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 September 30, 2024 or o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 ...

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 ...

Company Announcement - Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) is set to release its third quarter 2024 earnings after market close on October 24, 2024 [1] - Executive management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results on the same day at 4:00 p.m. CDT [1] Conference Call Details - Interested parties can join the call by dialing toll-free 1-800-715-9871 (North America only) with conference ID 5274174 [2] - The live webcast will be available at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/a2ui6eo8, and a corresponding slide presentation will be accessible on the b1BANK website on the day of the presentation [2] Company Overview - As of June 30, 2024, Business First Bancshares, Inc. had approximately $7.6 billion in assets and $6.1 billion in assets under management through its affiliate Smith Shellnut Wilson, LLC [3] - The company operates Banking Centers and Loan Production Offices in Louisiana and the Dallas and Houston, Texas areas, offering commercial and personal banking products and services [3] - b1BANK has been recognized as the 1 Best-In-State Bank in Louisiana by Forbes and Statista and is a multiyear winner of American Banker's "Best Banks to Work For" [3]

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 ...