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Business First Bancshares BFST Price / book

Price / book at other companies

Equity BancsharesEQBK

1.1×0.0×

First BancorpFBNC

1.4×+0.3×

JPMorgan ChaseJPM

2.2×+0.2×

Cullen/Frost BankersCFR

1.9×0.0×

Hancock Whitney CorporationHWC

1.2×+0.1×

Prosperity BancsharesPB

0.8×-0.1×

Other financials

Income statement

Revenue$89.2M+12.7%

Net income$23.6M+14.7%

EPS (diluted)$0.68+4.6%

Balance sheet

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

Operating cash flow$26.7M-6.6%

CapEx-$888.0K-183%

Free cash flow$25.8M-6.2%

Valuation

Market cap$985.24M+42.9%

Enterprise value$420.95M+3.6%

P/E10.8×+1.3×

P/S2.9×+0.6×

Profitability

Net margin27.1%+2.3pp

FCF margin27%-0.7pp

Returns & leverage

Return on equity10%+0.2pp

Debt / equity0×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Business First Bancshares’s reported figures.

market cap/total stockholders equity=0.9×

Based on the most recent quarter.

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 price / book?: Business First Bancshares (BFST) reported price / book of 0.9× in Q1 2026.
How has Business First Bancshares's price / book changed year-over-year?: Business First Bancshares's price / book increased by 2.5% year-over-year, from 0.9× to 0.9×.
What is the long-term trend for Business First Bancshares's price / book?: Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Business First Bancshares's price / book has grown at a -3.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1× to 0.9×.
What does price / book mean?: Market capitalization at the quarter end divided by shareholders' equity. The premium (or discount) the market assigns to the company's book equity.