Financial Services
Live Price
Offline$30.09
-0.20% today
1Y Change
+16.62%
Window
Jun 27, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 245 bars · Jun 27, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $900.00M. The stock last traded around $30.09 and up 16.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 27, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +11.8%, EPS growth of +22.9%, a dividend yield of 2.1%. What stands out right now is revenue +11.8%, EPS +22.9%, free cash flow +53.9% with operating margin 22.5% and ROIC 1.0%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.1%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 9.8 and price/sales 1.7. Stock Foundry combines BFST price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
BFST
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
BFST Max Drawdown
-13.94%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for BFST and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
2.11%
Trailing 12M Payout
$0.44
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2026 | Feb 15, 2026 | Feb 28, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.15 | Quarterly |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Nov 15, 2025 | Nov 30, 2025 | $0.15 | $0.15 | Quarterly |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Aug 15, 2025 | Aug 31, 2025 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| May 15, 2025 | May 15, 2025 | May 31, 2025 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2025 | Feb 15, 2025 | Feb 28, 2025 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Nov 15, 2024 | Nov 30, 2024 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Aug 15, 2024 | Aug 31, 2024 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| May 14, 2024 | May 15, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2024 | Feb 15, 2024 | Feb 28, 2024 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| Nov 14, 2023 | Nov 15, 2023 | Nov 30, 2023 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| Aug 14, 2023 | Aug 15, 2023 | Aug 31, 2023 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| May 12, 2023 | May 15, 2023 | May 31, 2023 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2023 | Feb 15, 2023 | Feb 28, 2023 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Nov 14, 2022 | Nov 15, 2022 | Nov 30, 2022 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Aug 12, 2022 | Aug 15, 2022 | Aug 31, 2022 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| May 12, 2022 | May 15, 2022 | May 31, 2022 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2022 | Feb 15, 2022 | Feb 28, 2022 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Nov 15, 2021 | Nov 30, 2021 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Aug 12, 2021 | Aug 15, 2021 | Aug 31, 2021 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| May 13, 2021 | May 15, 2021 | May 31, 2021 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Feb 11, 2021 | Feb 15, 2021 | Feb 28, 2021 | $0.10 | $0.10 | Quarterly |
| Nov 12, 2020 | Nov 15, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 | $0.10 | $0.10 | Quarterly |
| Aug 13, 2020 | Aug 15, 2020 | Aug 31, 2020 | $0.10 | $0.10 | Quarterly |
| May 14, 2020 | May 15, 2020 | May 31, 2020 | $0.10 | $0.10 | Quarterly |
| Feb 13, 2020 | Feb 15, 2020 | Feb 28, 2020 | $0.10 | $0.10 | Quarterly |
| Nov 14, 2019 | Nov 15, 2019 | Nov 30, 2019 | $0.10 | $0.10 | Quarterly |
| Aug 14, 2019 | Aug 15, 2019 | Aug 31, 2019 | $0.10 | $0.10 | Quarterly |
| May 14, 2019 | May 15, 2019 | May 31, 2019 | $0.10 | $0.10 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2019 | Feb 15, 2019 | Feb 28, 2019 | $0.08 | $0.08 | Quarterly |
| Nov 14, 2018 | Nov 15, 2018 | Nov 30, 2018 | $0.08 | $0.08 | Quarterly |
| Aug 14, 2018 | Aug 15, 2018 | Aug 31, 2018 | $0.08 | $0.08 | Quarterly |
| May 14, 2018 | May 15, 2018 | May 31, 2018 | $0.08 | $0.08 | Quarterly |
| Apr 27, 2016 | Apr 29, 2016 | May 16, 2016 | $0.05 | $0.05 | Annual |
Next Step
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