Business First Bancshares Inc expected to post earnings of 52  cents a share - Earnings Preview

Business First Bancshares

26/07/2023 03:02

* Business First Bancshares Inc  BFST.OQ   BFST.O  is
expected
to show a rise in quarterly revenue when it reports  results on
July 27. 
    * The Baton Rouge Louisiana-based  company is expected to
report 
a 5.4% increase in revenue to $59.628 million from $56.58
million a year ago, according to the mean estimate from 5
analysts, based on Refinitiv data. 
    * ​Refinitiv's mean analyst estimate for Business First
Bancshares
Inc is for earnings of 52 cents per share. 
    * The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy"
and
the breakdown of recommendations is 5 "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 $19​, above​ its last closing price of $16.30.
​​​

Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings measure
in US dollars). ​
 QUARTER       STARMINESM  REFINITIV  ACTUAL    BEAT,   SURPRI
 ENDING        ARTESTIMAT  IBES                 MET,    SE %
               E®          ESTIMATE             MISSED  
 Mar. 31 2023  0.51        0.52       0.55      Beat    5.1
 Dec. 31 2023  0.60        0.60       0.66      Beat    9.4
 Sep. 30 2022  0.70        0.70       0.72      Beat    2.2​
 Jun. 30 2022  0.57        0.57       0.64      Beat    11.9
 ​​Mar.        0.51        0.51       0.49      Missed  -3.2
 31 2022                                                
 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
 This summary was machine generated July 26 at 02:02 GMT.  All
figures in US dollars  unless otherwise stated