Business First Bancshares Statistics
NASDAQ: BFSTFinanceMajor BanksUSD
30.44-0.30 (-0.98%)
At close: Oct 7, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Business First Bancshares by the numbers
Business First Bancshares has a market capitalization of $990.8 million based on 32.55M shares outstanding. Its trailing P/E ratio is 10.8, above the 7-company peer median of 10.7, and its forward P/E is 9.1. The stock trades 2.8% below its 50-day average and 5.2% above its 200-day average.
Average daily trading volume is 217.40K shares, or about $6.6 million in dollar volume.
Summary generated from market data by MetaCap's automated system. Methodology
BFST valuation vs. peer median
| Metric | BFST | Peer median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $990.82M | $988.89M | +0% |
| P/E (TTM) | 10.8 | 10.7 | +1% |
| Forward P/E | 9.1 | 9.5 | -4% |
| Dividend yield | 1.97% | 2.83% | -30% |
| Avg. volume | 217.40K | 134.22K | +62% |
Peer median across 8 companies: MBWM, MCBS, HBNC, CCNE, EQBK, FSBC, CAC, HAFC.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $990.82M
- P/E (TTM)
- 10.83
- Forward P/E
- 9.15
- EPS (TTM)
- $2.81
- Shares outstanding
- 32.55M
Price and trading
- Previous close
- 30.74
- Open
- 30.54
- Day range
- 30.26 – 30.61
- 52-week range
- 22.56 – 32.53
- 52-week change
- +28.60%
- Beta
- —
- Volume
- 170.48K
- Average volume
- 217.40K
Dividends and events
- Annual dividend
- $0.60
- Dividend yield
- 1.97%
- Next earnings date
- Oct 26, 2026
Additional statistics
- Market Cap
- 990.82M
- Pe
- 10.83
- Forward Pe
- 9.15
- Eps
- 2.81
- Dividend Yield
- 1.95%
- Dividend Rate
- 0.60
- Week52 High
- 32.53
- Week52 Low
- 22.56
- Avg Volume
- 217.40K
- Shares Outstanding
- 32.55M
- Ma50
- 31.31
- Ma200
- 28.93
- Earnings Date
- Oct 26, 2026
- Pct From52w High
- -6.41%
- Pct From52w Low
- 34.93%