500 Laurel Street Baton Rouge, LA 70801 Phone: 877.614.7600 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Misty Albrecht October 24, 2024 b1BANK 225.286.7879 Misty.Albrecht@b1BANK.com Business First Bancshares, Inc., Announces Financial Results for Q3 2024 Baton Rouge, La. (October 24, 2024) – Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST) (Business First), parent company of b1BANK, today announced its unaudited results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, including net income available to common shareholders of $16.5 million ...

BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- b1BANK, the banking subsidiary of Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST), announced today that N. Jerome "Jerry" Vascocu Jr. will be the bank's new president, reporting to Jude Melville, who will retain the title of chairman and CEO. Vascocu, who joined b1BANK in 2022 as chief administrative officer, oversees the coordination of banking, operations, risk and credit functions for the bank. He has also led several functions for the bank including cor ...

BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST), the parent company of b1BANK, announced that it is scheduled to release third quarter 2024 earnings after market close on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. Executive management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss results on the same day (Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024) at 4:00 p.m. CDT. Interested parties may attend the call by dialing toll-free 1-800-715-9871 (North America only), conference ID 5274174, or as ...

BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Business First) (Nasdaq: BFST), the holding company for b1BANK, has completed its acquisition of Oakwood Bancshares, Inc. (Oakwood), the holding company for Oakwood Bank. The acquisition became effective Oct. 1, 2024. "b1 has been serving Dallas-Fort Worth market businesses with our boutique style banking for a number of years, as has Oakwood," said Jude Melville, chairman, president and CEO of Business First and b1BANK. "T ...

BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Business First) (Nasdaq: BFST), the holding company for b1BANK, announced it has received all required regulatory approvals and non-objections to complete its merger with Oakwood Bancshares, Inc. (Oakwood), the holding company for Oakwood Bank, a Texas banking association. On August 27, 2024, Oakwood's shareholders voted to approve the merger. "We appreciate our regulatory partners' efficient review of the proposed transac ...

BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zeenat Sidi has been appointed to the board of directors of Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) and its banking subsidiary b1BANK. Sidi, a C-suite executive in the fintech and consumer banking and payments industry, has over 25 years of experience in profit and loss (P&L) leadership, digital transformation, risk management, operations and strategy in the U.S. and Canada. Most recently, as loanDepot's President of Digital Products and Services, s ...

Table of Contents _______________________________________________________________________ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 _______________________________________________________________________ FORM 10-Q _______________________________________________________________________ (Mark One) x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2024 or o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 1 ...

In this role, Melville will lead the work to set the agenda for the board, leveraging his deep understanding of the business to elevate the right strategic opportunities and identify key risks and mitigation approaches for the board's review. In addition to serving as chair, Melville will continue to serve as President and CEO of the company. As lead independent director, McCollister will retain significant authority including providing input on behalf of the independent directors on board agendas, calling ...

Business First (BFST) reported $66.19 million in revenue for the quarter ended June 2024, representing a yearover-year increase of 1.4%. EPS of $0.64 for the same period compares to $0.70 a year ago. Here is how Business First performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts: Shares of Business First have returned +20.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hol ...

Company Participants Matt Olney - Stephens Michael Rose - Raymond James Feddie Strickland - Hovde Group Manuel Navas - D.A. Davidson I would now like to turn the call over to Matt Sealy, Senior Vice President, Director of Corporate Strategy and FP&A. You may begin. I'm joined this afternoon by Business First Bancshares President and CEO, Jude Melville; Chief Financial Officer, Greg Robertson; Chief Banking Officer, Philip Jordan; and Chief Administrative Officer, Jerry Vascocu. After the presentation, we'll ...