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Financials Business First Bancshares, Inc.

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BFST

US12326C1053

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 16:00:00 2024-05-10 EDT 		5-day change 1st Jan Change
21.1 USD -1.77% Intraday chart for Business First Bancshares, Inc. +0.48% -14.40%
04-26 Business First Bancshares to Purchase Oakwood Bancshares in $85.7 Million All-Stock Deal MT
04-25 Transcript : Business First Bancshares, Inc., Q1 2024 Earnings Call, Apr 25, 2024

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Capitalization 1 331 420.8 577.5 555.8 624.7 537.7 -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 331 420.8 577.5 555.8 624.7 537.7 537.7
P/E ratio 14.3 x 12.4 x 11.2 x 9.54 x 9.52 x 12.6 x 8 x
Yield 1.52% 1.96% 1.62% 2.17% 2.03% 2.68% 2.82%
Capitalization / Revenue 3.64 x 2.82 x 3.04 x 2.43 x 2.48 x 2.04 x 1.66 x
EV / Revenue 3.64 x 2.82 x 3.04 x 2.43 x 2.48 x 2.04 x 1.66 x
EV / EBITDA - - - - - - -
EV / FCF - - - - - - -
FCF Yield - - - - - - -
Price to Book 1.16 x 1.02 x 1.33 x 1.09 x 1.09 x 0.88 x 0.8 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 13,278 20,667 20,399 25,105 25,344 25,485 -
Reference price 2 24.93 20.36 28.31 22.14 24.65 21.10 21.10
Announcement Date 20-01-22 21-01-25 22-01-25 23-01-25 24-01-23 - -
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Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Net sales 1 90.91 149.2 189.7 229 251.9 263.3 323.8
EBITDA - - - - - - -
EBIT 1 32.46 58.06 74.82 85.24 95.9 85.93 118
Operating Margin 35.71% 38.91% 39.45% 37.23% 38.07% 32.64% 36.46%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 29.85 36.78 64.56 68.59 90.59 59.76 105.6
Net income 1 23.77 29.99 52.14 52.9 65.64 43.69 75.75
Net margin 26.15% 20.1% 27.49% 23.11% 26.06% 16.59% 23.39%
EPS 2 1.740 1.640 2.530 2.320 2.590 1.680 2.636
Free Cash Flow - - - - - - -
FCF margin - - - - - - -
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) - - - - - - -
FCF Conversion (Net income) - - - - - - -
Dividend per Share 2 0.3800 0.4000 0.4600 0.4800 0.5000 0.5660 0.5940
Announcement Date 20-01-22 21-01-25 22-01-25 23-01-25 24-01-23 - -
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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December 2021 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2025 Q1 2025 Q2
Net sales 1 45.32 47.12 56.59 61.34 63.92 61.14 64.4 63.73 62.66 60.87 62.71 65.29 74.58 77.83 79.91
EBITDA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
EBIT 1 15.37 14.44 21.17 23.91 25.71 22.56 24.77 25.12 23.44 19.06 20.42 21.74 24.69 26.64 28.27
Operating Margin 33.91% 30.65% 37.41% 38.98% 40.22% 36.9% 38.46% 39.42% 37.41% 31.32% 32.56% 33.3% 33.1% 34.24% 35.38%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 14.6 11.03 17.24 17.38 22.94 19.24 25.04 25.97 20.34 17.21 17.97 19.09 8.245 23.1 25.65
Net income 1 12.07 8.731 13.76 13.8 16.62 13.68 18.39 19.1 14.47 12.22 12.74 13.65 6.509 16.14 18.83
Net margin 26.63% 18.53% 24.31% 22.5% 26% 22.37% 28.55% 29.98% 23.1% 20.08% 20.32% 20.91% 8.73% 20.74% 23.57%
EPS 2 0.5900 0.4100 0.6100 0.6100 0.6700 0.5400 0.7300 0.7600 0.5700 0.4800 0.4980 0.5340 0.2250 0.5700 0.6040
Dividend per Share 2 0.1200 0.1200 0.1200 0.1200 0.1200 0.1200 0.1200 0.1200 0.1400 - 0.1400 0.1400 0.1460 0.1475 0.1500
Announcement Date 22-01-25 22-04-26 22-07-26 22-10-26 23-01-25 23-04-27 23-07-27 23-10-26 24-01-23 24-04-25 - - - - -
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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Net Debt - - - - - - -
Net Cash position - - - - - - -
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) - - - - - - -
Free Cash Flow - - - - - - -
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) 8.7% 8.42% 12.3% 11.6% 12.4% 8.2% 10.7%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) 1.11% 0.88% 1.18% 0.97% 1.04% 0.8% 0.98%
Assets 1 2,142 3,408 4,418 5,454 6,312 5,489 7,714
Book Value Per Share 2 21.50 19.90 21.20 20.30 22.60 24.00 26.30
Cash Flow per Share - - - - - - -
Capex - - - - - - -
Capex / Sales - - - - - - -
Announcement Date 20-01-22 21-01-25 22-01-25 23-01-25 24-01-23 - -
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Ratings for Business First Bancshares, Inc.

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
C
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Analysts' Consensus

Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
5
Last Close Price
21.1 USD
Average target price
27.62 USD
Spread / Average Target
+30.92%
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