Business First Bancshares (BFST) earnings

Business First Bancshares, Inc.· Financials

Results to: Jun 2026
Latest analysed call: Jun 2026 (Q2 FY26)
Balance sheet to: Dec 2025

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Business First Bancshares earnings: last reported Thu, 23 Jul 2026, for the quarter ended Jun 2026.

Reported

The figures, each with its period

Each figure keeps its basis and period; nothing is filled in.

Metric	Value	Change	Basis	Period	Note
Revenue	3.2 $ million	+21.4% YoY	Quarterly, as filed	Quarter to Jun 2026	Revenue from operations as filed.
Operating margin	Unavailable	—	Operating profit / revenue	Quarter to Jun 2026	Not in the filed figures for the quarter to jun 2026. No older figure is substituted.
Net profit	24.2 $ million	+9.4% YoY	Quarterly, as filed	Quarter to Jun 2026	Profit after tax as filed.

Source: Inve data from filed results (SEC filings) · to Jun 2026

Price

$31.8 −0.44% · −$0.14

Last close Oct 23, 2026 · US · USD · Source: Inve

Performance +36.0% 1Y

1Y: $23.39 on 22 Oct 2025 → $31.8. High $32.28 (13 Aug 2026), low $23.39 (22 Oct 2025).

Previous close: $31.94
52-week range: $23.39 – $32.28
One year: +35.90%

Overview

Symbol: BFST
Sector: Financials
Exchange: US
Currency: USD

Financials

What the filings say

Net profit, year on year: +9% (quarter to jun 2026 against jun 2025).

In $ million. Oldest period first.

Line item	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
Sales	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Profit before tax	23	21	26	28	29	28	29	30
Tax rate	21.6%	22.6%	20.4%	21.1%	20.9%	18.9%	20.1%	20.2%
Net profit	18	16	21	22	23	22	24	24
EPS ($ per share)	0.65	—	0.65	0.70	0.73	—	0.68	0.70

Source: Inve data · income statement, quarterly · to Jun 2026

In $ million. Oldest period first.

Line item	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Equity capital	13	13	21	20	25	25	30	30
Reserves	38	57	79	122	164	216	261	327
Total liabilities	1,835	1,989	3,750	4,293	5,410	5,940	7,058	7,318
Fixed assets	15	29	59	58	63	69	82	74
Total assets	2,095	2,274	4,160	4,726	5,990	6,585	7,857	8,215

Source: Inve data · balance sheet · to Dec 2025

In $ million. Oldest period first.

Line item	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Cash from operations	19	24	29	56	70	91	61	92
Cash from investing	-170	-192	-475	-675	-701	-521	-295	-282
Cash from financing	140	161	506	538	715	504	326	282
Net cash flow	-12	-7	60	-81	84	73	93	92
Capital expenditure	-1	-4	-3	-4	-8	-12	-2	-0
Free cash flow	18	20	26	52	62	79	60	92

Source: Inve data · cash flow · to Dec 2025

Insider filings

101 filings between Oct 28, 2025 and Aug 24, 2026.

Open market

decisions to buy or sell

Purchases

$131.0K

4 purchases by 2 insiders

Sales

$6.61M

29 sales by 8 insiders

Compensation

not trading decisions

1: Award — granted as compensation
34: Option exercise — converted options into shares
23: Tax withheld — shares kept back by the company to cover tax

Also filed: 10 dispositions to the issuer.

Who traded

open market only

Insider	Bought	Sold	Last filing
Cummings George W. III	—	$5.20M	Aug 24, 2026
Johnson Joseph Vernon	—	$379.8K	Jul 29, 2026
Hall William G.	—	$364.1K	Aug 5, 2026
Folse Mark P.	—	$296.3K	Feb 10, 2026
Carter Donald Chad	—	$162.4K	Aug 6, 2026
MANSFIELD KEITH	—	$134.7K	Jul 30, 2026
Day Rick D.	$127.5K	—	Jul 28, 2026
ROBERTSON GREG	—	$37.0K	Dec 1, 2025

Latest filings (50)

