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Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript
Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript
Business First (BFST) Q4 Earnings: How Key Metrics Compare to Wall Street Estimates
The headline numbers for Business First (BFST) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended December 2023, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.
Business First Bancshares, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2023 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call
BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) (Business First), the parent company of b1BANK, today announced that it is scheduled to release fourth quarter 2023 earnings after market close on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. Executive management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss results on the same day (Tuesday, January 23, 2024) at 4:30 p.m. CDT.
Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Transcript
Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST ) Q3 2023 Earnings Conference Call October 26, 2023 5:30 PM ET Company Participants Matt Sealy - SVP and Director, Corporate Strategy Jude Melville - President, CEO & Director Greg Robertson - Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer Conference Call Participants Matt Olney - Stephens Brett Rabatin - Hovde Group Graham Dick - Piper Sandler Kevin Fitzsimmons - D.A. Davidson Feddie Strickland - Janney Montgomery Scott Michael Rose - Raymond James Operator Hello.
Business First (BFST) Q3 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates
The headline numbers for Business First (BFST) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended September 2023, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.
Business First (BFST) Tops Q3 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
Business First (BFST) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.71 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.62 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.72 per share a year ago.
Business First Bancshares, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2023 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call
BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST) (Business First), the parent company of b1BANK, today announced that it is scheduled to release third quarter 2023 earnings after market close on Thursday, October 26, 2023. Executive management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss results on the same day (Thursday, October 26, 2023) at 4:30 p.m. CDT.
Business First (BFST) Upgraded to Strong Buy: What Does It Mean for the Stock?
Business First (BFST) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Transcript
Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST ) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call July 27, 2023 5:30 PM ET Company Participants Matt Sealy - SVP and Director, Corporate Strategy Jude Melville - President, CEO & Director Greg Robertson - Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer Philip Jordan - Executive VP & Chief Banking Officer Conference Call Participants Michael Rose - Raymond James Brett Rabatin - Hovde Group Kevin Fitzsimmons - D.A. Davidson Feddie Strickland - Janney Montgomery Scott Graham Dick - Piper Sandler Operator Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by.
BFST Financial details
BFST Financial Performance
Yearly Fundamentals Overview
Last date of statement is 2023-12-31
Metric | History | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.02K | 2.02K | 2.02K | 2.02K | 2.02K | ||
Revenue per share | 6.83 | 8.21 | 9.1 | 12.47 | 15.38 | |
Net income per share | 1.79 | 1.65 | 2.54 | 2.97 | 2.83 | |
Operating cash flow per share | 1.83 | 1.61 | 2.75 | 3.81 | 3.69 | |
Free cash flow per share | 1.54 | 1.45 | 2.56 | 3.39 | 3.13 | |
Cash per share | 27.61 | 43.46 | 53.14 | 57.2 | 44.09 | |
Book value per share | 21.42 | 22.56 | 21.14 | 31.82 | 25.69 | |
Tangible book value per share | 17.27 | 19.06 | 17.62 | 26.2 | 21.69 | |
