Business First Bancshares Inc expected to post earnings of 60 cents a share - Earnings Preview

Business First Bancshares

22/04/2025 22:02

Business First Bancshares Inc BFST.OQ BFST.O is expected to show a rise in quarterly revenue when it reports  results on April 24 for the period ending March 31 2025

The Baton Rouge Louisiana-based  company is expected to report a 27.4% increase in revenue to $77.535 million from $60.87 million a year ago, according to the mean estimate from 4 analysts, based on LSEG data.

​LSEG's mean analyst estimate for Business First Bancshares Inc is for earnings of 60 cents per share.

The current average analyst rating on the shares is "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 $30.50​, above​ its last closing price of $22.48. ​​​

Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings measure in US dollars). ​

QUARTER ENDING
STARMINESMARTESTIMATE®
LSEG IBES ESTIMATE
ACTUAL
BEAT, MET, MISSED
SURPRISE %
Dec. 31 2024
0.48
0.49
0.66
Beat
35.8
Sep. 30 2024
0.57
0.57
0.68
Beat
20.1
Jun. 30 2024
0.52
0.51
0.64
Beat
24.5​
Mar. 31 2024
0.58
0.57
0.50
Missed
-12.2
​​Dec. 31 2023
0.61
0.60
0.66
Beat
10
Sep. 30 2023
0.61
0.61
0.71
Beat
17.2​
Jun. 30 2023
0.52
0.52
0.70
Beat
35.5
Mar. 31 2023
0.51
0.52
0.55
Beat
5.1

This summary was machine generated April 22 at 21:02 GMT.  All figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact RefinitivNewsSupport@thomsonreuters.com)