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Business First Bancshares, Inc. [BFST] Stock Forecast

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11:38 29 Mar 2024 BFST

Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

07:01 29 Mar 2024 BFST

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.

05:40 29 Mar 2024 BFST

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.

11:23 29 Mar 2024 BFST

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.

09:03 29 Mar 2024 BFST

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.

06:49 29 Mar 2024 BFST

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.

04:01 29 Mar 2024 BFST

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.

01:31 29 Mar 2024 BFST

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).

09:01 29 Mar 2024 BFST

New Strong Buy Stocks for September 14th

BFST, AMRK, GPI, ETD and ZWS have been added to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) List on September 14, 2023.

12:11 29 Mar 2024 BFST

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

Company Rating
Strong Buy
Market Cap
549.98M
Income
-
Revenue
-
Book val./share
25.65
Cash/share
44.02
Dividend
0.5
Dividend %
2.16%
Employees
751
Optionable
No
Shortable
Yes
Earnings
25 Apr 2024
P/E
7.95
Forward P/E
-
PEG
-
P/S
2.35
P/B
0.96
P/C
0.51
P/FCF
9.95
Quick Ratio
95.49
Current Ratio
95.49
Debt / Equity
0.99
LT Debt / Equity
0.49
-
-
EPS (TTM)
-
EPS next Y
-
EPS next Q
0.58
EPS this Y
-12.37%
EPS next Y
-
EPS next 5Y
-
EPS last 5Y
7.92%
Revenue last 5Y
33.51%
Revenue Q/Q
-
EPS Q/Q
-
-
-
-
-
SMA20
-0.5%
SMA50
-4.96%
SMA100
12.87%
Inst Own
38.09%
Inst Trans
0.88%
ROA
1%
ROE
12%
ROC
0.02%
Gross Margin
100%
Oper. Margin
55%
Profit Margin
29%
Payout
18%
Shs Outstand
25.36M
Shs Float
23.63M
-
-
-
-
Target Price
28
52W Range
13.05-25.57
52W High
-10.88%
52W Low
+71.38%
RSI
52.82
Rel Volume
1.92
Avg Volume
51.45K
Volume
98.7K
Perf Week
3.97%
Perf Month
4.11%
Perf Quarter
17.57%
Perf Half Y
20.76%
-
-
-
-
Beta
0.939
-
-
Volatility
0.36%, 0.39%
Prev Close
-0.31%
Price
22.28
Change
3.24%

