Business First Bancshares Inc expected to post earnings of 70cents a share - Earnings Preview

Business First Bancshares

24/10/2022 22:06

* Business First Bancshares Inc  BFST.OQ   BFST.O  is
expected
to show a rise in quarterly revenue when it reports  results on
October 26. 
    * The Baton Rouge Louisiana-based  company is expected to
report 
a 37.0% increase in revenue to $59.782 million from $43.64
million a year ago, according to the mean estimate from 3
analysts, based on Refinitiv data. 
    * ​Refinitiv's mean analyst estimate for Business First
Bancshares
Inc is for earnings of 70 cents per share. 
    * The current average analyst rating on the shares is
"strong buy"
and the breakdown of recommendations is 4 "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 $28​, above​ its last closing price of $22.74.
​​​

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 2022  0.57        0.57       0.64      Beat    11.9
 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
 ​​Jun.        0.59        0.55       0.52      Missed  -5.8
 30 2021                                                
 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
 This summary was machine generated October 24 at 21:06 GMT.  All
figures in US dollars  unless otherwise stated