Cummings George III Sells Shares of BFST $BFST

Key Points

  • Cummings George III sold 5,000 shares of Business First Bancshares, Inc. ($BFST) worth $143,900.
  • $BFST last traded around $29.08.

Cummings George III, insider at Business First Bancshares, Inc. ($BFST), sold 5,000 shares at an average price of $28.78, for a total transaction of $143,900. The trade was disclosed in a Form 4 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Business First Bancshares, Inc. ($BFST) Stock

Last price$29.08
Market cap$955.50M
P/E ratio10.37
Forward P/E8.99
Beta0.79
52-week low$22.52
52-week high$30.32
50-day MA$27.98
200-day MA$26.55

Business First Bancshares, Inc. Earnings

EPS (ttm)$2.82
Revenue (ttm)$323.96M
Revenue growth14.8%
Net margin28.1%
Return on equity10.0%
Next earningsApr 27, 2026

Business First Bancshares, Inc. Dividend

Annual dividend$0.60
Dividend yield205.00%
Payout ratio20.6%
Ex-dividend dateMay 15, 2026

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Average target$32.40
High target$33.00
Low target$31.00
Analysts covering5

About Business First Bancshares, Inc.

Business First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for b1BANK that provides various banking products and services in Louisiana and Texas. It offers various deposit products and services, including checking and savings, time, and money market accounts; and certificates of deposits, remote deposit capture, and direct deposit services. The company also provides commercial and industrial loans, such as working capital, term, equipment financing, asset acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing base, and other loan products, as well as commercial lines of credit, accounts receivable factoring, agricultural financing, and letters of credit; construction and development loans; commercial real estate loans; residential real estate loans comprising first and second lien 1-4 family mortgage loans, and home equity lines of credit; and consumer loans, including secured and unsecured installment, and term loans. In addition, it offers wealth management products, including mutual funds, annuities, individual retirement accounts, and other financial products, as well as other fiduciary and private banking products and services. Further, the company provides a range of other financial services comprising debit and credit cards, treasury and cash management, merchant, automated clearing house, lock-box, receivables factoring, correspondent banking, and other treasury services, as well as employee and payroll benefits solutions; and drive-through banking facilities, automated teller machines, night depository, personalized checks, electronic funds transfer, domestic and foreign wire transfer, traveler's checks, vault, loan and deposit sweep accounts, interest-rate swaps, small business administration products, online and mobile banking, e-statements, and bank-by-mail services. Business First Bancshares, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

ExchangeNasdaqGS
SectorFinancial Services
IndustryBanks - Regional
HeadquartersBaton Rouge, LA
CEOMr. David R. Melville III
Employees821

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