Business First Bancshares (BFST)

• Market cap: $769M
• 1 day: 1.72%
• 5 days: 9.84%
• 1 month: 0.77%
• 3 months: 3.38%
• 6 months: 8.15%
• Year to date: 4.16%
• 1 year: 9.47%
• 5 years: 5.64%
• 10 years: 3.01%
• Sector: Financials
• Industry: State Commercial Banks

About: Business First Bancshares Inc is a United States-based bank holding company. The company's services include personal and commercial banking, treasury management, and wealth solutions. It provides a range of financial services to small-to-midsized businesses and professionals. The company generates majority of its revenues from interest income on loans, customer service and loan fees, and interest income from securities.

Employees: 770

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

283% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 23 | Existing positions closed: 6

22% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $273M [Q2] → $333M (+$59.9M) [Q3]

15% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $62K | Put options by funds: $54K

14% more funds holding

Funds holding: 112 [Q2] → 128 (+16) [Q3]

14% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 42 | Existing positions reduced: 37

1.95% more ownership

Funds ownership: 48.98% [Q2] → 50.93% (+1.95%) [Q3]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q2] → 1 (+0) [Q3]

Research analyst outlook

1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $30 15% upside
• Avg. target: $30 15% upside
• High target: $30 15% upside

1 analyst rating

• positive: 1 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Raymond James Michael Rose 86% 1-year accuracy 18 / 21 met price target

15% upside $30

Outperform Upgraded

19 Dec 2024