BFST
Business First Bancshares Inc
NASDAQ: BFST · FINANCIAL SERVICES · BANKS - REGIONAL
$27.38
+1.63% today
Updated 2026-04-30
Market cap
$923.88M
P/E ratio
10.13
P/S ratio
2.95x
EPS (TTM)
$2.79
Dividend yield
2.03%
52W range
$22 – $30
Volume
0.2M
Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) Financial statements
SEC filings — annual and quarterly data.
Cash flow — annual
| Item | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $9.21M | $8.22M | $6.89M | $3.40M | $8.15M | $7.97M | $19.28M | $24.42M | $29.34M | $56.44M | $69.58M | $92.43M | $61.40M | $92.08M |
| Capital expenditures | $1.47M | $328000.00 | $218000.00 | $962000.00 | $1.39M | $505000.00 | $919000.00 | $3.96M | $2.97M | $3.97M | $7.78M | $11.65M | $1.56M | $66000.00 |
| Depreciation | $773000.00 | $848000.00 | $810000.00 | $1.19M | $1.30M | $1.18M | $1.17M | $1.59M | $3.16M | $4.16M | $4.82M | $4.67M | $5.26M | — |
| Stock-based comp | $447000.00 | $502000.00 | $485000.00 | $49000.00 | $456000.00 | $-59000.00 | $1.01M | $1.09M | $2.45M | $2.86M | $3.70M | $4.00M | $3.00M | $5.82M |
| Free cash flow | $7.75M | $7.89M | $6.67M | $2.44M | $6.76M | $7.46M | $18.36M | $20.46M | $26.37M | $52.47M | $61.80M | $80.78M | $59.84M | $92.02M |
| Investing cash flow | $-40.55M | $-11.87M | $15.97M | $-14.12M | $-33.34M | $-153.44M | $-170.32M | $-192.29M | $-475.30M | $-675.35M | $-700.52M | $-521.14M | $-294.91M | — |
| Financing cash flow | $24.76M | $2.97M | $-6.92M | $25.62M | $26.45M | $210.89M | $139.52M | $161.17M | $505.72M | $538.15M | $715.31M | $502.08M | $326.50M | — |
| Dividends paid | — | — | $1.06M | $1.06M | $1.06M | $1.79M | $3.28M | $5.05M | $7.52M | $9.44M | $12.17M | $18.06M | $20.26M | $22.25M |
| Share repurchases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Debt repayment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net change in cash | — | — | — | $14.90M | $1.26M | $65.42M | $-11.52M | $-6.70M | $59.76M | $-80.76M | $84.36M | — | — | — |