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As of Sep 23, 2026: fair value of Business First Bancshares Inc $21.06, price $30.35, upside -30.6%, quality 41 out of 100. Calculated from audited financials with 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.

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Financial Services · US · ISIN US12326C1053

Broad data Sep 23, 2026

Business First Bancshares Inc

BFST · US

Weak valuationQuality is weak on top of the rich price.

!Fair value $21.06 · Overvalued (−31%)

!Quality 41/100

✓Healthy Growth (revenue 5y +24.8 %/yr)

✓Highly profitable · 28.1% net margin (TTM)

✓Low debt · generates free cash flow

·1.94% dividend yield

!Mixed vs. peers (7/14)

✓Wide moat 66/100

!Insider activity 40/100

26 models, one by oneBear $19.38 to bull $26.21 Growth analysisrevenue history, year by year Quality 41/100 in detail37 factors, each one shown Compared with its peersrank on every measure, side by side

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Price vs Fair Value

White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Sep 23, 2026.

How to read this chart

60‑month range $12.62 – $32.28 · fair‑value band $19.38 – $26.21 · the $30.35 price screens above the $21.06 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). Dashed = 300-day average. As of Sep 23, 2026.

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Company profile

Business First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for b1BANK that provides various banking products and services in Louisiana and Texas. It offers various deposit products and services, including checking and savings, time, and money market accounts; and certificates of deposits, remote deposit capture, and direct deposit services. The company also provides commercial and industrial loans, such as working capital, term, equipment financing, asset acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing base, and other loan products, as well as commercial lines of credit, accounts receivable factoring, agricultural financing, and letters of credit; construction and development loans; commercial real estate loans; residential real estate loans comprising first and second lien 1-4 family mortgage loans, and home equity lines of credit; and consumer loans, including secured and unsecured installment, and term loans. In addition, it offers wealth management products, including mutual funds, annuities, individual retirement accounts, and other financial products, as well as other fiduciary and private banking products and services. Further, the company provides a range of other financial services comprising debit and credit cards, treasury and cash management, merchant, automated clearing house, lock-box, receivables factoring, correspondent banking, and other treasury services, as well as employee and payroll benefits solutions; and drive-through banking facilities, automated teller machines, night depository, personalized checks, electronic funds transfer, domestic and foreign wire transfer, traveler's checks, vault, loan and deposit sweep accounts, interest-rate swaps, small business administration products, online and mobile banking, e-statements, and bank-by-mail services. Business First Bancshares, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Stock analysis

Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) currently trades at $30.35, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $21.06, implying the stock looks roughly 44.2% overvalued today.

Valuation

Bull case: the Multiples group reads highest at a median of $34.95 per share, and 2 of the 6 models we run sit above the $30.35 price.

Bear case: the Dividend Discount group reads lowest at $8.71, and 4 of the 6 models stay below the price. Evidence for this calculation is high.

Scenario range: $19.38 (bear) to $26.21 (bull), the price of $30.35 sits above it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.

Quality & growth

The Quality Score stands at 41/100 (below-average quality), in the Financial Services sector.

Healthy Growth: Revenue growth appears healthy and is supported by profitability and cash-flow quality.

Business First Bancshares Inc reported revenue of $512M in FY2025 versus $203M in FY2021, a compound +26.0%/yr. Reported net income was $87.9M in FY2025, compounding +13.9%/yr from FY2021.

Key figures

Market cap $992M · P/E ratio 10.8 · P/S ratio 1.85 · EPS (TTM) $2.82 · Dividend yield 1.9% · Net margin 17.2% · Return on equity 10.0% · Return on assets (EBIT) 1.3%.

Competitive moat

Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 47 out of 100 (low confidence).

What moves the price

The share trades about 6% below its 52-week high and 36% above its 52-week low, currently above its 200-day average.

For context, the median of 10 Financial Services peers we cover trades at −38% fair-value upside, at −31%, BFST screens cheaper than that median.

