Business First Bancshares Financial Ratios
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Business First Bancshares ratio analysis
Business First Bancshares earned a net margin of 820.8% in FY 2025, up from 615.6% a year earlier. Return on equity reached 9.8%, meaning Business First Bancshares generated 0.10 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity. At the end of FY 2025, BFST traded at 9.3 times earnings; across the 8 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 9.3 to 19.6, with a median of 11.1.
Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Business First Bancshares financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 9.28 | 11.08 | 9.52 | 9.54 | 11.19 | 12.41 | 14.31 | 19.60 | — | — |
| Price / sales | 71.07 | 62.15 | 63.71 | 60.58 | 85.19 | 69.04 | 82.14 | 94.66 | — | — |
| Price / book | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.96 | 0.86 | 1.34 | 0.90 | 1.16 | 1.02 | — | — |
| Net margin | 820.8% | 615.6% | 732.1% | 655.9% | 765.2% | 559.9% | 589.1% | 501.5% | 229.9% | 251.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 859.7% | 565.8% | 817.4% | 747.1% | 770.2% | 492.1% | 507.0% | 653.3% | 353.9% | 332.5% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 9.8% | 8.1% | 11.0% | 9.3% | 12.0% | 7.3% | 8.3% | 5.4% | 2.7% | 4.5% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Debt / equity | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Revenue growth | 1.2% | 9.0% | 17.3% | 21.4% | 27.2% | 32.8% | 43.6% | 33.2% | 3.7% | -94.6% |
| EPS growth | 23.5% | -12.7% | 11.6% | -8.3% | 54.3% | -5.7% | 42.6% | 100.0% | -12.9% | 18.6% |