Business First Bancshares Inc expected to post earnings of 48 cents a share - Earnings Preview

Business First Bancshares

18/10/2021 22:14

* Business First Bancshares Inc  BFST.OQ   BFST.O  is expected
to show a rise in quarterly revenue when it reports results on
October 20 (estimated). 
* The Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based company is expected to report
 a 2.8% increase in revenue to $42.865 million from $41.69
million a year ago, according to the mean estimate from 4
analysts, based on Refinitiv data. 
​* Refinitiv's mean analyst estimate for Business First
Bancshares Inc is for earnings of 48 cents per share. For the
same quarter last year, the company reported earnings of 53
cents per share.
* The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and
the breakdown of recommendations is 4 "strong buy" or "buy," 1
"hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell." 
* The mean earnings estimate of analysts was unchanged in the
last three months. ​
* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Business First
Bancshares Inc is $30.25​, about 16.2% above​ its last closing
price of $25.34. ​​​
* Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings
measure in US dollars). ​
 QUARTER       STARMINE    REFINITIV  ACTUAL    BEAT,   SURPRI
 ENDING        SMARTESTIM  IBES                 MET,    SE %
               ATE®        ESTIMATE             MISSED  
 Jun. 30 2021  0.59        0.55       0.52      Missed  -5.8
 Mar. 31 2021  0.58        0.58       0.61      Beat    5.2
 Dec. 31 2020  0.50        0.50       0.68      Beat    36.6​
 Sep. 30 2020  0.39        0.41       0.53      Beat    30.3
 Jun.          0.27​       0.30       0.41      Beat    37.6​
 30​ 2020​                                              
 Mar. 31 2020  0.39        0.40       0.37      Missed  -6.6​
 Dec. 31 2019  0.47        0.47       0.45      Missed  -4.7
 Sep. 30 2019  0.46        0.46       0.46      Met     0.8
 This summary was machine generated October 18 at 21:14 GMT.  All
figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated