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Business First Bancshares, Inc. had $10.7M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 1.2% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +14.8% a year on average.
Last close Β· Oct 23, 2026
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0.4%Hi! I read Business First Bancshares, Inc.βs latest annual report (fiscal 2025). Here is what stands out:
Good So-so Weak
Are sales growing?
+1.2%
Only a little. Sales grew 1.2% last year.
Does it make a profit?
820.8%
Yes. It keeps 820.8% of every sale as profit.
How lean are its costs?
1,897.2%
Costly. Running costs take 1,897.2% of revenue.
How much does it earn on its capital?
10.4%
Fair. It earns 10.4% a year on shareholdersβ money.
How is the share priced?
11.3x
One share costs 11.3 times its yearly profit per share.
Rules of thumb on reported numbers. A starting point, not a recommendation.
Is it selling more, and how much does it keep?
In plain words: Every quarter, companies publish how much they sold and earned. These are the days Business First Bancshares, Inc. did it, and the next one. Share prices often move a lot on those days.
Next results
October 26, 2026
Monday Β· today
| Date | Results for | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | Q2 '26 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Q1 '26 | Before the market opens | 8-K β |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Q4 '25 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Q3 '25 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Jul 28, 2025 | Q2 '25 | Before the market opens | 8-K β |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Q1 '25 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Q4 '24 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Oct 24, 2024 | Q3 '24 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
From SEC filings: the results press release (8-K) or, without one, the quarterly or annual report.
KIRA Β· Business First Bancshares, Inc. had $10.7M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 1.2% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +14.8% a year on average.
In plain words: Revenue is all the money customers paid. The margins show how many cents of each dollar of sales are left over at each step: after making the product (gross), after running the business (operating) and after everything, tax included (net).
Revenue
Revenue
Net interest income share and efficiency ratio
Net interest income share and efficiency ratio
KIRA Β· Business First Bancshares, Inc. made $87.9M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 16.6% a year.
Loss periods are shown in red.
In plain words: Net income is the profit left after every cost and tax. Earnings per share (EPS) splits that profit across every share, so it shows what one share earned.
Net income
Net income
Diluted EPS
Diluted EPS
How much cash comes in, and where does it go?
KIRA Β· Business First Bancshares, Inc. returned $20.6M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 22% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 11.7%.
In plain words: Companies hand cash back in two ways: dividends (cash paid to shareholders) and buybacks (buying back their own shares, so each remaining share owns a bigger slice).
Dividends and buybacks
Dividends and buybacks
Diluted shares outstanding (annual)
KIRA Β· No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. βPlanβ marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
In plain words: Insiders are the people who run or own a big part of the company. Buying with their own money can signal confidence; selling often has personal reasons, like taxes or diversifying.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Can it carry its debts, and how well does it use its money?
Loans, deposits and capital at each fiscal year end.
In plain words: What the company owns and what it owes. More cash than debt is a cushion for bad times; a lot of debt leaves less room when business slows down.
Loans and deposits
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loans, net | $3.2B | $4.6B | $5.0B | $5.9B | $6.1B |
| Deposits | $4.1B | $4.8B | $5.2B | $6.5B | $6.7B |
| Loans / deposits | 77.5% | 94.8% | 94.4% | 91.0% | 91.6% |
| Total assets | $4.7B | $6.0B | $6.6B | $7.9B | $8.2B |
| Shareholders' equity | $433M | $580M | $644M | $799M | $897M |
| Goodwill | $59.9M | $88.5M | $88.4M | $122M | $121M |
| Intangible assets | $12.2M | $14.0M | $11.9M | $17.3M | $14.5M |
| Provision / loans | 0.3% | 0.2% | β | β | β |
KIRA Β· It earned 10.4% on shareholdersβ money. Running costs took 1,897.2% of revenue (the efficiency ratio; lower is better).
For banks, return on equity and the efficiency ratio (costs as a share of revenue) say most about how well the business runs.
