Business First Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST) stock closed at 23.49 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a 0.26% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 28.57K shares and market capitalization of 540.54M. 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 -1.76%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is -17.03%. BFST stock has a five-year performance of %. Its 52-week range is between 20.19 and 29.5, which gives BFST stock a 52-week price range ratio of 40.28%

Business First Bancshares Inc. currently has a PE ratio of 9.20, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 1.06, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 3.22, a price to cashflow ratio of 8.00, a PEG ratio of 2.32, a ROA of 1.02%, a ROC of -% and a ROE of 11.42%. The company’s profit margin is 21.08%, its EBITDA margin is -%, and its revenue ttm is $148.71 Million , which makes it $6.59 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 -.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for Business First Bancshares Inc. is Strong Buy (1), with a target price of $29.33, which is +22.51% compared to the current price. The earnings rating for Business First Bancshares Inc. stock is Sell (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 2.26% with a dividend per share of $0.48 and a payout ratio of 15.00%.

Business First Bancshares Inc. has a Buy technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 10.92, ATR14 : 0.63, CCI20 : 93.81, Chaikin Money Flow : 0.16, MACD : 0.51, Money Flow Index : 85.86, ROC : 5.05, RSI : 48.13, STOCH (14,3) : 92.06, STOCH RSI : 0.98, UO : 71.20, Williams %R : -7.94), Simple Moving Averages and Exponential Moving Averages.

Aggregated Insider Trades of Business First Bancshares Inc. in the last 12-months were: Andrew D. McLindon (Buy at a value of $22 710), Carol M. Calkins (Buy at a value of $8 239), Drew C. Brees (Buy at a value of $100 775), Gregory Robertson (Option Excercise at a value of $300 000), Keith A. Tillage (Buy at a value of $939), Keith Tillage (Buy at a value of $939), Mark P. Folse (Sold 30 586 shares of value $869 481 ), Ricky D. Day (Buy at a value of $113 590), Rolfe Hood McCollister (Buy at a value of $98 584), Steve White (Sold 4 000 shares of value $107 320 ), Steven G. White (Sold 7 000 shares of value $188 020 )