Date	Insider	What	Shares	Value
Aug 24, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	10,000	$313.3K
Aug 21, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	4,200	$131.3K
Aug 19, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	3,235	$102.9K
Aug 18, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	10,000	$317.8K
Aug 6, 2026	Carter Donald Chad EVP, Correspondent Banking	Sale	1,875	$59.3K
Aug 5, 2026	Hall William G. Director	Sale	1,666	$53.3K
Aug 5, 2026	Hall William G. Director	Sale	9,723	$310.8K
Aug 5, 2026	Strong Saundra EVP & General Counsel	Sale	1,000	$32.0K
Aug 3, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	10,000	$318.7K
Jul 31, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	10,000	$315.0K
Jul 30, 2026	MANSFIELD KEITH EVP&COO of b1Bank	Sale	4,200	$134.7K
Jul 30, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	10,000	$320.8K
Jul 29, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	10,000	$318.8K
Jul 29, 2026	Johnson Joseph Vernon Director	Sale	2,000	$62.3K
Jul 28, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	10,000	$318.6K
Jul 28, 2026	Johnson Joseph Vernon Director	Sale	10,000	$317.5K
Jul 28, 2026	Day Rick D. Director	Purchase	1,500	$47.4K
Jun 26, 2026	Sidi Zeenat Director	Option exercise	1,016	—
Jun 26, 2026	Sanchez Alejandro M Director	Option exercise	1,016	—
Jun 26, 2026	Quirk Aimee M Director	Option exercise	1,016	—
Jun 26, 2026	MONTGOMERY DAVID A. JR. Director	Option exercise	1,016	—
Jun 26, 2026	MCCOLLISTER ROLFE H. JR. Director	Option exercise	1,016	—
Jun 26, 2026	MOCKLER PATRICK E. Director	Option exercise	1,016	—
Jun 26, 2026	Johnson Joseph Vernon Director	Option exercise	1,016	—
Jun 26, 2026	Ducrest John P. Director	Option exercise	1,016	—
Jun 26, 2026	PRICE ARTHUR Director	Option exercise	1,016	—
Jun 26, 2026	Hall William G. Director	Option exercise	1,016	—
Jun 26, 2026	Ducrest John P. Director	Disposition to issuer	1,016	—
Jun 26, 2026	Day Rick D. Director	Option exercise	1,016	—
Jun 26, 2026	Tillage Keith Alexis Director	Option exercise	1,016	—
Jun 26, 2026	Folse Mark P. Director	Option exercise	1,016	—
Jun 26, 2026	WHITE STEVEN GERARD Director	Option exercise	1,016	—
Jun 11, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	5,000	$143.9K
Jun 10, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	15,000	$433.4K
Jun 8, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	15,000	$428.1K
May 27, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	11,595	$323.7K
May 22, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	10,000	$279.9K
Mar 31, 2026	Roemer Heather G. EVP, CAO	Tax withheld	528	$14.3K
Mar 31, 2026	JORDAN PHILIP EVP&CBO of b1Bank	Tax withheld	1,033	$27.9K
Mar 31, 2026	Carter Donald Chad EVP, Correspondent Banking	Tax withheld	317	$8.6K
Mar 31, 2026	ROBERTSON GREG EVP and CFO	Tax withheld	1,033	$27.9K
Mar 31, 2026	MELVILLE DAVID R. III President and CEO	Tax withheld	4,279	$115.7K
Mar 31, 2026	McDonald Warren EVP & Chief Credit Officer	Tax withheld	1,158	$31.3K
Mar 31, 2026	MANSFIELD KEITH EVP&COO of b1Bank	Tax withheld	1,324	$35.8K
Mar 31, 2026	Manning Kathryn EVP & Chief Risk Officer	Tax withheld	874	$23.6K
Mar 31, 2026	Vascocu Norman Jerome Jr President of b1Bank	Tax withheld	1,600	$43.3K
Mar 31, 2026	Strong Saundra EVP & General Counsel	Tax withheld	1,204	$32.6K
Mar 4, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	11,000	$303.6K
Mar 3, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	9,800	$268.7K
Mar 2, 2026	Cummings George W. III Director	Sale	200	$5.6K

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Form 4 reports transactions, not the cap table — absence of filings says nothing about how much an insider owns, and a quiet window is not a signal.

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