Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call October 24, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Matthew Sealy - Senior Vice President, Director of Corporate Strategy and FP&A Jude Melville - Chairman, President and Cheif Executive Officer Gregory Robertson - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Michael Rose - Raymond James Matt Olney - Stephens Inc. Feddie Strickland - Hovde Group Manuel Navas - D.A. Davidson Christopher Marinac - Janney Montgomery Scott Opera ...

Business First (BFST) reported $66.89 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2024, representing a year-over-year increase of 2.6%. EPS of $0.68 for the same period compares to $0.71 a year ago.The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.53% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $65.24 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.57, the EPS surprise was +19.30%.While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wal ...

Business First (BFST) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.68 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.57 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.71 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 19.30%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post earnings of $0.51 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.64, delivering a surprise of 25.49%.Over the last four quarters, the company h ...

BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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 or $0.65 per diluted common share, increases of $0.6 million and $0.03, respectively, compared to the linked quarter ended June 30, 2024. On a non-GAAP basis, core net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, w ...

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 ...