Share holders equity per share | 21.42 | 22.56 | 21.14 | 31.82 | 25.69 | |
Interest debt per share | 16.47 | 5.85 | 9.02 | 30.83 | 26.75 | |
Market cap | 331.83M | 369.93M | 580.42M | 403.91M | 618.2M | |
Enterprise value | 360.46M | 304.97M | 680.51M | 777.03M | 1.05B | |
P/E ratio | 13.96 | 12.33 | 11.13 | 7.44 | 8.7 | |
Price to sales ratio | 3.65 | 2.48 | 3.11 | 1.78 | 1.6 | |
POCF ratio | 13.59 | 12.61 | 10.28 | 5.81 | 6.69 | |
PFCF ratio | 16.22 | 14.03 | 11.06 | 6.54 | 7.87 | |
P/B Ratio | 1.16 | 0.9 | 1.34 | 0.7 | 0.96 | |
PTB ratio | 1.16 | 0.9 | 1.34 | 0.7 | 0.96 | |
EV to sales | 3.97 | 2.04 | 3.65 | 3.41 | 2.72 | |
Enterprise value over EBITDA | 11.47 | 7.63 | 9.67 | 7.07 | 154.92 | |
EV to operating cash flow | 14.76 | 10.39 | 12.06 | 11.17 | 11.34 | |
EV to free cash flow | 17.62 | 11.57 | 12.97 | 12.57 | 13.35 | |
Earnings yield | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.11 | |
Free cash flow yield | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.13 | |
Debt to equity | 0.69 | 0.21 | 0.39 | 0.91 | 0.99 | |
Debt to assets | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.1 | |
Net debt to EBITDA | 0.91 | -1.63 | 1.42 | 3.39 | 63.56 | |
Current ratio | 245 | 108.21 | 807.16 | 508.88 | 0.08 | |
Interest coverage | 1.28 | 1.66 | 3.9 | 2.82 | 0 | |
Income quality | 1.03 | 0.98 | 1.08 | 1.28 | 1.3 | |
Dividend Yield | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | |
Payout ratio | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.25 | |
Sales general and administrative to revenue | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.43 | 0.39 | 0.24 | |
Research and developement to revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Intangibles to total assets | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |
Capex to operating cash flow | -0.16 | -0.1 | -0.07 | -0.11 | -0.15 | |
Capex to revenue | -0.04 | -0.02 | -0.02 | -0.03 | -0.04 | |
Capex to depreciation | -2.49 | -0.94 | -0.95 | -1.61 | -2.06 | |
Stock based compensation to revenue | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |
Graham number | 29.34 | 28.95 | 34.78 | 46.14 | 40.46 | |
ROIC | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0 | |
Return on tangible assets | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
Graham Net | -127.46 | -171.76 | -163.26 | -243.65 | -287.16 | |
Working capital | 374.06M | 806.11M | 1.11B | 1.07B | -4.68B | |
Tangible asset value | 229.91M | 346.37M | 361.27M | 477.9M | 543.97M | |
Net current asset value | -1.61B | -2.94B | -3.18B | -4.34B | -5.54B | |
Invested capital | 0.69 | 0.21 | 0.39 | 0.91 | 0.99 | |
Average receivables | 8.12M | 15.96M | 21.75M | 22.63M | 27.79M | |
Average payables | 1.45M | 2.02M | 1.93M | 1.72M | 8.47M | |
Average inventory | -81.4M | -259.52M | -336.34M | -255.91M | -2.48B | |
Days sales outstanding | 32.22 | 58.45 | 38.34 | 41.17 | 28.32 | |
Days payables outstanding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4.3K | |
Days of inventory on hand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.38M | |
Receivables turnover | 11.33 | 6.24 | 9.52 | 8.87 | 12.89 | |
Payables turnover | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.08 | |
Inventory turnover | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ROE | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.11 | |
Capex per share | -0.3 | -0.16 | -0.19 | -0.43 | -0.56 |
Quarterly Fundamentals Overview
Last date of statement is 2023-12-31 for Q4
Metric | History | 2022-12-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-06-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2023-12-31 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.02K | 2.02K | 2.02K | 2.02K | 2.02K | ||
Revenue per share | 2.6 | 2.44 | 2.45 | 2.54 | 4 | |
Net income per share | 0.73 | 0.6 | 0.79 | 0.81 | 0.63 | |
Operating cash flow per share | 0.46 | 0.92 | 1.03 | 0.89 | 0.85 | |
Free cash flow per share | 0.44 | 0.84 | 1.02 | 0.75 | 0.61 | |
Cash per share | 42.52 | 42.58 | 42.18 | 41.46 | 44.02 | |
Book value per share | 23.65 | 23.93 | 23.94 | 24.07 | 25.65 | |