Fair Value models

Bear $19.38 Fair Value $21.06 Bull $26.21

Model ⓘEach model values the company its own way (discounted cash flow, earnings, assets, dividends). The fair value above is their evidence-weighted blend, not the output of a single model. Based on fiscal year 2025 figures (about 9 months old). Earnings retained since then ($1.63 per share) are deliberately not added. Bear ⓘBear = the cautious scenario: the same model computed with conservative anchors (lower growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bull it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target.BaseBull ⓘBull = the optimistic scenario: the same model computed with favourable anchors (higher growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bear it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target. Evidence ⓘEvidence = how well-backed THIS model's estimate is for this stock (0–100): how complete and reliable its input data are, and how well the model fits the company. The final Fair Value is an evidence-weighted blend, so better-evidenced models count more. Green ≥70, amber 50–69, grey below 50.

Highest evidence

Residual Income $22.52 $24.34 $28.70 76

Gordon GGM $5.29 $9.53 $13.12 68

DDM Multi-Stage $5.29 $8.71 $10.18 67

All 6 models by family

Dividend Discount

Gordon GGM $5.29 $9.53 $13.12 68

DDM Multi-Stage $5.29 $8.71 $10.18 67

Multiples

P/E Multiple $26.21 $34.95 $43.69 63

P/B Multiple $28.82 $38.42 $48.03 55

Asset-Based

NCAV (Graham) $13.72 $18.39 $27.45 54

Economic Profit

Residual Income $22.52 $24.34 $28.70 76

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Quality Score breakdown

Overall quality 41/100

Of which business quality 39 · Market factors (momentum, volatility) 68

Profitability 30

Margins and returns on capital today

Quality Growth 69

Are margins and returns improving?

Cashflow 70

Earnings quality: real cash, not paper profit

Fin. Strength 17

Balance sheet, leverage, solvency risk

Investment 56

Disciplined investing over empire-building

Low Volatility 80

Calm price path (market factor)

Momentum 58

Price trend over the last 3–12 months (market factor)

52W Momentum 73

Distance to the 52-week high (market factor)

Net Issuance 0

Share count: buybacks or dilution?

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Revenue & earnings trend

Growth Quality ⓘGrowth is valuable only when reinvestment earns attractive returns (Aswath Damodaran): sustainable growth depends on return on capital, reinvestment and efficiency. Basis: total company revenue over the periods shown on the cards (3Y/5Y/all years), not per share, so a merger can show up as a growth jump; per-share earnings growth is in the value-creation card. 95/100

Revenue growth appears healthy and is supported by profitability and cash-flow quality.

Revenue growth 1 year

+11.8%

Revenue growth 3 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.

+24.7%

Revenue growth 5 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.

+24.8%

Start year 2020 (pandemic). Over 10 years: +28.5% a year

Revenue growth 13 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.

+27.0%

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What shareholders gained per year (last 5 years) ⓘWhat the business itself delivers per year: earnings growth per share plus the dividend yield. This is what you get IF the market keeps valuing the stock the same way: it contains no assumption about the market changing its mind. Computed per share, so buybacks count and a merger does not pass as growth. For a company that pays no dividend it is pure earnings growth per share. Period: earnings growth per share as CAGR over the last 5 reported fiscal years (annual statements), plus the current dividend yield. The start value is the median of the three years around the start, so a single crisis year (a pandemic or a write-down) does not distort the rate.

+13.1%

Earnings growth per share plus dividend.

Earnings per share, growth per year+11.2%

Dividend (yield on the price)1.9%

Pace: 5 vs 10 years ⓘTwo data points, not a trend model: earnings growth per share over the last 5 fiscal years against the last 10. Labelled "steady" when both rates are within 3 percentage points of each other, otherwise picking up or flattening. Shown only when ten years of history exist.11% vs 15%, slowing

Profit margin 2020 to 2025 ⓘOperating margin then vs now, from reported annual statements. A falling margin after a boom year is the classic peak-earnings signal: the growth rate then leans on an inflated base.22% → 22%

Start year 2020 (pandemic)

Growth Forecast

Little optimism in the price

The price assumes less growth than the company has delivered so far and less than analysts expect.

