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NASDAQ:BFST

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NASDAQ:BFST
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Price: 29.84 USD 0.47% Market Closed
Market Cap: $883.9m
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Financials Section:
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Operating Cash Flow
+
3Y
+27%
5Y
+410%
10Y
-
Investing Cash Flow
+
3Y
+96%
5Y
+88%
10Y
-
Financing Cash Flow
+
3Y
-85%
5Y
-63%
10Y
-

Cash Flow Statement
Business First Bancshares Inc

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Cash Flow Statement
Currency: USD
Dec-2016 Mar-2017 Jun-2017 Sep-2017 Dec-2017 Mar-2018 Jun-2018 Sep-2018 Dec-2018 Mar-2019 Jun-2019 Sep-2019 Dec-2019 Mar-2020 Jun-2020 Sep-2020 Dec-2020 Mar-2021 Jun-2021 Sep-2021 Dec-2021 Mar-2022 Jun-2022 Sep-2022 Dec-2022 Mar-2023 Jun-2023 Sep-2023 Dec-2023 Mar-2024 Jun-2024 Sep-2024 Dec-2024 Mar-2025 Jun-2025 Sep-2025
Operating Cash Flow
Net Income
5
6
7
7
5
6
8
10
14
17
20
21
24
23
18
22
30
38
53
54
52
49
45
48
54
61
67
73
71
70
67
64
65
72
77
82
Depreciation & Amortization
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
Change in Deffered Taxes
1
1
2
1
3
2
2
2
(0)
0
(0)
(0)
0
1
(6)
(5)
(0)
1
7
6
1
(1)
(1)
(3)
(1)
0
1
3
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(1)
Stock-Based Compensation
0
0
0
1
(0)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
5
4
4
4
2
2
3
3
4
5
Other Non-Cash Items
(0)
(1)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(2)
0
1
2
1
0
(0)
(1)
(1)
(0)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(2)
(1)
1
3
2
2
(0)
(2)
(1)
(5)
(3)
(1)
(3)
(1)
(0)
(1)
(3)
(3)
Cash Taxes Paid
1
1
2
2
0
(0)
0
1
3
3
4
6
6
6
3
5
5
5
12
14
16
16
12
11
14
14
16
15
16
16
17
18
17
17
24
23
Cash Interest Paid
5
6
6
7
7
8
9
11
13
16
19
21
23
24
22
22
21
16
14
9
4
8
11
20
36
57
81
106
125
156
172
185
196
189
192
195
Change in Working Capital
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
4
3
5
4
1
(0)
(2)
(12)
(1)
(3)
1
3
(8)
(1)
3
14
20
12
10
10
6
21
5
(0)
(0)
(8)
7
4
8
Cash from Operating Activities
8
N/A
8
-7%
8
0%
9
+14%
8
-8%
10
+29%
14
+33%
17
+27%
19
+11%
24
+24%
25
+6%
24
-5%
24
+1%
22
-11%
2
-91%
18
+777%
29
+62%
41
+40%
66
+60%
56
-15%
56
+1%
58
+2%
64
+11%
73
+13%
70
-4%
73
+5%
81
+11%
83
+2%
92
+12%
77
-17%
66
-14%
65
-2%
61
-6%
82
+34%
81
-1%
92
+14%
Investing Cash Flow
Capital Expenditures
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(4)
(4)
(6)
(5)
(3)
(3)
(1)
(1)
(4)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(8)
(6)
(4)
(6)
(12)
(10)
(11)
(8)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(1)
Other Items
(32)
(32)
(40)
(108)
(153)
(163)
(202)
(179)
(169)
(152)
(158)
(195)
(188)
(177)
(387)
(335)
(472)
(531)
(357)
(474)
(671)
(492)
(711)
(881)
(693)
(1 076)
(912)
(654)
(509)
(384)
(209)
(318)
(293)
(58)
(99)
(38)
Cash from Investing Activities
(33)
N/A
(33)
0%
(41)
-24%
(108)
-162%
(153)
-42%
(163)
-7%
(203)
-24%
(180)
+12%
(170)
+5%
(153)
+10%
(160)
-4%
(197)
-24%
(192)
+2%
(181)
+6%
(393)
-117%
(339)
+14%
(475)
-40%
(533)
-12%
(358)
+33%
(475)
-33%
(675)
-42%
(499)
+26%
(720)
-44%
(892)
-24%
(701)
+21%
(1 082)
-54%
(915)
+15%
(660)
+28%
(521)
+21%
(394)
+24%
(220)
+44%
(325)
-48%
(295)
+9%
(61)
+79%
(101)
-65%
(40)
+61%
Financing Cash Flow
Net Issuance of Common Stock
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
62
62
90
90
28
29
1
(1)
(1)
(8)
(8)
(6)
(7)
(0)
(2)
(11)
(10)
(11)
(9)
72
119
119
119
47
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Net Issuance of Debt
1
0
0
1
(0)
0
0
(0)
21
0
0
0
0
5
110
107
(0)
36
(69)
(66)
42
0
5
5
(0)
310
289
286
(9)
(619)
(303)
(300)
0
294
(6)
(6)
Cash Paid for Dividends
0
0
0
0
0
0
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(4)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(8)
(9)
(9)
(9)
(10)
(10)
(10)
(12)
(14)
(16)
(17)
(18)
(19)
(19)
(20)
(20)
(21)
(21)
(21)
Other
26
2
(9)
102
149
79
102
84
94
98
134
174
167
195
348
268
520
740
386
482
516
389
693
823
608
472
468
301
529
680
503
602
347
133
335
162
Cash from Financing Activities
26
N/A
2
-91%
(10)
N/A
102
N/A
211
+107%
141
-33%
190
+35%
172
-10%
140
-19%
144
+3%
152
+6%
190
+25%
161
-15%
187
+16%
443
+137%
362
-18%
506
+40%
767
+52%
307
-60%
397
+29%
538
+36%
368
-32%
680
+84%
890
+31%
715
-20%
887
+24%
861
-3%
616
-28%
502
-19%
343
-32%
181
-47%
282
+56%
326
+16%
105
-68%
307
+192%
133
-57%
Change in Cash
Net Change in Cash
1
N/A
(23)
N/A
(43)
-85%
2
N/A
65
+2 549%
(12)
N/A
1
N/A
10
+1 374%
(12)
N/A
15
N/A
18
+21%
17
-4%
(7)
N/A
28
N/A
52
+89%
41
-22%
60
+47%
275
+360%
15
-95%
(23)
N/A
(81)
-258%
(73)
+9%
24
N/A
71
+198%
84
+18%
(122)
N/A
26
N/A
39
+48%
73
+89%
26
-64%
27
+4%
22
-20%
93
+330%
126
+35%
287
+128%
185
-35%

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Summary
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DCF Valuation
BFST stock valuation using Discount Cash Flow valuation method.
Relative Valuation
BFST stock valuation using valuation multiples.
Wall Street Estimates
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Profitability Analysis
Detailed analysis of the company's profitability.
Solvency Analysis
Analysis of the financial position and solvency of the company.
Financials
Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement.
Discount Rate
BFST stock discount rate: cost of equity and WACC.
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