Business First Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST) stock closed at 18.59 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a -0.64% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 36.68K shares and market capitalization of 477.99M. 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 -18.36%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is -16.03%. BFST stock has a five-year performance of -28.61%. Its 52-week range is between 13.05 and 25, which gives BFST stock a 52-week price range ratio of 48.62%

Business First Bancshares Inc. currently has a PE ratio of 9.60, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 1.22, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 2.90, a price to cashflow ratio of 8.30, a PEG ratio of -, a ROA of 1.01%, a ROC of -% and a ROE of 12.08%. The company’s profit margin is 19.95%, its EBITDA margin is -%, and its revenue ttm is $181.90 Million , which makes it $7.25 revenue per share.

Of the last four earnings reports from Business First Bancshares Inc., there were 4 positive earnings surprise and 0 negative earnings surprise. The company has EPS estimate of $0.62 for the next earnings report. Business First Bancshares Inc.’s next earnings report date is 25th Oct 2023.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for Business First Bancshares Inc. is Strong Buy (1.2), with a target price of $27.5, which is +46.43% 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 2.29% with a dividend per share of $0.48 and a payout ratio of 15.00%.

Business First Bancshares Inc. has a Neutral technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 10.43, ATR14 : 0.50, CCI20 : -68.51, Chaikin Money Flow : -0.28, MACD : -0.25, Money Flow Index : 24.75, ROC : -2.72, RSI : 42.89, STOCH (14,3) : 39.97, STOCH RSI : 0.42, UO : 46.54, Williams %R : -60.03), Simple Moving Averages and Exponential Moving Averages.

Aggregated Insider Trades of Business First Bancshares Inc. in the last 12-months were: Calkins Carol (Buy at a value of $7 325), Ducrest John (Buy at a value of $85 108), Gregory Robertson (Buy at a value of $95 528), Joseph Vernon Johnson (Buy at a value of $7 095), Kathryn Manning (Buy at a value of $20 076), Kenneth W. Smith (Buy at a value of $50 954), Mansfield Keith (Sold 0 shares of value $0 ), Mccollister Rolfe (Buy at a value of $95 200), Mclindon Andrew (Buy at a value of $28 770), Price Arthur (Buy at a value of $10 493), Rick D. Day (Buy at a value of $151 405), White Steven (Buy at a value of $21 660)