Business First Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST) stock closed at 23.64 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a -0.84% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 14.73K shares and market capitalization of 489.11M. Is a component of indices and it is traded on NASDAQ exchange. The company belongs in the Banks industry, Financial Services sector and employs 367 people. Business First Bancshares Inc. CEO is David R. Melville.

The one-year performance of Business First Bancshares Inc. stock is 77.32%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is 16.11%. BFST stock has a five-year performance of %. Its 52-week range is between 10 and 24.95, which gives BFST stock a 52-week price range ratio of 91.24%

Business First Bancshares Inc. currently has a PE ratio of 14.80, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 1.21, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 3.60, a price to cashflow ratio of 14.90, a PEG ratio of 2.32, a ROA of 0.90%, a ROC of -% and a ROE of 8.33%. The company’s profit margin is 17.94%, its EBITDA margin is -%, and its revenue ttm is $142.50 Million , which makes it $6.89 revenue per share.

Of the last four earnings reports from Business First Bancshares Inc., there were 3 positive earnings surprise and 1 negative earnings surprise. The company has EPS estimate of $0.58 for the next earnings report. Business First Bancshares Inc.’s next earnings report date is 27th Apr 2021.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for Business First Bancshares Inc. is Moderate Buy (2), with a target price of $25.75, which is +8.93% compared to the current price. The earnings rating for Business First Bancshares Inc. stock is Strong Buy (calculated from actual period earnings estimates revision (80% weight) and previous period earnings surprise (20% weight)).

Business First Bancshares Inc. has a dividend yield of 1.61% with a dividend per share of $0.40 and a payout ratio of 29.00%.

Business First Bancshares Inc. has a Buy technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 10.98, ATR14 : 0.92, CCI20 : 152.57, Chaikin Money Flow : 0.12, MACD : 0.59, Money Flow Index : 75.27, ROC : 4.59, RSI : 62.31, STOCH (14,3) : 88.24, STOCH RSI : 0.72, UO : 60.73, Williams %R : -11.76), Simple Moving Averages and Exponential Moving Averages.

Aggregated Insider Trades of Business First Bancshares Inc. in the last 12-months were: Alicia Robertson (Buy at a value of $4 662), Alicia Robertson (Option Excercise at a value of $102 660), Alicia Robertson (Sold 8 630 shares of value $188 911 ), Keith Tillage (Buy at a value of $4 164), Ricky D. Day (Buy at a value of $65 306), Robert S. Greer (Buy at a value of $89 280), Steve White (Buy at a value of $78 260), Steve White (Sold 2 500 shares of value $57 850 ), Warren McDonald (Option Excercise at a value of $264 000), Warren McDonald (Sold 2 000 shares of value $46 500 )