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Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)
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Business First Bancshares (BFST) Ratios

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Business First Bancshares Ratios

BFST's free cash flow for Q2 2026 was $0.19. For the 2026 fiscal year, BFST's free cash flow was decreased by $ and operating cash flow was $-0.48. See a summary of the company’s cash flow.
Ratios
TTM
Dec 25Dec 24Dec 23Dec 22
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
 2.05 0.15 0.06 0.21 0.22
Quick Ratio
 2.05 0.15 0.06 0.21 0.22
Cash Ratio
 1.92 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.03
Solvency Ratio
 0.01 0.01 <0.01 0.01 0.01
Operating Cash Flow Ratio
 0.34 0.01 <0.01 0.02 0.01
Short-Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage
 0.35 0.33 2.71 4.89 2.03
Net Current Asset Value
$ -7.28B$ -6.28B$ -6.67B$ -4.80B$ -4.34B
Leverage Ratios
Debt-to-Assets Ratio
 0.07 0.07 0.06 0.10 0.09
Debt-to-Equity Ratio
 0.61 0.61 0.60 0.99 0.96
Debt-to-Capital Ratio
 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.50 0.49
Long-Term Debt-to-Capital Ratio
 0.23 0.23 0.37 0.49 0.48
Financial Leverage Ratio
 8.83 9.16 9.83 10.22 10.32
Debt Service Coverage Ratio
 0.08 0.21 0.34 0.48 0.83
Interest Coverage Ratio
 0.31 0.59 0.44 0.66 1.88
Debt to Market Cap
 0.58 0.71 0.72 1.03 1.12
Interest Debt Per Share
 24.79 25.16 25.54 30.83 26.36
Net Debt to EBITDA
 0.65 1.18 1.86 4.29 5.55
Profitability Margins
Gross Profit Margin
56.36%60.92%56.69%63.00%82.04%
EBIT Margin
13.08%22.15%18.14%23.49%25.97%
EBITDA Margin
13.70%23.26%19.29%24.70%27.80%
Operating Profit Margin
13.08%22.15%18.15%23.49%25.97%
Pretax Profit Margin
25.54%21.55%18.14%23.49%25.97%
Net Profit Margin
20.42%17.16%14.22%18.42%20.55%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin
20.42%17.16%14.22%18.42%20.55%
Net Income Per EBT
79.96%79.65%78.39%78.43%79.10%
EBT Per EBIT
195.18%97.27%99.95%100.00%100.00%
Return on Assets (ROA)
1.04%1.07%0.83%1.08%0.91%
Return on Equity (ROE)
9.85%9.80%8.14%11.03%9.35%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
0.69%9.20%6.31%6.96%6.05%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
0.54%5.97%4.86%5.38%4.65%
Return on Tangible Assets
1.06%1.09%0.84%1.10%0.92%
Earnings Yield
9.08%11.38%9.65%11.49%10.83%
Efficiency Ratios
Receivables Turnover
 11.68 13.30 12.76 12.89 10.29
Payables Turnover
 52.64 48.02 33.21 9.61 22.67
Inventory Turnover
 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fixed Asset Turnover
 5.12 6.92 5.59 5.55 4.18
Asset Turnover
 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.04
Working Capital Turnover Ratio
 -0.15 -0.08 -0.09 -0.10 -0.08
Cash Conversion Cycle
 24.31 19.85 17.61 -9.65 19.37
Days of Sales Outstanding
 31.24 27.45 28.60 28.32 35.47
Days of Inventory Outstanding
 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Days of Payables Outstanding
 6.93 7.60 10.99 37.97 16.10
Operating Cycle
 31.24 27.45 28.60 28.32 35.47
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow Per Share
 3.17 3.12 2.34 3.69 3.07
Free Cash Flow Per Share
 3.03 3.12 2.28 3.22 2.73
CapEx Per Share
 0.13 <0.01 0.06 0.46 0.34
Free Cash Flow to Operating Cash Flow
 0.96 1.00 0.97 0.87 0.89
Dividend Paid and CapEx Coverage Ratio
 3.68 4.13 2.81 3.11 3.49
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio
 24.13 1.40K 39.31 7.94 8.94
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
 0.17 0.17 0.13 0.15 0.12
Operating Cash Flow to Sales Ratio
 0.23 0.18 0.13 0.24 0.26
Free Cash Flow Yield
9.63%11.92%8.87%13.07%12.33%
Valuation Ratios
Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio
 11.14 9.37 10.36 8.70 9.24
Price-to-Sales (P/S) Ratio
 2.26 1.51 1.47 1.60 1.90
Price-to-Book (P/B) Ratio
 1.01 0.86 0.84 0.96 0.86
Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) Ratio
 10.39 8.39 11.28 7.65 8.11
Price-to-Operating Cash Flow Ratio
 9.92 8.39 10.99 6.69 7.20
Price-to-Earnings Growth (PEG) Ratio
 0.94 0.41 -0.78 0.73 -1.17
Price-to-Fair Value
 1.01 0.86 0.84 0.96 0.86
Enterprise Value Multiple
 17.11 7.66 9.50 10.78 12.38
Enterprise Value
 1.07B 912.47M 838.89M 1.03B 908.48M
EV to EBITDA
 17.11 7.66 9.50 10.78 12.38
EV to Sales
 2.34 1.78 1.83 2.66 3.44
EV to Free Cash Flow
 10.79 9.91 14.02 12.72 14.70
EV to Operating Cash Flow
 10.35 9.91 13.66 11.11 13.06
Tangible Book Value Per Share
 25.79 25.77 25.16 21.69 21.12
Shareholders’ Equity Per Share
 30.96 30.36 30.45 25.69 25.65
Tax and Other Ratios
Effective Tax Rate
 0.20 0.20 0.22 0.22 0.21
Revenue Per Share
 13.97 17.33 17.44 15.38 11.67
Net Income Per Share
 2.85 2.97 2.48 2.83 2.40
Tax Burden
 0.80 0.80 0.78 0.78 0.79
Interest Burden
 1.95 0.97 1.00 1.00 1.00
Research & Development to Revenue
 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SG&A to Revenue
 0.33 0.26 0.24 0.24 0.33
Stock-Based Compensation to Revenue
 0.01 0.01 <0.01 0.01 0.01
Income Quality
 1.11 1.05 0.94 1.30 1.28
Currency in USD