State Ledger
Company profile

Business First Bancshares, Inc. CIK 1624322

Ticker
BFST (Nasdaq)
Industry
State Commercial Banks
Headquarters
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
Fiscal year end
2025 (FY)
Market Data
Close
$30.53
Change
-$0.18
Change %
-0.57%
Volume
4,158

BFST · trading date Oct 9, 2026 · previous close $30.71 · source: Alpaca (IEX feed, not consolidated full-market data).

Key Financials
Revenue
—
Net income
$87.86M
Total assets
$8.21B
Total liabilities
$7.32B
Stockholders' equity
$896.88M
Cash & equivalents
$411.18M
Operating income
—
Operating cash flow
$92.08M
Capital expenditures
$66.0K

Fiscal year 2025, via 10-K filed 2026-02-26. A dash means this figure wasn't reported in the source filing under a field State Ledger recognizes - not that the value is zero.

Financial Performance
Operating margin
—
Net margin
—
Free cash flow
$92.02M
Free cash flow margin
—
Liabilities / assets
89.1%
Equity / assets
10.9%
CapEx / revenue
—
Operating cash flow / net income
1.05×

Derived from the fiscal year 2025 figures above. These metrics are mathematical calculations and do not represent a rating or assessment of the company.

Financial History
Fiscal yearRevenueNet incomeAssetsLiabilitiesEquity
2025 — $87.86M $8.21B $7.32B $896.88M
2024 — $65.11M $7.86B $7.06B $799.47M
2023 — $71.04M $6.58B $5.94B $644.26M
2022 — $54.26M $5.99B $5.41B $580.48M
2021 — $52.14M $4.73B $4.29B $433.37M
Company Details
SIC code
6022
State of incorporation
LA
Active filer
Yes
Most recent SEC filing
Form 8-K
2026-09-11
Financials filed via
Form 10-K
filed 2026-02-26

"Most recent SEC filing" may differ from the filing used for the financial figures above.

Location
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
500 LAUREL STREET
Data & Methodology

SEC EDGAR submissions API (identity, collected Sep 19, 2026, 15:11 UTC) and SEC XBRL Company Facts API (financials, collected Sep 26, 2026, 15:32 UTC) · figures as originally filed, not restated · a dash always means a value wasn't reported, never a real zero.

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