Revenue
$10.70M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31Net income
$87.86M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31Total assets
$8.21B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) reported revenue of $10.70M and net income of $87.86M for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from Business First Bancshares, Inc.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under State Commercial Banks.
Banks, brokers and insurers present a top line that is not comparable with an operating company’s revenue: it is reported net of interest expense, or as premiums earned, depending on the filer. The figures are the filer’s own and are traceable to the filing; the comparison across classes is what does not hold.
Income
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
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| Revenue | $10.70M | $10.58M | $9.70M | $8.27M | $6.81M | $5.36M | $4.04M | $2.81M | $2.11M | $2.03M |
| Cost of revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Gross profit | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Operating income | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Net income | $87.86M | $65.11M | $71.04M | $54.26M | $52.14M | $30.00M | $23.77M | $14.09M | $4.85M | $5.11M |
| Research & development | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Weighted-average diluted shares | shares 29.55M | shares 26.45M | shares 25.30M | shares 22.82M | shares 20.63M | shares 18.24M | shares 13.67M | shares 11.55M | shares 8.00M | shares 7.32M |
| Pretax income | $110.31M | $83.05M | $90.59M | $68.59M | $64.56M | $36.78M | $29.85M | $17.37M | $8.95M | $6.72M |
| Income tax expense | $22.45M | $17.94M | $19.54M | $14.34M | $12.42M | $6.79M | $6.08M | $3.28M | $4.10M | $1.61M |
| Diluted EPS | $2.79 | $2.26 | $2.59 | $2.32 | $2.53 | $1.64 | $1.74 | $1.22 | $0.61 | $0.70 |
| Selling, general & administrative | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| General & administrative | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Selling & marketing | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Balance
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
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| Cash & equivalents | $411.18M | $319.10M | $226.11M | $152.74M | $68.38M | $149.13M | $89.37M | $96.07M | $107.59M | $42.17M |
| Total assets | $8.21B | $7.86B | $6.58B | $5.99B | $4.73B | $4.16B | $2.27B | $2.09B | $1.32B | $1.11B |
| Current assets | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Total liabilities | $7.32B | $7.06B | $5.94B | $5.41B | $4.29B | $3.75B | $1.99B | $1.83B | $1.14B | $992.28M |
| Current liabilities | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Total equity incl. NCI | $896.88M | $799.47M | $644.26M | $580.48M | $433.37M | $409.96M | $285.10M | $260.06M | $179.94M | $113.56M |
| Temporary (mezzanine) equity | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Inventory | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Accounts receivable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Goodwill | $121.15M | $121.57M | $88.39M | $88.54M | $59.89M | $53.86M | $48.50M | $49.49M | $6.82M | $6.82M |
| Long-term debt | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | $2.70M | $3.00M |
| Accounts payable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Cash flow
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
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| Operating cash flow | $92.08M | $61.41M | $90.97M | $69.58M | $56.44M | $29.34M | $24.42M | $19.28M | $7.97M | $8.15M |
| Capital expenditures | $66.00K | $1.56M | $11.65M | $7.78M | $3.97M | $2.97M | $3.96M | $919.00K | $505.00K | $1.39M |
| Investing cash flow | -$281.53M | -$294.92M | -$521.14M | -$700.52M | -$675.35M | -$475.30M | -$192.29M | -$170.32M | -$153.44M | -$33.34M |
| Financing cash flow | $281.52M | $326.50M | $503.54M | $715.31M | $538.16M | $505.72M | $161.17M | $139.52M | $210.89M | $26.45M |
| Net change in cash | $92.08M | $92.99M | $73.37M | $84.36M | -$80.76M | $59.76M | -$6.70M | -$11.52M | $65.42M | $1.26M |
| Stock-based compensation | $5.82M | $3.00M | $4.00M | $3.70M | $2.86M | $2.45M | $1.09M | $1.01M | -$59.00K | $456.00K |
| Common dividends paid | $16.84M | $14.86M | $12.66M | $10.82M | $9.44M | $7.52M | $5.05M | $3.28M | $1.79M | $1.06M |
| Common share repurchases | $3.73M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10.92M | $5.80M | $2.55M | $0 | $33.00K | $863.00K |
| Depreciation & amortization | $5.68M | $5.26M | $4.67M | $4.82M | $4.16M | $3.16M | $1.59M | $1.17M | $1.18M | $1.30M |
Derived
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
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| Free cash flow | $92.02M | $59.85M | $79.32M | $61.80M | $52.47M | $26.37M | $20.46M | $18.36M | $7.46M | $6.76M |
| Gross margin | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Operating margin | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| FCF margin | 859.7% | 565.8% | 817.4% | 747.1% | 770.2% | 492.1% | 507.0% | 653.3% | 353.9% | 332.5% |
| SBC / revenue | 54.4% | 28.4% | 41.2% | 44.7% | 42.0% | 45.8% | 27.1% | 35.9% | -2.8% | 22.4% |
| Current ratio | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Revenue YoY growth | 1.2% | 9.0% | 17.3% | 21.4% | 27.2% | 32.8% | 43.6% | 33.2% | 3.7% | Unavailable |
| Net margin | 820.8% | 615.6% | 732.1% | 655.9% | 765.2% | Unavailable | 589.1% | 501.5% | 229.9% | 251.4% |
| R&D / revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| CapEx / revenue | 0.6% | 14.8% | 120.0% | 94.1% | 58.3% | 55.4% | 98.1% | 32.7% | 23.9% | 68.4% |
| Long-term debt / equity | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Effective tax rate | 20.4% | 21.6% | 21.6% | 20.9% | 19.2% | 18.5% | 20.4% | 18.9% | 45.8% | 24.0% |
Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open BFST in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.
Source filings
10-Q · Filed 2026-07-31View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-01View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-26View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-30View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-05View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-02View SEC filing
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