Business First Bancshares Inc expected to post earnings of 61  cents a share - Earnings Preview

Business First Bancshares

25/10/2023 03:01

* Business First Bancshares Inc  BFST.OQ   BFST.O  is
expected
to show a rise in quarterly revenue when it reports  results 
    * The Baton Rouge Louisiana-based  company is expected to
report 
a 1.8% increase in revenue to $62.707 million from $61.6 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 61 cents per share. 
    * The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy"
and
the breakdown of recommendations is 6 "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 $22.25​, above​ its last closing price
of $18.25. ​​​

Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings measure
in US dollars). ​
 QUARTER       STARMINESM  REFINITIV  ACTUAL    BEAT,   SURPRI
 ENDING        ARTESTIMAT  IBES                 MET,    SE %
               E®          ESTIMATE             MISSED  
 Jun. 30 2023  0.52        0.52       0.70      Beat    35.5
 Mar. 31 2023  0.51        0.52       0.55      Beat    5.1
 Dec. 31 2022  0.60        0.60       0.66      Beat    9.4​
 Sep. 30 2022  0.70        0.70       0.72      Beat    2.2
 ​​Jun.        0.57        0.57       0.64      Beat    11.9
 30 2022                                                
 Mar. 31 2022  0.51        0.51       0.49      Missed  -3.2​
 Dec. 31 2021  0.52        0.51       0.59      Beat    14.8
 Sep. 30 2021  0.50        0.48       0.50      Beat    4
 This summary was machine generated October 25 at 02:01 GMT.  All
figures in US dollars  unless otherwise stated