BFST: Business First Bancshares, Inc.
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BFST at a glance
BFST returned +35.84% over the past year and +5.66% a year over five years. Its worst drop in that year was -13.49%, smaller than 94% of stocks on Redstone, and its Sharpe ratio of 1.35 beats 88% of stocks on Redstone. It yields 1.83%.
Current Drawdown
-0.58%
Rolling Volatility
19.56%
Dividends
BFST dividends
Yield
1.83%
Paid, past year
$0.60
Pays
Quarterly
Growth a year
+5.9%
Per share, by year
Yearly return over 5 years
BFST paid $0.60 a share over the past year, every quarter. Its yearly rate rose from $0.48 in 2022 to $0.57 in 2025, 5.9% a year. With dividends reinvested it returned +5.66% a year over five years, against +3.30% on price alone.
›All 20 payments since Nov 12, 2021
- Aug 14, 2026$0.15
- May 15, 2026$0.15
- Feb 13, 2026$0.15
- Nov 14, 2025$0.15
- Aug 15, 2025$0.14
- May 15, 2025$0.14
- Feb 14, 2025$0.14
- Nov 15, 2024$0.14
- Aug 15, 2024$0.14
- May 14, 2024$0.14
- Feb 14, 2024$0.14
- Nov 14, 2023$0.14
- Aug 14, 2023$0.12
- May 12, 2023$0.12
- Feb 14, 2023$0.12
- Nov 14, 2022$0.12
- Aug 12, 2022$0.12
- May 12, 2022$0.12
- Feb 14, 2022$0.12
- Nov 12, 2021$0.12
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About BFST
Business First Bancshares Inc is a bank holding company. The company's services include personal and commercial banking, treasury management, and wealth solutions. It provides a range of financial services to small-to-midsized businesses and professionals.
- Sector
- Financials
- Industry
- State Commercial Banks
- Market cap
- $1.1B
- Listed
- Apr 2018
- Employees
- 842
- Headquarters
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Website
- b1bank.com
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