Date | Price Target | Rating | Analyst |
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7/26/2024 | $29.00 → $30.00 | Outperform | Hovde Group |
1/5/2024 | Outperform → Mkt Perform | Raymond James | |
7/28/2023 | $20.00 | Mkt Perform → Outperform | Raymond James |
1/5/2023 | Outperform → Mkt Perform | Raymond James | |
12/13/2022 | $27.00 | Overweight | Piper Sandler |
10/31/2022 | $28.00 | Outperform | Raymond James |
10/25/2021 | $33.00 | Market Perform → Strong Buy | Raymond James |
BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Business First) (NASDAQ:BFST), the holding company for b1BANK, announced it has received all required regulatory approvals and non-objections to complete its merger with Oakwood Bancshares, Inc. (Oakwood), the holding company for Oakwood Bank, a Texas banking association. On August 27, 2024, Oakwood's shareholders voted to approve the merger. "We appreciate our regulatory partners' efficient review of the proposed transaction as well as the strong affirmation expressed by the Oakwood shareholder base," said Jude Melville, chairman, president and CEO of Business First and b1BANK. "We are even more excit
BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zeenat Sidi has been appointed to the board of directors of Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST) and its banking subsidiary b1BANK. Sidi, a C-suite executive in the fintech and consumer banking and payments industry, has over 25 years of experience in profit and loss (P&L) leadership, digital transformation, risk management, operations and strategy in the U.S. and Canada. Most recently, as loanDepot's President of Digital Products and Services, she led the development of multiple products and digital customer engagement strategies. One product, aimed at increasing affordability for first-time home buyers, led to industry recogni
BATON ROUGE, La., July 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST), the parent company of b1BANK, announced that the board's independent directors unanimously elected David R. "Jude" Melville III to the role of board chair and Rolfe H. McCollister Jr. as lead independent director. "For nearly 20 years, Rolfe and I have been working successfully together in various capacities, alongside many others, on this important endeavor. I thank the board for this opportunity to continue partnering with him and them in this next phase of our company's life," said Melville. In this role, Melville will lead the work to set the agenda for the board, leveraging his deep un
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BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zeenat Sidi has been appointed to the board of directors of Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST) and its banking subsidiary b1BANK. Sidi, a C-suite executive in the fintech and consumer banking and payments industry, has over 25 years of experience in profit and loss (P&L) leadership, digital transformation, risk management, operations and strategy in the U.S. and Canada. Most recently, as loanDepot's President of Digital Products and Services, she led the development of multiple products and digital customer engagement strategies. One product, aimed at increasing affordability for first-time home buyers, led to industry recogni
BATON ROUGE, La., March 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) and b1BANK announced today the addition of John Ducrest to their respective boards of directors. Ducrest is the immediate former Commissioner of the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions (OFI) and immediate former Commissioner of Securities for the state of Louisiana. In addition to his service as Commissioner of the OFI over the past 16 years, Ducrest has held active leadership roles with various national organizations. In the aftermath of the Great Recession, Ducrest served as the state banking supervisory representative on the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) and as Boar
Hovde Group reiterated coverage of Business First Bancshares with a rating of Outperform and set a new price target of $30.00 from $29.00 previously
Raymond James downgraded Business First Bancshares from Outperform to Mkt Perform
Raymond James upgraded Business First Bancshares from Mkt Perform to Outperform and set a new price target of $20.00
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BATON ROUGE, La., July 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST) (Business First), parent company of b1BANK, today announced its unaudited results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, including net income available to common shareholders of $15.9 million or $0.62 per diluted common share, increases of $3.6 million and $0.14, respectively, compared to the linked quarter ended March 31, 2024. On a non-GAAP basis, core net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, which excludes certain income and expenses, was $16.3 million or $0.64 per diluted common share, increases of $3.5 million and $0.14, respectively, from the linked quarter. "I am encouraged by our
BATON ROUGE, La., July 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST), the parent company of b1BANK, announced that it is scheduled to release second quarter 2024 earnings after market close on Thursday, July 25, 2024. Executive management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss results on the same day (Thursday, July 25, 2024) at 4:00 p.m. CST. Interested parties may attend the call by dialing toll-free 1-800-715-9871 (North America only), conference ID 9962250, or asking for the Business First Bancshares conference call. The live webcast can be found at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/8tfqtsaw. On the day of the presentation, the correspon
BATON ROUGE, La., April 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST) (Business First), parent company of b1BANK, today announced its unaudited results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, including net income available to common shareholders of $12.2 million or $0.48 per diluted common share, decreases of $2.3 million and $0.09, respectively, compared to the linked quarter ended December 31, 2023. On a non-GAAP basis, core net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, which excludes certain income and expenses, was $12.8 million or $0.50 per diluted common share, decreases of $4.0 million and $0.16, respectively, from the linked quarter. "We didn't earn a
Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST) reported quarterly earnings of $0.50 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.57 by 12.28 percent. This is a 9.09 percent decrease over earnings of $0.55 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $60.917 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $62.224 million by 2.10 percent. This is a 0.36 percent decrease over sales of $61.137 million the same period last year.
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