What the price assumes ⓘThis turns our valuation around: instead of asking what the share is worth, it asks what growth the current price requires. It uses the cash the company keeps after all spending (free cash flow), the same discount rate as our models, five years of growth, then slowing evenly to 2 % a year by year ten. Compared with the analysts' sales forecasts extended to the same five years (at least three analysts, for context only, it does not enter the Fair Value): within 3 percentage points counts as "in line" (amber), below that little optimism (green), above that a lot of optimism (red).

−15.4%

Yearly growth needed for the next five years to justify today's price.

What forecasts expect ⓘAnalysts publish sales forecasts for the next two fiscal years. For the years after that, growth slows evenly to 2 % a year by year ten (2 % is the long-run rate our models use). Projected years are marked as such.

−2.1%

Yearly sales growth analysts expect, extended to five years.

After inflation (USA: IMF forecast 2.4% a year to 2030, 3.1% from 2016 to 2025) that is about −17.4% a year for the price and −4.3% for the forecasts.

Forecast 2026 (sales)−27.6%

Forecast 2027 (sales)+6.5%

Projected 2028 (sales)+5.9%

Projected 2029 (sales)+5.4%

Projected 2030 (sales)+4.8%

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Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Banks - Regional · 1074 stocks

Beats the industry median on 7/14 measures

A mixed picture versus its industry peers.

Valuation

Quality Score 41 · Bottom 25%

Fair Value upside −31% · Below median

Profitability

Return on equity (TTM) 10% · Below median

Return on assets 1% · Above median

Net margin (TTM) 28% · Below median

Operating margin (TTM) 36% · Below median

Growth and dividend

Revenue growth 15% · Above median

Dividend yield (TTM) 1.9% · Below median

Balance sheet

Debt / equity 0.30× · Below median

Valuation Multiplesvs Banks - Regional median · lower = cheaper

P/E (TTM) 10.8× · Cheaper than median

P/B 1.11× · Cheaper than median

P/S (TTM) 3.06× · Cheaper than median

P/FCF 10.8× · Pricier than median

EV/EBITDA 7.2× · Cheaper than median

Strength profile in five axes (Snowflake)

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Sector peers

VALUE (fair-value potential)0 · sector 12

FUTURE (revenue growth)74 · sector 45

PAST (return on equity)40 · sector 41

HEALTH (low debt)85 · sector 85

DIVIDEND (yield)39 · sector 53

VALUE 0: the price sits above our fair-value range.

Context: sector, industry, market

Values & ESG

Does this company touch areas you may want to avoid? The classification is inferred from sector and industry.

None of the checked exposures detected

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Frequently asked questions

Is Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) overvalued or undervalued?

As of Sep 23, 2026, our model estimates a fair value of $21.06 versus a price of $30.35, about −31% upside (overvalued).

What is the fair value of BFST?

Our model-based fair value for Business First Bancshares Inc is $21.06 (as of Sep 23, 2026), built from audited fundamentals. The current price: $30.35.

What is the quality score of BFST?

Business First Bancshares Inc has a Quality Score of 41/100. It measures business quality (profitability, growth, cash flow, balance-sheet strength, investment discipline, share issuance). Market factors such as price momentum and volatility do not enter the number; they are shown separately in the detail view.

What is the price target for Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

Our model-based price target is the fair value of $21.06 (as of Sep 23, 2026) from 6 valuation models. Cautious scenario $19.38, optimistic scenario $26.21. It is a calculation from audited fundamentals, not an analyst target.

What is the Business First Bancshares Inc stock forecast for 2026?

Our models put fair value at $21.06, about −31% upside versus a price of $30.35 (overvalued). Cautious scenario $19.38, optimistic scenario $26.21. The calculation is refreshed regularly with new filings.

What is the revenue of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

Business First Bancshares Inc reported trailing-twelve-month revenue of about $324M (latest available figure, as of Sep 23, 2026).

Does Business First Bancshares Inc pay a dividend?

Business First Bancshares Inc currently shows a dividend yield of about 1.94% relative to its recent price (as of Sep 23, 2026).

