BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST) (Business First), parent company of b1BANK, today announced its unaudited results for the year ended December 31, 2023, including net income available to common shareholders of $65.6 million or $2.59 per diluted common share, increases of $12.7 million and $0.27, respectively, from the prior year ended December 31, 2022. On a non-GAAP basis, core net income for the year ended December 31, 2023, which excludes c ...

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Brett Rabatin Matt Sealy Brett Rabatin Jude Melville Just think of it, Brett, as outside the listed one for every other market that we serve in bank today. Okay. And then just one last one for me on the funding side. I missed the number that you gave for the DDA growth, the gross DDA growth that you had, but you're obviously being able to keep DDA balances relatively healthy versus maybe some others that have had more downside to that number. Are you -- one is what was that number? And then secondly, you ki ...

BUSINESS FIR BANCSHAR Q3 2023 Results BUSINESS FIRST O BANCSHAR NASDAQ: BFST Nasdaq TABLE OF CONTENTS Legal Disclosures 3 Guiding Principles & Social Impact 4 – 5 Business First Bancshares, Inc. Overview 6 – 11 Liquidity and Deposits 12 Securities Portfolio 13 Branches & Smith Shellnut Wilson 14 – 15 Financial Results Q3 2023 Financial Results 17 – 18 Stable Credit Performance 19 Yield/Rate Analysis 20 – 21 Loan Portfolio Operating Loan Growth 23 | --- | --- | |------------------|-------------| | | | | Loan ...

Table of Contents BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022 (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) 8 BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Dollars in thousands) (CONTINUED) Table of Contents 10 BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The unaudited consolidate ...

Company Participants Jude Melville - President, CEO & Director Conference Call Participants Brett Rabatin - Hovde Group Feddie Strickland - Janney Montgomery Scott Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. And welcome to the Business First Bancshares' Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call. I would like to now turn the call over to Matt Sealy, Director of Corporate Strategy and FTNA. [Operator Instructions] Matt Sealy Please also note our safe harbor statements are available on Page 7 of our earnings press ...

BUSINESS FIR BANCSHAR Q2 2023 Results BUSINESS FIRST O BANCSHAR NASDAQ: BFST Nasdaq TABLE OF CONTENTS Legal Disclosures 3 Guiding Principles & Social Impact 4 – 5 Business First Bancshares, Inc. Overview 6 – 8 Deposits and Liquidity 9 – 11 Securities Portfolio 12 Branches & Smith Shellnut Wilson 13 – 15 Financial Results Q2 2023 Financial Results 17 – 18 Stable Credit Performance 19 Yield/Rate Analysis 20 – 21 Loan Portfolio Operating Loan Growth 23 | --- | --- | |------------------|-------------| | | | | L ...

The following tables present a summary of securities with gross unrealized losses and fair values at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, aggregated by investment category and length of time in a continued unrealized loss position. 17 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | |---------------------------------------------|-------|------------------------------------|------------|------------| | | | Amortized Cost \n(Dollars in | thousands) | Fair Value | | Less Than One Year | $ | 26,354 | $ | 25,867 | | One to Five ...

Matt Sealy - SVP and Director, Corporate Strategy Jude Melville - President and CEO Greg Robertson - CFO Philip Jordan - Chief Banking Officer Jerry Vascocu - Chief Administrative Officer Good afternoon. My name is Christy and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Business First Bancshares' Q1 2023 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Thank you, Christy. Good afternoon and thank you all for joining. Earlier today, we issued our first qua ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 or ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission file number: 001-38447 BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Louisiana 20-5340628 (State or other jurisdiction ...