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BFST is listed at the NASDAQ Exchange
BFST [BFST]
NASDAQ Sector: Financial Services Industry:Banks—Regional

Is BFST stock a buy?

What Is The Conclusion?

Right now our advanced algorithms say:

Do the analyst corps agree?

Interesting Questions and Easy Answers!

Yes, Business First Bancshares pays dividends. Last time was Saturday 31st of August 2024 where the investors holding the stock on Thursday 15th of August 2024 were paid $0.14000 per share. Over the last 26 times between 2018 and 2024, Business First Bancshares has paid $2.88 with an average of $0.11 per share.

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We cannot find data for Business First Bancshares 10 years ago, but if you had invested on Wednesday 11th of April 2018 when the price was $25.26, you would have made a loss of $-1.150 per share or -4.55%

Yes, the average daily trading liquidity for Business First Bancshares is $1.46 million. You should therefore be able to get in and out of your positions relatively fast.

Business First Bancshares has little of the business financed by loans. This puts the company at lower risk in periods of high inflation where borrowing costs usually go up. With a normal cash flow to debt ratio of 0.18, the company's ability to pay off the debt is normal. Business First Bancshares has a very good net profit margin of 21.03% and should have very high tolerances against inflation.

We have calculated the inflation risk for Business First Bancshares to be low [0.15 out of 1]