Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Financial Ratio Screen
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Calculation date: 2026-09-01. Financial period used: December 2025. The ratios are automated proxies inspired by published methodologies; they are not official index determinations.
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Business activity evidence
Business exclusion flag
The supplied classification (Banks - Regional) matches a prohibited-activity category.
Revenue segments: Not yet checked against an SEC annual filing.
Profile description reviewed: 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.
Sources to verify: Secondary company profile and classification · Issuer website · SEC issuer filings
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The table shows implemented MSCI and FTSE/Yasaar-style asset-based models plus a provisional S&P-style leverage reconstruction where a complete 36-month denominator exists. These are independent calculations, not official index results or Shariah determinations. See formulas, sources and limitations.
Based on financial data from December 2025
| Standard | Debt Ratio | Cash Ratio | Receivables | Income | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSCI | Excluded — Banks - Regional | BUSINESS EXCLUSION FLAG* | |||
| FTSE | Excluded — Banks - Regional | BUSINESS EXCLUSION FLAG* | |||
Financial Highlights
Profitability
| Gross Margin | 0.0% | |
| Operating Margin | 36.2% | |
| Net Margin | 28.1% | |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 10.4% | |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | 1.1% |
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
| Operating Cash Flow | $92M |
| Free Cash Flow | $92M |
| Total Debt | $529M |
| Total Assets | $8.2B |
Price & Trading
| Last Close | $26.84 |
| 50-Day MA | $27.69 |
| 200-Day MA | $25.67 |
| Avg Volume | 167K |
| Beta | 0.8 |
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52-Week Range
$20.07
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Financial data provenance and verification
The displayed fields were imported from yfinance on 2026-03-29 for the financial period December 2025. This is a secondary data feed and can differ from amended or newly filed statements.
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Verification rule: check debt, cash, receivables, revenue and interest income against the latest primary filing before relying on an automated ratio.
About Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)
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.
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Is Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) halal to invest in?
The current automated result is Financial criteria not met or an activity exclusion was detected. It uses available public financial fields and simplified methodology proxies. It is not a fatwa or an official determination by AAOIFI, DJIM, MSCI, S&P, or FTSE.
What is Business First Bancshares, Inc.'s debt ratio?
Business First Bancshares, Inc.'s debt ratio is not available in the MSCI new-inclusion reproduction: total debt divided by total assets, against a 30% threshold. See the methodology page for the official source and limitations.
What are Business First Bancshares, Inc.'s key financial metrics?
Business First Bancshares, Inc. has a market capitalization of USD 873M in its listing currency, trailing P/E ratio of 9.5, and revenue of $320M. Return on equity stands at 10.4%.
How often is the screening data updated?
Calculation date: 2026-09-01. Financial period: December 2025. These dates are shown separately because regenerating this page does not refresh the underlying data.
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