Business First Bancshares (BFST) Debt Ratio (2015 - 2026)

Business First Bancshares' Debt Ratio history runs 12 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.01 for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio fell 98.14% year-over-year to 0.01 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.01, a 98.14% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.0, down 93.92% from the prior year.
• Debt Ratio climbed to 0.01 in Q1 2026 per BFST's latest filing, from 0.0 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.56 in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 0.0 in Q4 2025.
• The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.02 (2022), against an average of 0.06.
• Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio sank 99.9% in 2022 and surged 3633.6% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Debt Ratio stood at 0.0 in 2022, then soared by 851.2% to 0.03 in 2023, then jumped by 41.21% to 0.05 in 2024, then sank by 93.92% to 0.0 in 2025, then surged by 277.01% to 0.01 in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest BFST Debt Ratio figures stand at 0.01 (Q1 2026), 0.0 (Q4 2025), and 0.05 (Q3 2025).