Business First Bancshares, Inc.

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30.82+0.33 (+1.08%)today
At close: Oct 12, 4:00 PM EDT · May be delayed up to 15 min · USD
After hours30.820.00 (0.00%)Oct 12, 4:01 PM EDT

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Key statistics

Previous close30.49
Open30.44
Day range30.4430.95
52-week range22.5632.53
Off day high−0.42%
Off 52-week high−5.24%
Volume165.72K
Avg. volume (3M)216.21K
Market cap1.00B
EPS (TTM)2.81
Forward P/E9.26
P/E ratio (TTM)10.97
Dividend yield1.97% (0.6000)
Beta (5Y)—
Shares outstanding32.55M
Short interest—
Earnings dateOct 26, 2026
Analyst target—
Profit margin—

Against its peers

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BFST FMBH FCBC EQBK FBIZ BFC
Market cap 1.00B 1.31B 905.05M 972.58M 587.04M 1.63B
P/E (TTM) 11.0 12.2 15.1 27.8 10.7 19.1
Forward P/E 9.3 9.9 15.6 8.6 10.1 12.3
Price/book 1.1 1.2 1.7 1.2 1.5 2.0
Dividend yield 1.97% 2.14% 2.66% 1.88% 1.96% 1.65%
1-year change +31.37% +34.89% +43.24% +15.42% +41.44% +12.82%
Today +1.08% +1.40% +1.10% +1.13% +1.14% +1.22%

The closest companies by business and industry (Banks - Regional). Prices may be delayed up to 15 min.

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The businesses closest to Business First Bancshares's by what they do, from their descriptions, with the same industry weighted in.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
First Mid Bancshares, Inc.FMBH · Banks - Regional 1.31B 49.20 +1.40%
First Community Bankshares, Inc.FCBC · Banks - Regional 905.05M 47.86 +1.10%
Equity Bancshares, Inc.EQBK · Banks - Regional 972.58M 47.23 +1.13%
First Business Financial Services, Inc.FBIZ · Banks - Regional 587.04M 70.15 +1.14%
Bank First CorporationBFC · Banks - RegionalOdds 1.63B 147.18 +1.22%
First US Bancshares, Inc.FUSB · Banks - Regional 90.44M 16.43 +0.18%
International Bancshares CorporationIBOC · Banks - Regional 4.22B 67.78 −0.21%
National Bankshares, Inc.NKSH · Banks - Regional 276.36M 43.38 +1.93%

Also based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, then elsewhere in Louisiana.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
Lamar Advertising CompanyLAMR · Baton Rouge, LA 14.91B 146.87 +0.27%
Investar Holding CorporationISTR · Baton Rouge, LA 400.36M 29.06 +0.83%
Entergy CorporationETR · New Orleans, LA 49.68B 103.99 +1.16%
Globalstar, Inc.GSAT · Covington, LA 10.76B 83.04 −0.93%
Pool CorporationPOOL · Covington, LA 5.77B 158.71 −0.52%
Lumen Technologies, Inc.LUMN · Monroe, LA 5.21B 5.05 −4.36%
Hornbeck Offshore Services, IncHOS · Covington, LA 2.41B 7.38 −1.20%
Origin Bancorp, Inc.OBK · Ruston, LA 1.60B 51.87 +0.60%

The stocks whose daily moves over the past year went most closely with Business First Bancshares's: the correlation of their daily returns, where 1 would be moving as one.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
Horizon Bancorp, Inc.HBNC · Correlation 0.83 989.41M 19.27 +0.05%
Camden National CorporationCAC · Correlation 0.83 946.74M 56.03 +0.97%
First Mid Bancshares, Inc.FMBH · Correlation 0.82 1.31B 49.20 +1.40%
Mercantile Bank CorporationMBWM · Correlation 0.80Odds 1.01B 58.29 +0.88%
CNB Financial CorporationCCNE · Correlation 0.80 998.82M 33.72 +1.32%
Home Bancorp, Inc.HBCP · Correlation 0.79 521.44M 66.25 +0.88%
Equity Bancshares, Inc.EQBK · Correlation 0.79 972.58M 47.23 +1.13%
First Business Financial Services, Inc.FBIZ · Correlation 0.79 587.04M 70.15 +1.14%

From the 4Conservative instruments index: what each company does (its business description), its industry, size, headquarters and the markets it serves; and from a year of daily prices, which move together. Prices may be delayed up to 15 min.

Latest news

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Bank of Marin Bancorp schedules Q3FY26 earnings webcast for Oct 26

Bank of Marin Bancorp will present its fiscal third quarter earnings via webcast on Monday, October 26, 2026, at 8:30 am PT/11:30 am ET. The call will cover results for the quarter ended September 30, 2026. President and Chief Executive…

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People in the coverage

Alastair Borthwick4Andrew L. Hibshman4Brian Moynihan4Dan Weiss4Jeff Jackson4Jocelyn Seidenfeld4

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