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Business First Bancshares BFST Free cash flow margin

Free cash flow margin at other companies

Equity Bancshares logo
Equity BancsharesEQBK
36.1%+3.1pp
First Bancorp logo
First BancorpFBNC
50.6%-17.1pp
Cullen/Frost Bankers logo
Cullen/Frost BankersCFR
3.5%
Hancock Whitney Corporation logo
Hancock Whitney CorporationHWC
36.8%-1.0pp
Prosperity Bancshares logo
Prosperity BancsharesPB
40%
WaFd, Inc. logo
WaFd, Inc.WAFD
28.4%-6.7pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$89.2M+12.7%
Net income$23.6M+14.7%
EPS (diluted)$0.68+4.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$589.8M+88.5%
Total debt$25.5M-14.4%
Total equity$991.2M+20.0%
Total assets$8.9B+14.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$26.7M-6.6%
CapEx-$888.0K-183%
Free cash flow$25.8M-6.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$985.24M+42.9%
Enterprise value$420.95M+3.6%
P/E10.8×+1.3×
P/S2.9×+0.6×

Profitability

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Net margin27.1%+2.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10%+0.2pp
Debt / equity0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Business First Bancshares’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Business First Bancshares’s 10-Q, filed May 1, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Business First Bancshares's free cash flow margin?
Business First Bancshares (BFST) reported free cash flow margin of 27% in Q1 2026.
How has Business First Bancshares's free cash flow margin changed year-over-year?
Business First Bancshares's free cash flow margin decreased by 2.4% year-over-year, from 27.6% to 27%.
What is the long-term trend for Business First Bancshares's free cash flow margin?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Business First Bancshares's free cash flow margin has grown at a -43.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 492.1% to 28.3%.
What does free cash flow margin mean?
Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditures) as a percentage of revenue, trailing twelve months. Measures how efficiently revenue converts into discretionary cash.