings vs last year | 7.94% |
| Sales vs last year | 7.18% |
| Earnings vs last quarter | -2.25% |
| Sales vs last quarter | 7.63% |
| Earnings | Oct 26 BMO · 18 days ago |
| Surprise | 6.04% -0.08% |
Ownership
| Insiders own | 5.52% |
|---|---|
| Insider trades | -9.25% |
| Institutions own | 58.54% |
| Institution trades | 7.25% |
| Return on assets | 1.12% |
| Return on equity | 10.06% |
| Return on capital | 7.28% |
| Operating margin | 22.45% |
| Profit Margin | 16.33% |
| 20-day average | 1.14% |
| 50-day average | 3.37% |
| 200-day average | 9.54% |
Technical
| Shares out | 32.24M |
|---|---|
| Shares floating | 30.46M |
| Short / float | 3.57% |
| Short ratio | 5.72 |
| Short interest | 1.09M |
| 52-week high | 33.69 -3.8% |
| 52-week low | 24.19 +34.0% |
| Volatility | 2.34% 2.30% |
| Average range | 0.74 |
| Strength index | 56.62 |
| Market sensitivity | 0.73 |
| Relative volume | 0.00 |
| Avg Volume | 190.19K |
| Volume | 0 |
Performance
| Perf Week | 0.40% |
|---|---|
| Perf Month | 5.43% |
| Perf Quarter | 0.90% |
| Perf Half Y | 19.42% |
| Perf YTD | 23.99% |
| Perf Year | 28.71% |
| Perf 3Y | 58.72% |
| Perf 5Y | 14.56% |
| Recommendation | 1.20 |
| Target Price | 37.05 |
| Prev Close | 32.41 |
| Price | 32.41 |
| Change % | 0.00% |
Compare
| BFST | |
|---|---|
| Price | 32.41 |
| Change | -0.15 (-0.46%) |
Compare · Valuation
| BFST | |
|---|---|
| Index | RUT |
| Market Cap | $1.04B |
| Income | 89.25M |
| Sales | 546.37M |
| Book / share | 31.53 |
| Dividend Est. | 0.60 (1.87%) |
| Dividend TTM | 0.60 (1.85%) |
| Dividend Ex-Date | Nov 13, 2026 |
| Dividend Gr. 3/5Y | 5.90% 7.34% |
| Payout | 20.42% |
| Employees | 842 |
| IPO | Apr 11, 2018 |
Compare · Ratios
| BFST | |
|---|---|
| Price / earnings | 11.61 |
| Forward price / earnings | 9.81 |
| Price / earnings / growth | 1.27 |
| Price / sales | 1.91 |
| Price / book | 1.03 |
| Price / free cash flow | 9.04 |
| Current Ratio | 0.27 |
| Debt / equity | 0.51 |
| Long-term debt / equity | 0.30 |
| Options and short | Yes / Yes |
Compare · Earnings
| BFST | |
|---|---|
| Earnings / share | 2.79 |
| Earnings next year | 3.30 |
| Earnings next quarter | 0.80 |
| Earnings this year | 7.14% |
| Earnings growth, 5 years | 7.75% |
| Past earnings growth | 6.37% 11.16% |
| Past sales growth | 24.62% 24.79% |
| Earnings vs last year | 7.94% |
| Sales vs last year | 7.18% |
| Earnings vs last quarter | -2.25% |
| Sales vs last quarter | 7.63% |
| Earnings | Oct 26 BMO · 18 days ago |
| Surprise | 6.04% -0.08% |
Compare · Ownership
| BFST | |
|---|---|
| Insiders own | 5.52% |
| Insider trades | -9.25% |
| Institutions own | 58.54% |
| Institution trades | 7.25% |
| Return on assets | 1.12% |
| Return on equity | 10.06% |
| Return on capital | 7.28% |
| Operating margin | 22.45% |
| Profit Margin | 16.33% |
| 20-day average | 1.14% |
| 50-day average | 3.37% |
| 200-day average | 9.54% |
Compare · Technical
| BFST | |
|---|---|
| Shares out | 32.24M |
| Shares floating | 30.46M |
| Short / float | 3.57% |
| Short ratio | 5.72 |
| Short interest | 1.09M |
| 52-week high | 33.69 -3.8% |
| 52-week low | 24.19 +34.0% |
| Volatility | 2.34% 2.30% |
| Average range | 0.74 |
| Strength index | 56.62 |
| Market sensitivity | 0.73 |
| Relative volume | 0.00 |
| Avg Volume | 190.19K |
| Volume | 0 |
Compare · Performance
| BFST | |
|---|---|
| Perf Week | 0.40% |
| Perf Month | 5.43% |
| Perf Quarter | 0.90% |
| Perf Half Y | 19.42% |
| Perf YTD | 23.99% |
| Perf Year | 28.71% |
| Perf 3Y | 58.72% |
| Perf 5Y | 14.56% |
| Recommendation | 1.20 |
| Target Price | 37.05 |
| Prev Close | 32.41 |
| Price | 32.41 |
| Change % | 0.00% |