In plain words: Return on equity is the profit made on shareholdersβ money each year. The efficiency ratio is how much of each dollar of revenue goes on running costs, so lower is better.
Return on equity, return on tangible equity and efficiency ratio
Every number, year by year.
Amounts in USD. Hover a ratioβs name for its definition.
In plain words: Every number we have, year by year. Download it as a spreadsheet if you want to dig deeper.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $2.0M | $2.1M | $2.8M | $4.0M | $5.4M | $6.8M | $8.3M | $9.7M | $10.6M | $10.7M |
| Net interest income | $37.6M | $44.4M | $62.2M | $80.2M | $128M | $154M | $200M | $215M | $227M | $273M |
| Noninterest income | $5.4M | $5.6M | $7.8M | $10.7M | $21.6M | $35.8M | $29.3M | $36.6M | $44.2M | $51.5M |
| Noninterest expense | $35.1M | $36.8M | $50.2M | $58.4M | $101M | $117M | $149M | $157M | $178M | $203M |
| Provision for credit losses | $1.2M | $4.2M | $2.4M | $2.6M | $11.4M | $8.0M | $10.9M | β | β | β |
| Interest expense | $5.8M | $7.2M | $14.0M | $23.3M | $22.1M | $16.6M | $36.5M | $138M | β | β |
| Pretax income | $6.7M | $9.0M | $17.4M | $29.9M | $36.8M | $64.6M | $68.6M | $90.6M | $83.1M | $110M |
| Income tax | $1.6M | $4.1M | $3.3M | $6.1M | $6.8M | $12.4M | $14.3M | $19.5M | $17.9M | $22.4M |
| Net income | $5.1M | $4.8M | $14.1M | $23.8M | $30.0M | $52.1M | $54.3M | $71.0M | $65.1M | $87.9M |
| Net income to common | β | β | β | β | $30.0M | $52.1M | $52.9M | $65.6M | $59.7M | $82.5M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.70 | $0.61 | $1.22 | $1.74 | $1.64 | $2.53 | $2.32 | $2.59 | $2.26 | $2.79 |
| Diluted shares | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $8.2M | $8.0M | $19.3M | $24.4M | $29.3M | $56.4M | $69.6M | $91.0M | $61.4M | $92.1M |
| Capital expenditure | $1.4M | $0.5M | $0.9M | $4.0M | $3.0M | $4.0M | $7.8M | $11.6M | $1.6M | $0.1M |
| Free cash flow | $6.8M | $7.5M | $18.4M | $20.5M | $26.4M | $52.5M | $61.8M | $79.3M | $59.8M | $92.0M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.6M | $3.2M | $4.2M | $4.8M | $4.7M | $5.3M | $5.7M |
| Stock-based compensation | $0.5M | β$0.1M | $1.0M | $1.1M | $2.5M | $2.9M | $3.7M | $4.0M | $3.0M | $5.8M |
| Acquisitions | β | β | $9.1M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share buybacks | $0.9M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $2.6M | $5.8M | $10.9M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $3.7M |
| Dividends paid | $1.1M | $1.8M | $3.3M | $5.1M | $7.5M | $9.4M | $10.8M | $12.7M | $14.9M | $16.8M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.9M | $1.8M | $3.3M | $7.6M | $13.3M | $20.4M | $10.8M | $12.7M | $14.9M | $20.6M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $42.2M | $108M | $96.1M | $89.4M | $149M | $68.4M | $153M | $226M | $319M | $411M |
| Total debt | $3.9M | $3.6M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loans, net | $803M | $967M | $1.5B | $1.7B | $3.0B | $3.2B | $4.6B | $5.0B | $5.9B | $6.1B |
| Deposits | $933M | $1.1B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $3.6B | $4.1B | $4.8B | $5.2B | $6.5B | $6.7B |
