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

Business First Bancshares

27/10/2022 20:22

* Business First Bancshares Inc  BFST.OQ  reported quarterly
adjusted earnings of 72 cents​​ per share for the quarter ended
in September. The mean expectation of four analysts for the
quarter was for earnings of 70 cents per share.
    * Revenue rose 41.1% to $61.60 million from a year ago;
analysts
expected $59.78 million. 
    * Business First Bancshares Inc's reported EPS for the
quarter was
61 cents​.
    * The mean earnings estimate of analysts had risen by
about 7.8%
in the last three months.​ 
    * In the last 30 days there have been no negative revisions
of
earnings estimates 
    * Business First Bancshares Inc shares had risen by 7.4%
this
quarter and lost 18.3% so far this year.
    * The company reported quarterly net income of $13.8
million.
    * Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Business
First
Bancshares Inc is $28.00 
    * 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." 

This summary was machine generated from Refinitiv data October
27 at 07:22 p.m.  ​All figures in US dollars unless otherwise
stated. QUARTER ENDING    ESTIMATE       ACTUAL         BEAT, MET,
                                                 MISSED
 Sep. 30 2022      0.70           0.72           Beat
 Jun. 30 2022      0.57           0.64           Beat
 Mar. 31 2022      0.51           0.49           Missed
 Dec. 31 2021      0.51           0.59           Beat