Business First Bancshares Inc expected to post earnings of 51  cents a share - Earnings Preview

Business First Bancshares

18/04/2022 12:30

* Business First Bancshares Inc  BFST.OQ   BFST.O  is
expected
to show a rise in quarterly revenue when it reports  results on
April 20 (estimated). 
    * The Baton Rouge Louisiana-based  company is expected to
report 
a 4.0% increase in revenue to $47.2 million from $45.38 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 51 cents per share. For the same quarter
last year, the company reported earnings of 61 cents per share.
    * The current average analyst rating on the shares is
"strong buy"
and the breakdown of recommendations is 5 "strong buy" or
"buy," no "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 $33​, above​ its last closing price of $22.94.
​​​
    * Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings
measure
in US dollars). ​

 QUARTER       STARMINESM  REFINITIV  ACTUAL    BEAT,   SURPRI
 ENDING        ARTESTIMAT  IBES                 MET,    SE %
               E®          ESTIMATE             MISSED  
 Dec. 31 2021  0.52        0.51       0.59      Beat    14.8
 Sep. 30 2021  0.50        0.48       0.50      Beat    4
 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.        0.50        0.50       0.68      Beat    36.6
 31 2020                                                
 Sep. 30 2020  0.39        0.41       0.53      Beat    30.3​
 Jun. 30 2020  0.27        0.30       0.41      Beat    37.6
 Mar. 31 2020  0.39        0.40       0.37      Missed  -6.6
 This summary was machine generated April 18 at 11:30 GMT.  All
figures in US dollars  unless otherwise stated