Business First Bancshares BFST Total Interest Expense
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by Business First Bancshares in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:InterestExpenseDeposits.
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 total interest expense?
- Business First Bancshares (BFST) reported total interest expense of $42.76M in Q1 2026.
- How has Business First Bancshares's total interest expense changed year-over-year?
- Business First Bancshares's total interest expense increased by 0.8% year-over-year, from $42.44M to $42.76M.
- What is the long-term trend for Business First Bancshares's total interest expense?
- Over 3 years (2022 to 2025), Business First Bancshares's total interest expense has grown at a 90.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $24.41M to $168.92M.
- What does total interest expense mean?
- Represents the total cost incurred by the bank on interest-bearing liabilities, including customer deposits, short-term borrowings, and long-term debt. This metric is a primary indicator of the bank's cost of funds and its ability to manage funding expenses relative to market interest rates. It is a critical component in determining the net interest margin.