What growth is priced into Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

For today's price to be fair in a discounted-cash-flow model, Business First Bancshares Inc would have to grow free cash flow by -15.4 % per year for five years (discount rate 10.6 %, then slowing evenly to 2 % perpetual growth by year ten). Over the last 5 years revenue grew +24.9 % per year. As of Sep 23, 2026.

What discount rate (WACC) does the fair value of BFST use?

Our models discount Business First Bancshares Inc at 10.6 %: a base by market capitalisation (small), damped by beta 0.78, country premium for USA. The same rate applies in all 26 models.

What is a reverse DCF?

A reverse DCF turns the usual calculation around. Instead of deriving a value from assumptions, it takes today's price as given and asks: what free-cash-flow growth would a company have to deliver for exactly this price to be fair? The result is not a forecast but the expectation already priced in. For Business First Bancshares Inc that is -15.4 % per year a year over ten years, using the same discount rate (10.6 %) and the same formula as our fair value.

How much growth has Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) delivered so far?

Over the past 5 years revenue at Business First Bancshares Inc grew +24.9 % a year. The price currently implies -15.4 % per year free-cash-flow growth a year. Comparing the two shows how much confidence is in the price: if it demands more than has been delivered, the business has to accelerate for the maths to work.

How fast is the sector of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) growing?

The median revenue growth in the sector is +8.4 % a year. That is the yardstick for the growth priced into Business First Bancshares Inc (-15.4 % per year a year): it shows whether the expectation is within the usual range or beyond it.

What is the free cash flow yield of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

The free-cash-flow yield on the price is 10.23 %: that much free cash flow Business First Bancshares Inc produces per unit of market value. When it exceeds the discount rate of our models (10.6 %), the business already earns more than its cost of capital demands, and the price needs little additional growth.

What is the intrinsic value of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

Intrinsic value and fair value mean the same thing: what the business is worth on its numbers, independent of the share price. For Business First Bancshares Inc it is $21.06 per share (as of Sep 23, 2026), against a price of $30.35. It is the blended result of 6 valuation models (cash flow, earnings, asset, dividend).

Is Business First Bancshares Inc stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?

As of Sep 23, 2026, BFST trades above its calculated fair value: price $30.35, fair value $21.06, a gap of about −31% (overvalued). The calculation is refreshed with each new quarterly report, so the verdict can change during the year.

Is fair value the same as the market price of BFST?

No. The price is what the market pays today ($30.35); the fair value is what the company's own numbers justify ($21.06). For Business First Bancshares Inc the two are $9.30 per share apart. That gap is exactly why we show both numbers side by side.

How much is Business First Bancshares Inc worth?

The market values Business First Bancshares Inc at about $992M (market capitalisation, as of Sep 23, 2026). Per share that is $30.35; our models calculate a fair value of $21.06 per share.

What do the bullish and bearish scenarios say about BFST?

Our models span a range for Business First Bancshares Inc: cautious scenario $19.38, base $21.06, optimistic $26.21 per share (as of Sep 23, 2026, price $30.35). The range comes from different growth and margin assumptions, not from analyst opinions.

What is the P/E ratio of BFST?

Business First Bancshares Inc trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.8 (as of Sep 23, 2026). A P/E on its own says little: it compares the price with ONE year of profit, while our fair value of $21.06 is built from several models across several years. Other multiples: P/B 1.1, P/S 3.1, EV/EBITDA 7.2.

How solid is the balance sheet of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

Balance-sheet figures for Business First Bancshares Inc (as of Sep 23, 2026): return on equity 10.0%, debt of 0.30 per unit of equity. They feed the Quality Score of 41/100, which measures business quality independently of the share price.

How far is BFST from its 52-week high?

Business First Bancshares Inc trades at $30.35, about 6% below its 52-week high of $32.28 and 36% above the low of $22.35 (as of Sep 23, 2026). Distance from the high says nothing about value: that is what the fair value of $21.06 is for.

Which stocks are comparable to Business First Bancshares Inc?

From the same area (Financial Services) we also value DBS Group, China Merchants Bank Co, Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A, HDFC Bank Limited, among others. Each of them has its own fair-value calculation on this site using the same models, so the comparison is like for like.

Is Business First Bancshares Inc stock attractive at the current price?

