tradmap

BFST Financials Business First Bancshares, Inc.

13 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 14.8% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown faster than revenue (24.0% vs 14.8% per year).
  • Free cash flow has grown 28.4% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Total debt has grown slower than revenue (9.0% vs 14.8% per year).

Shareholder returns

  • Dividends have been paid for 10 consecutive years, consuming 19.2% of earnings and 18.3% of free cash flow.
  • The dividend has grown 17.5% per year over the past 5 years.
Revenue & net income
$0 $44M $88M 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
0% 411% 821% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
$0 $46M $92M 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $206M $411M 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$701M $7M $715M $0 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $11M $88M 0.0% 0.0% $92M $411M
2024 $11M $65M 0.0% 0.0% $60M $319M
2023 $10M $71M 0.0% 0.0% $79M $226M
2022 $8M $54M 0.0% 0.0% $62M $153M
2021 $7M $52M 0.0% 0.0% $52M $68M
2020 $5M $30M 0.0% 0.0% $26M $149M
2019 $4M $24M 0.0% 0.0% $20M $89M
2018 $3M $14M 0.0% 0.0% $18M $96M
2017 $2M $5M 0.0% 0.0% $7M $4M $108M
2016 $2M $5M 0.0% 0.0% $7M $4M $42M
2015 $4M $2M $3M $41M
2014 $4M $7M $26M
2013 $5M $8M $10M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced BFST against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 7.4 14.8 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 48.7 97.5 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 1.1 2.3 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is BFST growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Business First Bancshares, Inc.'s revenue has grown 14.8% per year, and net income grown 24.0% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does BFST have?

As of FY2025, Business First Bancshares, Inc. reported — of total debt against $411M of cash.

What is BFST's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin —, and net margin 821.2%.

What is BFST's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Business First Bancshares, Inc. traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 11.2× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.