Business First Bancshares, Inc.

BFST Financial Banks Regional

Business First Bancshares, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $516.6 million, up 12.5% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.01%
EPS
0.00%
Free cash flow
+80.8%
Total debt
−4.09%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

32.75 0.95 +2.99%
Market cap
$1.0B
P/E
11.6×
Fwd P/E
11.0×
Dividend yield
2.29%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) P/E ratio

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As of 2 November 2026, Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) trades at a P/E ratio of 11.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.4× (March 2020) to 44.7× (April 2018); the current reading is higher than 66% of that period. That is below the Banks Regional industry median of 12.3× and below the Financial sector median of 12.5×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 9.4× (16.52%)
FY2024 11.2× 19.51%
FY2023 9.4× (0.70%)
FY2022 9.5× (15.15%)
FY2021 11.1× (12.96%)
FY2020 12.8× (8.57%)
FY2019 14.0× (27.17%)
FY2018 19.2× (50.82%)
FY2017 39.1× 0.00%
FY2016 39.1× 0.00%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 10.9× 13.65%
Mar 2026 9.6× 2.34%
Dec 2025 9.4× 3.18%
Sep 2025 9.1× (7.17%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 5.4× High 44.7×
Ten-year median 10.5×
Current reading's percentile 64

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
EGBN Eagle Bancorp, Inc. compare n/m
MBWM Mercantile Bank Corporation compare 10.5×
CAC Camden National Corporation compare 10.9×
CCNE CNB Financial Corporation compare 11.3×
BFST Business First Bancshares, Inc. 11.3×
MCBS MetroCity Bankshares, Inc. compare 12.3×
CFFN Capitol Federal Financial compare 13.0×
SBSI Southside Bancshares, Inc. compare 13.3×
EQBK Equity Bancshares, Inc. compare 28.6×
Banks Regional industry median 12.3×
Financial sector median 12.5×
Market median 18.6×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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