Company Description
Business First Bancshares Inc. provides commercial and personal banking services to small to midsize businesses. Its services includes checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, consumer loans, commercial and non-profit checking, commercial interest checking, business sweep investment, essential business checking, business value checking accounts, business loans, cash management and merchant processing and other services. The company operates primarily in Baton Rouge, Brusly, Covington, Denham Springs, Erwinville, Gonzales, Houma, Lafayette, New Orleans, Shreveport, Port Allen, Zachary and Lake Charles, Louisiana as well as Dallas, Texas. Business First Bancshares Inc. is based in Clayton, United States.
Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
| Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) |
$389.97M |
| Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) |
$71.04M |
| PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) |
9.43 |
| PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) |
8.37 |
| PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) |
-- |
| Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) |
1.44 |
| Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) |
0.97 |
| Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) |
7.62 |
| Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) |
23.23% |
| Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) |
18.22% |
| Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) |
13.28% |
| Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) |
1.11% |
| Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) |
1.01 |
| Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) |
1.01 |
| Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) |
1.08 |
| Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) |
182.36 |
| Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) |
$22.58 |
| Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) |
$0.66 |
| Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) |
$2.62 |
| Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) |
$2.60 |