Business First Bancshares

BFST

Market cap $873M

BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) (Business First), the parent company of b1BANK, announced it is scheduled to release fourth quarter 2025 earnings after market close on Thurs.

BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) (Business First), the holding company for b1BANK, announced today the successful completion of its previously announced acquisition of Progressive Bancorp, Inc. (Progressive) and its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Progressive Bank.

After reaching an important support level, Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) could be a good stock pick from a technical perspective. BFST recently experienced a "golden cross" event, which saw its 50-day simple moving average breaking out above its 200-day simple moving average.

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The mean of analysts' price targets for Business First (BFST) points to a 27.4% upside in the stock. While this highly sought-after metric has not proven reasonably effective, strong agreement among analysts in raising earnings estimates does indicate an upside in the stock.

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BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) (Business First), the holding company for b1BANK, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the company to repurchase shares of its common stock with an aggregate purchase price of up to $30 million during the 24-month period beginning Oct. 28, 2025, and ending Oct. 28, 2027.

The average of price targets set by Wall Street analysts indicates a potential upside of 26.6% in Business First (BFST). While the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric is questionable, the positive trend in earnings estimate revisions might translate into an upside in the stock.

Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks. Nevertheless, we are always paying attention to the latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks.

Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST ) Q3 2025 Earnings Call October 23, 2025 5:00 PM EDT Company Participants Matthew Sealy David Melville - Chairman, President & CEO Gregory Robertson - Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer Conference Call Participants Matt Olney - Stephens Inc., Research Division Feddie Strickland - Hovde Group, LLC, Research Division Christopher Marinac - Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Research Division Michael Rose - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division Presentation Operator Hello, and thank you for standing by. My name is Mark, and I will be your conference operator today.