Business First Bancshares Inc reports results for the quarter ended in December - Earnings Summary

Business First Bancshares

25/01/2023 22:01

* Business First Bancshares Inc  BFST.OQ  reported quarterly
adjusted earnings of 66 cents​​ per share for the quarter ended
in December. The mean expectation of six analysts for the
quarter was for earnings of 60 cents per share.
    * Revenue rose 42% to $64.34 million from a year ago;
analysts
expected $61.67 million. 
    * Business First Bancshares Inc's reported EPS for the
quarter was
68 cents​.
    * The mean earnings estimate of analysts had fallen by
about 9.2%
in the last three months.​ 
    * In the last 30 days one analyst negatively revised an
earnings
estimate 
    * Business First Bancshares Inc shares had fallen by 4.9%
this
quarter.
    * The company reported quarterly net income of $16.62
million.
    * Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Business
First
Bancshares Inc is $27.50 
    * 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." 

This summary was machine generated from Refinitiv data January
25 at 10:01 p.m.  ​All figures in US dollars unless otherwise
stated. QUARTER ENDING    ESTIMATE       ACTUAL         BEAT, MET,
                                                 MISSED
 Dec. 31 2022      0.60           0.66           Beat
 Sep. 30 2022      0.70           0.72           Beat
 Jun. 30 2022      0.57           0.64           Beat
 Mar. 31 2022      0.51           0.49           Missed