Business First Bancshares is a banks - regional business based in the US. Business First Bancshares shares (BFST) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $28.38 – an increase of 0.64% over the previous week. Business First Bancshares employs 751 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $249.9 million.
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| Latest market close | $28.38 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $18.76 - $30.15 |
| 50-day moving average | $26.27 |
| 200-day moving average | $23.04 |
| Wall St. target price | $32.38 |
| PE ratio | 12.2328 |
| Dividend yield | $0.56 (1.97%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $2.32 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $27.95 from 2024-11-21
| 1 week (2024-11-15) | -0.89% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-10-23) | 10.30% |
| 3 months (2024-08-22) | 22.21% |
| 6 months (2024-05-22) | 30.42% |
| 1 year (2023-11-22) | 37.68% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-11-22) | 24.56% |
| 3 years (2021-11-22) | 6.05% |
| 5 years (2019-11-22) | 26.81% |
Valuing Business First Bancshares stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Business First Bancshares's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Business First Bancshares's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 12x. In other words, Business First Bancshares shares trade at around 12x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
| Revenue TTM | $249.9 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 35.4% |
| Gross profit TTM | $218 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 0.96% |
| Return on equity TTM | 9.89% |
| Profit margin | 25.79% |
| Book value | $24.59 |
| Market Capitalization | $838.4 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 22.58% of net profits
Recently Business First Bancshares has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Business First Bancshares shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Business First Bancshares's case, that would currently equate to about $0.56 per share.
While Business First Bancshares's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Business First Bancshares is investing more in its future growth.
Business First Bancshares's most recent dividend payout was on 29 November 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 14 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Business First Bancshares's shares have ranged in value from as little as $18.755 up to $30.1501. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Business First Bancshares's is 0.965. This would suggest that Business First Bancshares's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Business First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for b1BANK that provides various banking products and services in Louisiana and Texas. It offers various deposit products and services, including checking, demand, money market, time, and savings accounts; and certificates of deposits, remote deposit capture, and direct deposit services. The company also provides commercial and industrial loans, such as working capital, term, equipment financing, asset acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing base, and other loan products, as well as commercial lines of credit, accounts receivable factoring, agricultural financing, and letters of credit; construction and development loans; commercial real estate loans; residential real estate loans comprising first and second lien 1-4 family mortgage loans, and home equity lines of credit; and consumer loans, including secured and unsecured installment, and term loans. In addition, it offers wealth management products, including mutual funds, annuities, individual retirement accounts, and other financial products, as well as other fiduciary and private banking products and services. Further, the company provides a range of other financial services comprising debit and credit cards, treasury and cash management, merchant, automated clearing house, lock-box, receivables factoring, correspondent banking, and other treasury services, as well as employee and payroll benefits solutions; and drive-through banking facilities, automated teller machines, night depository, personalized checks, electronic funds transfer, domestic and foreign wire transfer, traveler's checks, vault, loan and deposit sweep accounts, online and mobile banking, e-statements, and bank-by-mail services. Business First Bancshares, Inc.
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