NASDAQ$BFST

Business First Bancshares Inc · Q3 2024 earnings

Q3 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

BFST Q3 2024 — $1.3M revenue, 0.65 EPS

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial results for the periods presented, and all . Business First Bancshares Inc reported Q3 2024 results. Diluted EPS came in at $0.65. Headline numbers extracted from the Form 10-Q press release; narrative is light because this row was processed without an LLM call.

  • Revenue: $1.3M.
  • Diluted EPS: $0.65.
  • Filed on Form 10-Q (accession 0001624322-24-000021).

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$66.9M

Previous: $65.2M+2.6%
EPS

$0.65

Previous: $0.71-8.5%
Capital Expenditures

-$1.84M

Previous: -$5.72M+67.9%
Free Cash Flow

$16M

Previous: $14.7M+8.6%
Net Income

$17.8M

Previous: $20.5M-12.8%
Operating Income

$11M

Previous: $21.3M-48.3%
Gross Profit

$65.2M

Previous: $64.6M+1.0%
Cash & Equivalents

$213M

Previous: $191M+11.4%
Total Assets

$6.89B

Previous: $6.49B+6.2%
Stock-Based Comp

$404K

Previous: $246K+64.2%

Revenue & EPS history

Business First · Revenue · Quarterly

$66.9M

Q3 2024+2.6%vs Q3 2023
Beat estimate in 12 of 16 quarters(75%)
ActualEstimate

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2024

Historical avgQ3 2024

+1.4%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.9%

Avg return

5 days after

+3.0%

Avg return

30 days after

53%

17 / 32 earnings

Positive

+24.2%

Q2 2023

Best reaction

-6.3%

Q1 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q2 2026———
Q1 2026-0.9%+1.8%+4.5%
Q4 2025-3.2%-4.3%+2.5%
Q3 2025+7.0%+5.7%+9.9%
Q2 2025-1.2%-2.7%-1.0%
Q1 2025-3.8%-2.5%-0.2%
Q4 2024+8.8%+7.8%+3.3%
Q3 2024+2.5%+4.4%+12.0%
Q2 2024+6.2%+3.4%-2.2%
Q1 2024-6.3%-8.4%-4.7%
Q4 2023-3.1%-1.1%-8.7%
Q3 2023+3.7%+6.1%+11.4%
Q2 2023+24.2%+25.8%+19.4%
Q1 2023+0.8%-6.9%-3.0%
Q4 2022-1.1%-3.7%-2.8%
Q3 2022+0.8%+6.9%+2.6%
Q2 2022+2.8%+6.6%+7.9%
Q1 2022-2.0%-4.4%-5.4%
Q4 2021-3.3%-1.2%-9.5%
Q3 2021+1.3%+4.2%+8.7%
Q2 2021+2.2%+1.5%+3.4%
Q1 2021+0.8%+1.8%+5.8%
Q4 2020-2.7%-5.1%+9.5%
Q3 2020+4.6%-0.3%+15.5%
Q2 2020-0.9%-1.0%+10.2%
Q1 2020+9.4%-2.1%+14.8%
Q4 2019+0.9%-0.2%+3.3%
Q3 2019-0.0%+0.3%+1.9%
Q2 2019+0.2%-0.7%-10.5%
Q1 2019+0.4%-0.4%+0.4%
Q4 2018-0.8%-1.7%+5.4%
Q3 2018-1.9%-1.7%-10.5%
Q2 2018-0.4%-0.2%+1.5%
Q1 2018———
Q4 2017———
Q3 2017———
Q2 2017———
Q1 2017———
Q4 2016———
Q3 2016———
Q2 2016———
Q1 2016———
Q4 2015———
Q4 2014———
Q4 2013———
Q3 2015———
Q3 2014———
Q2 2014———
Q2 2015———
Q1 2015———
Q1 2014———
Q3 2013———
Q2 2013———
Q1 2013———

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