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Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) Financial History

20 years of revenue, earnings, cash-flow and balance-sheet history from public filings.

FINANCIAL SERVICES · BANKS - REGIONAL · DATA UPDATED 2026-09-17

Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) operates in the BANKS - REGIONAL industry and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, United States with about 821 employees. Its market capitalization is roughly $1 billion. In the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, BFST reported $512M in revenue and $88M in net income.

Business First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for b1BANK that provides various banking products and services in Louisiana and Texas.

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BFST Revenue & Earnings History — Annual Income Statement

Income statementTTM → 2026-06-302025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-312015-12-312014-12-312013-12-312012-12-31
Total Revenue$455M$512M$458M$386M$264M$203M$169M$113M$84M$57M$49M$42M$25M$26M$23M
Gross Profit$257M$312M$259M$243M$217M$179M$135M$87M$68M$46M$42M$36M$25M$26M$23M
Gross Margin %56.4%60.9%56.7%63.0%82.0%87.9%80.1%77.0%80.5%80.0%85.6%86.4%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Operating Income (EBIT)$60M$113M$83M$91M$69M$65M$37M$30M$17M$9M$7M$6M$5M$6M$5M
Operating Margin %13.1%22.1%18.1%23.5%26.0%31.8%21.8%26.5%20.7%15.6%13.8%13.5%22.0%21.9%19.9%
Net Income$93M$88M$65M$71M$54M$52M$30M$24M$14M$5M$5M$4M$4M$4M$4M
Net Margin %20.4%17.2%14.2%18.4%20.5%25.7%17.8%21.1%16.8%8.5%10.5%9.8%16.4%16.6%16.5%
EBITDA$62M$119M$88M$95M$73M$69M$40M$31M$19M$10M$8M$7M$6M$6M$5M
Earnings Per Share (EPS)$2.98$2.96$2.46$2.81$2.38$2.53$1.64$1.74$1.22$0.42$0.74$0.58$0.72$0.77$0.68
Shares Outstanding (M)33M30M26M25M23M21M18M14M12M12M7M7M6M6M6M

USD; $M / $B as marked. Newest period first. Source: public company filings (via Yahoo Finance aggregation).

BFST Quarterly Revenue & Earnings — Last 8 Quarters

Quarterly income statement2026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-30
Total Revenue$61M$134M$130M$130M$126M$126M$128M$113M
Gross Profit$12M$84M$83M$78M$76M$75M$71M$65M
Gross Margin %19.1%62.9%63.9%59.6%60.3%59.8%55.3%57.3%
Operating Income (EBIT)($29M)$29M$31M$29M$28M$26M$21M$23M
Operating Margin %-48.2%22.1%23.6%22.2%22.2%20.6%16.7%20.1%
Net Income$24M$24M$22M$23M$22M$21M$16M$18M
Net Margin %39.5%17.6%17.2%17.5%17.5%16.4%12.9%15.8%
EBITDA($31M)$31M$32M$30M$29M$27M$23M$24M
Earnings Per Share (EPS)$0.74$0.72$0.75$0.77$0.75$0.70$0.56$0.70
Shares Outstanding (M)33M33M30M30M30M30M30M25M

USD; $M / $B as marked. Newest period first. Source: public company filings (via Yahoo Finance aggregation).

BFST Free Cash Flow History

Cash flowTTM → 2026-06-302025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-312015-12-312014-12-312013-12-312012-12-31
Cash from Operations (CFO)$103M$92M$61M$92M$70M$56M$29M$24M$19M$8M$8M$3M$7M$8M$9M
Capital Expenditures (CapEx)$4M$0M$2M$12M$8M$4M$3M$4M$1M$1M$1M$1M$0M$0M$1M
Free Cash Flow (FCF)$99M$92M$60M$81M$62M$52M$26M$20M$18M$7M$7M$2M$7M$8M$8M
FCF Margin %
Dividends Paid$24M$22M$20M$18M$12M$9M$8M$5M$3M$2M$1M$1M$1M

USD; $M / $B as marked. Newest period first. Source: public company filings (via Yahoo Finance aggregation).

BFST Quarterly Free Cash Flow — Last 8 Quarters

Quarterly cash flow2026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-30
Cash from Operations (CFO)$27M$27M$17M$32M$14M$29M$17M$21M
Capital Expenditures (CapEx)$1M$0M$3M$0M$0M$1M$0M$0M
Free Cash Flow (FCF)$26M$27M$14M$32M$14M$28M$17M$21M
FCF Margin %
Dividends Paid$6M$6M$6M$5M$6M$5M$6M$5M

USD; $M / $B as marked. Newest period first. Source: public company filings (via Yahoo Finance aggregation).

BFST Balance Sheet History

Balance sheet2026-06-302025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-312015-12-312014-12-312013-12-312012-12-31
Total Assets$8.9B$8.2B$7.9B$6.6B$6.0B$4.7B$4.2B$2.3B$2.1B$1.3B$1.1B$1.1B$685M$684M$681M
Cash & Cash Equivalents$576M$411M$319M$226M$153M$68M$149M$89M$96M$108M$42M$43M$27M$19M$11M
Total Liabilities$7.9B$7.3B$7.1B$5.9B$5.4B$4.3B$3.8B$2.0B$1.8B$1.1B$992M$964M$606M$612M$610M
Total Debt (Short + Long-Term)$597M$551M$483M$635M$560M$188M$58M$186M$92M$81M$54M$52M$30M$0M$0M
Total Shareholders' Equity$1.0B$897M$799M$644M$580M$433M$410M$285M$260M$180M$114M$112M$79M$72M$71M

USD; $M / $B as marked. Newest period first. Source: public company filings (via Yahoo Finance aggregation).

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