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Business First Bancshares BFST Price / earnings

Price / earnings at other companies

Equity BancsharesEQBK

37.8×+27.0×

First BancorpFBNC

19.2×+0.2×

JPMorgan ChaseJPM

13.5×+2.0×

Cullen/Frost BankersCFR

12.9×-0.5×

Hancock Whitney CorporationHWC

12.5×+2.9×

Prosperity BancsharesPB

12.9×-0.7×

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/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/net income=9.7×

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 / earnings?: Business First Bancshares (BFST) reported price / earnings of 9.7× in Q1 2026.
How has Business First Bancshares's price / earnings changed year-over-year?: Business First Bancshares's price / earnings decreased by 2.5% year-over-year, from 10× to 9.7×.
What is the long-term trend for Business First Bancshares's price / earnings?: Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Business First Bancshares's price / earnings has grown at a -8.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 14× to 8.8×.
What does price / earnings mean?: Market capitalization at the quarter end divided by trailing-twelve-month net income. The price the market pays for each dollar of trailing earnings.