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Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST) Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call April 25, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Matthew Sealy - SVP, Director of Corporate Strategy and FP&A Jude Melville - President and CEO Greg Robertson - CFO Philip Jordan - Chief Banking Officer Jerry Vascocu - Chief Administrative Officer Conference Call Participants Matthew Olney - Stephens Michael Rose - Raymond James Feddie Strickland - Janney Manuel Navas - D.A. Davidson Operator Thank you for standing by. My name is M ...

For the quarter ended March 2024, Business First (BFST) reported revenue of $60.92 million, down 0.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.50, compared to $0.55 in the year-ago quarter.The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $61.93 million, representing a surprise of -1.64%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -12.28%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.57.While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall St ...

| --- | --- | --- | --- | |-------|-----------------|-------|-------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Liabilities and | | | | | Shareholders' | | | | | | | | | | Equity | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | |--------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | NoninterestBearing | | | | | Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | NoninterestBearing | | | | | Deposits | $ 1,282,815 | $ 1,368,452 | $ 1,473,186 | | Other | 57,510 | 54, ...

BATON ROUGE, La., April 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST) ("Business First" or the "Company"), the holding company for b1BANK, today announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Oakwood Bancshares, Inc. and its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Oakwood Bank (together, Oakwood), in an all-stock transaction for total consideration value of approximately $85.7 million based on the Company's closing price of $21.57 per share on April 22, 2024. Once comple ...

BATON ROUGE, La., April 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST) (Business First), parent company of b1BANK, today announced its unaudited results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, including net income available to common shareholders of $12.2 million or $0.48 per diluted common share, decreases of $2.3 million and $0.09, respectively, compared to the linked quarter ended December 31, 2023. On a non-GAAP basis, core net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, which ...

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BATON ROUGE, La., April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST), the parent company of b1BANK, announced that it is scheduled to release first quarter 2024 earnings after market close on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Executive management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss results on the same day (Thursday, April 25, 2024) at 4:00 p.m. CST. Interested parties may attend the call by dialing toll-free 1-800-715-9871 (North America only), conference ID 5574541, or ...

BATON ROUGE, La., April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST), the parent company of b1BANK, announced that it is scheduled to release first quarter 2024 earnings after market close on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Executive management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss results on the same day (Thursday, April 25, 2024) at 4:00 p.m. CST. Interested parties may attend the call by dialing toll-free 1-800-715-9871 (North America only), conference ID 5574541, or ...

Shares of Business First (BFST) have gained 1.8% over the past four weeks to close the last trading session at $22.28, but there could still be a solid upside left in the stock if short-term price targets of Wall Street analysts are any indication. Going by the price targets, the mean estimate of $27.88 indicates a potential upside of 25.1%.The mean estimate comprises four short-term price targets with a standard deviation of $1.65. While the lowest estimate of $26 indicates a 16.7% increase from the curren ...