BFST Business First Bancshares Inc
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- Financial Services
- NASDAQ: BFST
Price (delayed)
$24.97
Market cap
$739.5M
P/E Ratio
9.68
Dividend/share
$0.56
EPS
$2.58
Enterprise value
$734.2M
Relative Growth:
Rel. Growth:
83
Relative Strength:
Rel. Strength:
50
Relative Valuation:
Rel. Valuation:
88
Relative Profitability:
Rel. Profitability:
85
Business First Bancshares, Inc., through its banking subsidiary b1BANK, formerly known as Business First Bank, operates 43 banking centers in markets across Louisiana and in the Dallas, Texas area. b1BANK
Highlights
BFST's net income is up by 27% YoY and by 7% QoQ
BFST's equity is up by 26% year-on-year and by 3.5% since the previous quarter
Key stats
What are the main financial stats of BFST
Market
Valuations
Earnings
Shares outstanding
29.62M
Market cap
$739.5M
Enterprise value
$734.2M
Price to earnings (P/E)
9.68
Price to book (P/B)
0.84
Price to sales (P/S)
2.43
PEG
0.99
EV/EBIT
7.06
EV/EBITDA
6.68
EV/Sales
2.41
Revenue
$304.27M
Gross profit
$304.27M
Operating income
$104.03M
Net income
$81.99M
EBIT
$104.03M
EBITDA
$109.87M
Free cash flow
$91.14M
Per share
Balance sheet
Liquidity
EPS
$2.58
EPS diluted
$2.59
Free cash flow per share
$3.08
Book value per share
$29.67
Revenue per share
$10.28
TBVPS
$264.08
Total assets
$7.95B
Total liabilities
$7.08B
Debt
$494.89M
Equity
$878.44M
Working capital
N/A
Debt to equity
0.56
Current ratio
N/A
Quick ratio
N/A
Net debt/EBITDA
-0.05
Margins
Efficiency
Dividend
EBITDA margin
36.1%
Gross margin
100%
Net margin
26.9%
Operating margin
34.2%
Return on assets
1%
Return on equity
9.1%
Return on invested capital
1.3%
Return on capital employed
N/A
Return on sales
34.2%
Dividend yield
2.24%
DPS
$0.56
Payout ratio
21.7%
BFST stock price
How has the Business First Bancshares stock price performed over time
Intraday
1.42%
1 week
0.93%
1 month
6.85%
1 year
-4.29%
YTD
-2.84%
QTD
5.76%
Financial performance
How have Business First Bancshares's revenue and profit performed over time
Revenue
$304.27M
Gross profit
$304.27M
Operating income
$104.03M
Net income
$81.99M
Gross margin
100%
Net margin
26.9%
BFST's net income is up by 27% YoY and by 7% QoQ
The operating income has grown by 27% YoY and by 6% from the previous quarter
BFST's revenue is up by 22% YoY and by 4.3% QoQ
The company's gross profit rose by 22% YoY and by 4.3% QoQ
Price vs fundamentals
How does BFST's price correlate with its fundamentals
Growth
What is Business First Bancshares's growth rate over time
Valuation
What is Business First Bancshares stock price valuation
P/E
9.68
P/B
0.84
P/S
2.43
EV/EBIT
7.06
EV/EBITDA
6.68
EV/Sales
2.41
BFST's EPS is up by 10% year-on-year and by 3.2% since the previous quarter
The stock's P/E is 4.2% below its last 4 quarters average of 10.1
BFST's equity is up by 26% year-on-year and by 3.5% since the previous quarter
BFST's P/B is 16% lower than its 5-year quarterly average of 1.0 and 7% lower than its last 4 quarters average of 0.9
BFST's revenue is up by 22% YoY and by 4.3% QoQ
The P/S is 7% below the last 4 quarters average of 2.6 and 2.8% below the 5-year quarterly average of 2.5
Efficiency
How efficient is Business First Bancshares business performance
The ROA has increased by 11% QoQ and by 11% YoY
The ROIC has grown by 8% YoY
BFST's return on sales is up by 4% year-on-year
Business First Bancshares's ROE has increased by 2.2% YoY
Dividends
What is BFST's dividend history
DPS
$0.56
Dividend yield
2.24%
Payout ratio
21.7%
Recent dividends
Special dividends are included in TTM DPS and yield
Financial health
How did Business First Bancshares financials performed over time
The company's total assets is 12% higher than its total liabilities
The company's total assets rose by 15% YoY
Business First Bancshares's total liabilities has increased by 14% YoY
BFST's debt is 44% lower than its equity
BFST's equity is up by 26% year-on-year and by 3.5% since the previous quarter
The company's debt to equity fell by 22% QoQ and by 21% YoY
All financial data is based on trailing twelve months (TTM) periods - updated quarterly, unless otherwise specified.