BFST Financial Performance

Yearly Fundamentals Overview

Last date of statement is 2023-12-31

Metric History 2019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-31 2023-12-31
2.02K2.02K2.02K2.02K2.02K
Revenue per share
6.838.219.112.4715.38
Net income per share
1.791.652.542.972.83
Operating cash flow per share
1.831.612.753.813.69
Free cash flow per share
1.541.452.563.393.13
Cash per share
27.6143.4653.1457.244.09
Book value per share
21.4222.5621.1431.8225.69
Tangible book value per share
17.2719.0617.6226.221.69
Share holders equity per share
21.4222.5621.1431.8225.69
Interest debt per share
16.475.859.0230.8326.75
Market cap
331.83M369.93M580.42M403.91M618.2M
Enterprise value
360.46M304.97M680.51M777.03M1.05B
P/E ratio
13.9612.3311.137.448.7
Price to sales ratio
3.652.483.111.781.6
POCF ratio
13.5912.6110.285.816.69
PFCF ratio
16.2214.0311.066.547.87
P/B Ratio
1.160.91.340.70.96
PTB ratio
1.160.91.340.70.96
EV to sales
3.972.043.653.412.72
Enterprise value over EBITDA
11.477.639.677.07154.92
EV to operating cash flow
14.7610.3912.0611.1711.34
EV to free cash flow
17.6211.5712.9712.5713.35
Earnings yield
0.070.080.090.130.11
Free cash flow yield
0.060.070.090.150.13
Debt to equity
0.690.210.390.910.99
Debt to assets
0.090.020.040.090.1
Net debt to EBITDA
0.91-1.631.423.3963.56
Current ratio
245108.21807.16508.880.08
Interest coverage
1.281.663.92.820
Income quality
1.030.981.081.281.3
Dividend Yield
0.020.020.020.030.03
Payout ratio
0.210.250.180.220.25
Sales general and administrative to revenue
0.390.380.430.390.24
Research and developement to revenue
00000
Intangibles to total assets
0.020.020.020.020.02
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
0.010.020.020.020.01
Graham number
29.3428.9534.7846.1440.46
ROIC
0.050.060.080.070
Return on tangible assets
0.010.010.010.010.01
Graham Net
-127.46-171.76-163.26-243.65-287.16
Working capital
374.06M806.11M1.11B1.07B-4.68B
Tangible asset value
229.91M346.37M361.27M477.9M543.97M
Net current asset value
-1.61B-2.94B-3.18B-4.34B-5.54B
Invested capital
0.690.210.390.910.99
Average receivables
8.12M15.96M21.75M22.63M27.79M
Average payables
1.45M2.02M1.93M1.72M8.47M
Average inventory
-81.4M-259.52M-336.34M-255.91M-2.48B
Days sales outstanding
32.2258.4538.3441.1728.32
Days payables outstanding
0000-4.3K
Days of inventory on hand
00001.38M
Receivables turnover
11.336.249.528.8712.89
Payables turnover
0000-0.08
Inventory turnover
00000
ROE
0.080.070.120.090.11
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 2022-12-312023-03-312023-06-302023-09-30 2023-12-31
2.02K2.02K2.02K2.02K2.02K
Revenue per share
2.62.442.452.544
Net income per share
0.730.60.790.810.63
Operating cash flow per share
0.460.921.030.890.85
Free cash flow per share
0.440.841.020.750.61
Cash per share
42.5242.5842.1841.4644.02
Book value per share
23.6523.9323.9424.0725.65
Tangible book value per share
19.4719.8419.920.0521.66
Share holders equity per share
23.6523.9323.9424.0725.65
Interest debt per share
22.1833.9332.0126.1725.73
Market cap
543.36M427.91M378.28M471.09M619.13M
Enterprise value
916.48M1.09B968.3M898.87M1.05B
P/E ratio
7.567.124.795.769.78
Price to sales ratio
8.537.026.157.396.16
POCF ratio
47.7518.6514.6621.0229.1
PFCF ratio
50.3520.5114.7624.8940.34
P/B Ratio
0.940.720.630.780.96
PTB ratio
0.940.720.630.780.96
EV to sales
14.3817.8615.7414.110.43
Enterprise value over EBITDA
21.5323.6836.1832.5637.07
EV to operating cash flow
80.5347.4737.5340.1249.31
EV to free cash flow
84.9252.1937.7747.4868.36
Earnings yield
0.030.040.050.040.03
Free cash flow yield
0.020.050.070.040.02
Debt to equity
0.911.371.281.020.99
Debt to assets
0.090.130.120.10.1
Net debt to EBITDA
8.7714.3822.0515.47261.16
Current ratio
508.88309.24141.4595.490.08
Interest coverage
2.221.670.770.68-14.27
Income quality
0.631.531.311.11.34
Dividend Yield
0.010.010.010.010.01
Payout ratio
0.240.290.220.210.31
Sales general and administrative to revenue
0.360.380.40.370.71
Research and developement to revenue
00000
Intangibles to total assets
0.020.020.020.020.02
Capex to operating cash flow
-0.05-0.09-0.01-0.16-0.28
Capex to revenue
-0.01-0.030-0.05-0.06
Capex to depreciation
-0.5-1.75-0.14-2.98-3.6
Stock based compensation to revenue
0.020.020.0200.01
Graham number
19.7417.9920.582119.07
ROIC
0.030.020.010.02-0.06
Return on tangible assets
00000
Graham Net
-181.11-190.35-197.85-200.35-286.73
Working capital
1.07B1.09B1.08B1.06B-4.68B
Tangible asset value
477.9M495.63M499.43M503.56M543.97M
Net current asset value
-4.34B-4.6B-4.77B-4.82B-5.54B
Invested capital
0.911.371.281.020.99
Average receivables
24.06M25.56M26.15M27.46M28.99M
Average payables
1.56M2.8M5.59M9.43M13.01M
Average inventory
-191.24M-243.11M-337.05M-400.48M-2.59B
Days sales outstanding
36.2537.5739.2939.6226.77
Days payables outstanding
00000
Days of inventory on hand
00000
Receivables turnover
2.482.42.292.273.36
Payables turnover
00000
Inventory turnover
00000
ROE
0.030.030.030.030.02
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

What is BFST stock prediction ?

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.

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