The data as of Sep 23, 2026: price $30.35, calculated fair value $21.06 (−31%), Quality Score 41/100, from 6 models. Whether that fits your horizon and risk tolerance is your call. We provide the calculation, not investment advice.

How is the fair value of BFST calculated?

We run Business First Bancshares Inc through 6 models from four families: discounted cash flow, earnings models, asset and balance-sheet models, and dividend models. Every model gets the same audited fundamentals; the result is the weighted average of $21.06, with the spread shown as a cautious and an optimistic scenario.

Is it still worth investing in stocks now?

The global stock market currently sits 14.1 % above its aggregate fair value. Business First Bancshares Inc itself currently trades above fair value. An expensive market is no reason to stay out and no reason to buy everything at once: keep a broad savings plan running, buy single stocks only with money you can do without, and hold part of your money liquid while the market is high. The full picture including sectors is on is it worth investing now.

What is the share price of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

The closing price on Sep 23, 2026 was $30.35. Our model-based fair value is $21.06, about −31% upside (overvalued). We carry closing prices from our data provider, not a live tick.

What should I pay attention to with Business First Bancshares Inc right now?

The price sits above even our optimistic bull case ($26.21). The favourable scenario is already priced in. Weak quality (41/100) and above fair value at the same time, the margin of safety is missing on both counts. For a financial, book-value and earnings-based methods matter more than a cash-flow DCF, which fits banks and insurers poorly.

Where does the earnings growth of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) come from?

Earnings per share at Business First Bancshares Inc grew +16.9 % a year from 2014 to 2025. Broken into its drivers: revenue per share +12.2 %, EBIT margin +3.6 %, tax rate +0.6 %, residual (interest, one-offs) −0.1 %. The four rates multiply to the earnings growth rate, they do not add up. Start and end are three-year averages so a single exceptional year does not distort the result.

Key figures of Business First Bancshares Inc

How large is the market capitalisation of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

The market capitalisation of Business First Bancshares Inc is $992M. The stock-market value of the whole company: share price times number of shares. It is what the market asks for the entire business today.

What is the P/S ratio of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

The price-to-sales ratio of Business First Bancshares Inc is 1.85 (P/E × margin). Price to sales: market value relative to yearly revenue. Useful when profit is thin or distorted.

What are the earnings per share of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

Earnings per share at Business First Bancshares Inc are $2.82 (price ÷ EPS = P/E 10.8). Earnings per share over the last twelve months: total profit spread across every single share.

What is the dividend yield of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

The dividend yield of Business First Bancshares Inc is 1.9% (payout 20.9%). Yearly dividend relative to the share price. 3% pays 3 per 100 invested. Below: how much of profit is used for it.

What is the net margin of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

The net margin of Business First Bancshares Inc is 17.2% (fiscal year 2025). How much of every unit of revenue ends up as profit. 10% means 10 cents of profit per dollar of sales.

What is the return on equity of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

The return on equity (ROE) of Business First Bancshares Inc is 10.0% (last twelve months). Profit relative to shareholders' equity, how efficiently the company works with its owners' money.

What is the EBIT return on assets of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

On an EBIT basis the return on assets of Business First Bancshares Inc is 1.3% (avg 5y). Operating profit (EBIT) relative to everything the company owns, as a multi-year average. It describes the business model rather than one good or bad year.

What is the operating margin of Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

The operating margin of Business First Bancshares Inc is 36.5% (last twelve months). Profit from the core business (before interest and taxes) relative to revenue.

How fast is revenue growing at Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

Revenue at Business First Bancshares Inc is growing +14.8% versus a year earlier (3y avg +24.7%). How much revenue grew versus a year earlier (YoY). The 3-year average next to it puts the single year in context.

How fast are earnings growing at Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)?

Earnings per share at Business First Bancshares Inc are growing +4.6% versus a year earlier. How much earnings per share grew versus a year earlier.

How much net debt does Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) carry?

The net debt of Business First Bancshares Inc is $140M (fiscal year 2025, ≈ 1.5 yrs of FCF). Debt minus cash on hand. The note shows how many years of free cash flow could in theory pay it off.

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