Stock Research: Business First Bancshares

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Business First Bancshares

NasdaqGS:BFST US12326C1053
97
  • Value
    67
  • Growth
    93
  • Safety
    Safety
    87
  • Combined
    100
  • Sentiment
    35
  • 360° View
    360° View
    97
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Company Description

Business First Bancshares, Inc. is a financial holding company operating through its banking subsidiary, b1BANK, offering a full array of banking products and services including checking, savings, commercial and consumer loans, and wealth management. It operates throughout Louisiana and in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and Houston. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $766 million and 849 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 97 (better than 97% compared with alternatives) for 2025, overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Business First Bancshares are very positive. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators above average for Business First Bancshares. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 87, which means that the share price of Business First Bancshares is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 87% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 93, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth, as well as stock returns. The company is also safely financed with a Safety Rank of 67. But the professional market sentiment is below average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of only 35. Professional investors are more confident in 65% other stocks. ...read more

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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 21-Aug-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
87 59 36 51
Growth
93 75 100 95
Safety
Safety
67 56 11 5
Sentiment
35 93 100 79
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97 92 74 71
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
91 94 89 95
Opinions Change
35 95 50 18
Pro Holdings
n/a 81 94 59
Market Pulse
26 48 89 82
Sentiment
35 93 100 79
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
87 59 36 51
Growth
93 75 100 95
Safety Safety
67 56 11 5
Combined
100 76 38 53
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
93 73 60 67
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
89 77 71 85
Price vs. Book (P/B)
79 64 43 41
Dividend Yield
26 23 20 29
Value
87 59 36 51
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
88 44 82 81
Profit Growth
67 67 84 43
Capital Growth
90 97 95 100
Stock Returns
41 39 81 57
Growth
93 75 100 95
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
94 78 12 34
Refinancing
57 71 81 29
Liquidity
20 19 7 16
Safety Safety
67 56 11 5

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