| Market Cap | 521.60M | P/E | 8.40 | EPS this Y | -10.30% | Ern Qtrly Grth | -9.70% |
| Income | 64.19M | Forward P/E | 9.07 | EPS next Y | 8.90% | 50D Avg Chg | 29.00% |
| Sales | 249.1M | PEG | - | EPS past 5Y | 11.77% | 200D Avg Chg | 8.00% |
| Dividend | 2.00% | Price/Book | 0.99 | EPS next 5Y | - | 52W High Chg | -18.00% |
| Recommedations | 1.80 | Quick Ratio | - | Shares Outstanding | 25.54M | 52W Low Chg | 58.00% |
| Insider Own | 6.30% | ROA | 1.07% | Shares Float | 23.72M | Beta | - |
| Inst Own | 47.91% | ROE | 11.16% | Shares Shorted/Prior | 192.95K/244.06K | Price | 20.58 |
| Gross Margin | - | Profit Margin | 27.94% | Avg. Volume | 78,087 | Target Price | 28.00 |
| Oper. Margin | 29.38% | Earnings Date | Jul 25 | Volume | 65,273 | Change | -3.02% |
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. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Jan 24, 24 |
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| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Oct 27, 23 |
| Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Oct 27, 23 |
| Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Jul 28, 23 |
| Raymond James | Outperform | Jul 28, 23 |
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| Insider Trades | Relationship | Date | Transactions | Cost($) | #Shares | Value($) | #Share Own | SEC Form 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buquet James J. III | Director Director | Aug 31 | Sell | 16.62 | 43,700 | 726,294 | 5,689 | 11/16/23 |
| Buquet James J. III | Director Director | Aug 31 | Buy | 20.78 | 1,336 | 27,768 | 4,000 | 11/16/23 |
| Manning Kathryn | Chief Risk Officer Chief Risk Officer | May 16 | Buy | 14.34 | 1,400 | 20,076 | 12,343 | 05/17/23 |
| Johnson Joseph Vernon | Director Director | May 08 | Buy | 14.19 | 500 | 7,095 | 225,798 | 05/09/23 |
| WHITE STEVEN GERARD | Director Director | May 08 | Buy | 14.44 | 1,500 | 21,660 | 12,765 | 05/09/23 |
| MCCOLLISTER ROLFE H. JR. | Director Director | May 04 | Buy | 13.6 | 7,000 | 95,200 | 90,727 | 05/08/23 |
| JORDAN PHILIP | EVP&CBO of b1Bank EVP&CBO of b1Bank | Sep 15 | Option | 15 | 10,000 | 150,000 | 60,072 | 04/28/23 |
| Hood William K | Director Director | Jan 06 | Buy | 22.06 | 3,664 | 80,828 | 770,443 | 04/06/23 |
| Smith Edgar R. III | Director Director | Jan 06 | Buy | 23.76 | 17,109 | 406,510 | 7,443 | 04/06/23 |
| Calkins Carol | Director Director | May 05 | Buy | 22.51 | 366 | 8,239 | 1,477 | 05/06/22 |
| MCLINDON ANDREW D. | Director Director | Apr 29 | Buy | 22.71 | 1,000 | 22,710 | 35,899 | 05/03/22 |
| JORDAN PHILIP | EVP&CBO of b1Bank EVP&CBO of b1Bank | Oct 20 | Option | 12 | 15,000 | 180,000 | 60,530 | 04/04/22 |
| Folse Mark P. | EVP,Chief Risk Offic.. EVP,Chief Risk Officer- b1BANK | Jun 30 | Sell | 28.05 | 15,293 | 428,969 | 132,035 | 11/30/21 |