BFST NASDAQ
Business First Bancshares, Inc.
1W: +2.5%
1M: +3.1%
3M: -0.8%
YTD: +8.0%
1Y: +30.0%
3Y: +72.2%
5Y: +59.7%
$31.87
+0.05 (+0.16%)
After Hours: $33.18 (+1.31, +4.11%)
Weekly Expected Move ±2.2%
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Credit Risk of going bust: not rated, financial company (lending is its business) Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Not rated: lending and leverage are a financial company's business, which the model misreads.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.
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Operating Cash Flow
$92M
+50.0% ▲
5Y CAGR: +25.7%
Capital Expenditures
$66K
+95.8% ▲
5Y CAGR: -53.3%
Free Cash Flow
$92M
+53.9% ▲
5Y CAGR: +28.4%
Dividends Paid
$22M
-9.8% ▼
Buybacks
$4M
-11935.5% ▼
Net Change in Cash
$92M
-1.0% ▼
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| Line Item | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — Operating Activities — | |||||
| Net Income | $52M | $54M | $71M | $65M | $88M |
| Depreciation & Amort. | $4M | $5M | $5M | $5M | $6M |
| Stock-Based Comp. | $3M | $4M | $4M | $3M | $6M |
| Change in Working Capital | $1M | $3M | $18M | -$14M | -$9M |
| Other Non-Cash Items | -$4M | $5M | -$3M | $3M | $93K |
| Operating Cash Flow | $56M | $70M | $92M | $61M | $92M |
| — Investing Activities — | |||||
| Capital Expenditures | -$4M | -$8M | -$12M | -$2M | $0 |
| Acquisitions (Net) | -$21M | $163M | -$15M | $97M | $0 |
| Investment Purchases | -$532M | -$125M | -$147M | -$109M | -$688M |
| Investment Sales | $129M | $144M | $167M | $110M | $629M |
| Other Investing | -$247M | -$875M | -$516M | -$391M | -$223M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -$675M | -$701M | -$521M | -$295M | -$282M |
| — Financing Activities — | |||||
| Net Debt Issuance | $81M | $327M | $92M | -$178M | $69M |
| Stock Repurchased | -$11M | $0 | $0 | -$31K | -$4M |
| Dividends Paid | -$9M | -$12M | -$18M | -$20M | -$22M |
| Other Financing | $474M | $280M | $428M | $524M | $239M |
| Financing Cash Flow | $538M | $715M | $502M | $326M | $282M |
| Net Change in Cash | -$81M | $84M | $73M | $93M | $92M |
| Cash End of Period | $68M | $153M | $226M | $319M | $411M |
| Free Cash Flow | $52M | $62M | $81M | $60M | $92M |