Business First Bancshares

BFST

Market cap $771M

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.

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.

Investors need to pay close attention to BFST stock based on the movements in the options market lately.

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.

Business First (BFST) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.72 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.69 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.68 per share a year ago.

BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST) (Business First), parent company of b1BANK, today announced its unaudited results for the quarter ended Sept.

Business First (BFST) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.