Tangible book value per share | 19.47 | 19.84 | 19.9 | 20.05 | 21.66 | |
Share holders equity per share | 23.65 | 23.93 | 23.94 | 24.07 | 25.65 | |
Interest debt per share | 22.18 | 33.93 | 32.01 | 26.17 | 25.73 | |
Market cap | 543.36M | 427.91M | 378.28M | 471.09M | 619.13M | |
Enterprise value | 916.48M | 1.09B | 968.3M | 898.87M | 1.05B | |
P/E ratio | 7.56 | 7.12 | 4.79 | 5.76 | 9.78 | |
Price to sales ratio | 8.53 | 7.02 | 6.15 | 7.39 | 6.16 | |
POCF ratio | 47.75 | 18.65 | 14.66 | 21.02 | 29.1 | |
PFCF ratio | 50.35 | 20.51 | 14.76 | 24.89 | 40.34 | |
P/B Ratio | 0.94 | 0.72 | 0.63 | 0.78 | 0.96 | |
PTB ratio | 0.94 | 0.72 | 0.63 | 0.78 | 0.96 | |
EV to sales | 14.38 | 17.86 | 15.74 | 14.1 | 10.43 | |
Enterprise value over EBITDA | 21.53 | 23.68 | 36.18 | 32.5 | 637.07 | |
EV to operating cash flow | 80.53 | 47.47 | 37.53 | 40.12 | 49.31 | |
EV to free cash flow | 84.92 | 52.19 | 37.77 | 47.48 | 68.36 | |
Earnings yield | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 | |
Free cash flow yield | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.02 | |
Debt to equity | 0.91 | 1.37 | 1.28 | 1.02 | 0.99 | |
Debt to assets | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Net debt to EBITDA | 8.77 | 14.38 | 22.05 | 15.47 | 261.16 | |
Current ratio | 508.88 | 309.24 | 141.45 | 95.49 | 0.08 | |
Interest coverage | 2.22 | 1.67 | 0.77 | 0.68 | -14.27 | |
Income quality | 0.63 | 1.53 | 1.31 | 1.1 | 1.34 | |
Dividend Yield | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
Payout ratio | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.31 | |
Sales general and administrative to revenue | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.4 | 0.37 | 0.71 | |
Research and developement to revenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Intangibles to total assets | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |
Capex to operating cash flow | -0.05 | -0.09 | -0.01 | -0.16 | -0.28 | |
Capex to revenue | -0.01 | -0.03 | 0 | -0.05 | -0.06 | |
Capex to depreciation | -0.5 | -1.75 | -0.14 | -2.98 | -3.6 | |
Stock based compensation to revenue | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.01 | |
Graham number | 19.74 | 17.99 | 20.58 | 21 | 19.07 | |
ROIC | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | -0.06 | |
Return on tangible assets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Graham Net | -181.11 | -190.35 | -197.85 | -200.35 | -286.73 | |
Working capital | 1.07B | 1.09B | 1.08B | 1.06B | -4.68B | |
Tangible asset value | 477.9M | 495.63M | 499.43M | 503.56M | 543.97M | |
Net current asset value | -4.34B | -4.6B | -4.77B | -4.82B | -5.54B | |
Invested capital | 0.91 | 1.37 | 1.28 | 1.02 | 0.99 | |
Average receivables | 24.06M | 25.56M | 26.15M | 27.46M | 28.99M | |
Average payables | 1.56M | 2.8M | 5.59M | 9.43M | 13.01M | |
Average inventory | -191.24M | -243.11M | -337.05M | -400.48M | -2.59B | |
Days sales outstanding | 36.25 | 37.57 | 39.29 | 39.62 | 26.77 | |
Days payables outstanding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Days of inventory on hand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Receivables turnover | 2.48 | 2.4 | 2.29 | 2.27 | 3.36 | |
Payables turnover | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Inventory turnover | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ROE | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | |
Capex per share | -0.02 | -0.08 | -0.01 | -0.14 | -0.24 |
BFST Frequently Asked Questions
What is Business First Bancshares, Inc. stock symbol ?
Business First Bancshares, Inc. is a US stock , located in Baton rouge of La and trading under the symbol BFST
Is Business First Bancshares, Inc. buy or a sell ?
2 stock analysts have 2 predictions with a medium analyst target price of $28. The lowest prediction is $27 and the highest is $29
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What is Business First Bancshares, Inc. stock quote today ?
Business First Bancshares, Inc. stock price is $22.28 today.
Is Business First Bancshares, Inc. stock public?
Yes, Business First Bancshares, Inc. is a publicly traded company.