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About Business First Bancshares Inc
Business First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for b1BANK that provides various banking products and services in Louisiana and Texas. It offers various deposit products and services, including checking and savings, time, and money market accounts; and certificates of deposits, remote deposit capture, and direct deposit services. Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Banks-Regional
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: April 9, 2018
Headquarters: 500 Laurel Street, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, 70801
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: No
Key Metrics
Current Price
$28.20
Market Cap
$911M
Float
30.9M
Shares Outstanding
32.7M
P/E (Forward)
9.68
P/E (TTM)
9.89
Price/Sales (TTM)
2.81
vs. Analyst Target
+14.9% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
28.05%
Operating Margin (TTM)
36.48%
Revenue (TTM)
$324M
Earnings Growth (YoY)
4.60%
Dividend Rate
0.6%
Analyst Target Price
$32.40 (5 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$169M
$30.0M
$135M
$39.9M
2021
$203M
$52.1M
$179M
$68.7M
2022
$264M
$54.3M
$217M
$73.4M
2023
$386M
$71.0M
$243M
$95.3M
2024
$458M
$65.1M
$259M
$88.3M
2025
$512M
$87.9M
$312M
$119M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2025
$126M
$22.1M
Sep 2025
$130M
$22.9M
Dec 2025
$130M
$22.4M
Mar 2026
$134M
$23.6M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
5.1%
Institutional Ownership
53.1%
Short Float
1.8%
% of All Funds Holding
1.85%
Number of Funds Holding
152
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$27.80
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$26.46
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$25.75
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$23.00
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$26.34
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$25.84
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$23.25
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
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