| Property and equipment, net | $9.3M | $8.8M | $15.1M | $29.3M | $58.6M | $58.2M | $63.2M | $69.5M | $82.0M | $74.0M |
| Goodwill | $6.8M | $6.8M | $49.5M | $48.5M | $53.9M | $59.9M | $88.5M | $88.4M | $122M | $121M |
| Intangible assets | $2.3M | $2.0M | $7.9M | $6.7M | $9.7M | $12.2M | $14.0M | $11.9M | $17.3M | $14.5M |
| Total assets | $1.1B | $1.3B | $2.1B | $2.3B | $4.2B | $4.7B | $6.0B | $6.6B | $7.9B | $8.2B |
| Total liabilities | $992M | $1.1B | $1.8B | $2.0B | $3.8B | $4.3B | $5.4B | $5.9B | $7.1B | $7.3B |
| Preferred stock | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $71.9M | $71.9M | $71.9M | $71.9M |
| Shareholders' equity | $114M | $180M | $260M | $285M | $410M | $433M | $580M | $644M | $799M | $897M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Net margin | 251.4% | 229.9% | 501.5% | 589.1% | 559.9% | 765.2% | 655.9% | 732.1% | 615.6% | 820.8% |
| FCF margin | 332.5% | 353.9% | 653.3% | 507.0% | 492.1% | 770.2% | 747.1% | 817.4% | 565.8% | 859.7% |
| Net interest share of revenue | 1,849.1% | 2,103.9% | 2,214.6% | 1,987.6% | 2,382.3% | 2,258.7% | 2,412.7% | 2,216.9% | 2,149.8% | 2,552.0% |
| Efficiency ratio | 1,725.0% | 1,745.0% | 1,788.2% | 1,448.5% | 1,884.9% | 1,718.2% | 1,806.2% | 1,614.8% | 1,679.6% | 1,897.2% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on equity | 4.5% | 3.3% | 6.4% | 8.7% | 8.6% | 12.4% | 10.7% | 11.6% | 9.0% | 10.4% |
| Return on assets | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Return on tangible equity | 4.9% | 2.8% | 7.0% | 10.3% | 8.7% | 14.4% | 11.1% | 12.1% | 9.0% | 10.8% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 3.7% | 33.2% | 43.6% | 32.8% | 27.2% | 21.4% | 17.3% | 9.0% | 1.2% |
| Net income growth | β | β5.1% | 190.7% | 68.7% | 26.2% | 73.8% | 4.1% | 30.9% | β8.4% | 34.9% |
| EPS growth | β | β12.9% | 100.0% | 42.6% | β5.7% | 54.3% | β8.3% | 11.6% | β12.7% | 23.5% |
| FCF growth | β | 10.4% | 146.0% | 11.5% | 28.9% | 99.0% | 17.8% | 28.4% | β24.6% | 53.8% |
| Share count change | β | 9.4% | 44.3% | 18.4% | 33.4% | 13.1% | 10.6% | 10.9% | 4.6% | 11.7% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Debt / equity | 0.0x | 0.0x | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Loans / deposits | 86.1% | 91.6% | 87.5% | 95.3% | 82.1% | 77.5% | 94.8% | 94.4% | 91.0% | 91.6% |
| Provision / loans | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | β | β | β |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 68.4% | 23.9% | 32.7% | 98.1% | 55.4% | 58.3% | 94.1% | 120.0% | 14.8% | 0.6% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 22.4% | β2.8% | 35.9% | 27.1% | 45.8% | 42.0% | 44.7% | 41.2% | 28.4% | 54.4% |
| Payouts / FCF | 28.4% | 24.5% | 17.9% | 37.2% | 50.5% | 38.8% | 17.5% | 16.0% | 24.8% | 22.4% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 4.0 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Accruals ratio | β0.3% | β0.3% | β0.3% | β0.0% | 0.0% | β0.1% | β0.3% | β0.3% | 0.1% | β0.1% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001624322). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.
