Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Debt Ratio (2014 - 2026)
Business First Bancshares' Debt Ratio was 0.05 in Q2 2026, down 19.9% from 0.06 a year earlier but up 69.7% from the prior quarter.
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Debt Ratio (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
From Q4 2014 onward, Business First Bancshares has reported Debt Ratio for 41 quarters.
- In earlier years, Debt Ratio was 0.05 in FY2024 (-0.6%), 0.05 in FY2023 (-33.4%), 0.07 in FY2022 (+294.5%) and 0.02 in FY2021 (+67.3%).
- Quarterly Debt Ratio has moved between 0.02 (Q4 2021) and 0.09 (Q3 2022) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Debt Ratio was higher in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 0.9%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Debt Ratio over five years was Q3 2022 (growth of 397.6%); the worst was Q3 2023 (a decline of 49.7%).
- Per Business Quant data, BFST's Debt Ratio in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 0.03 (Q1 2026), 0.05 (Q4 2025) and 0.05 (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.06 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.04 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.06 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.06 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.07 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.07 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.06 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.07 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.06 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.06 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.09 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.09 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.12 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.13 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.09 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.11 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.07 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.04 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.03 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.03 |
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. Debt Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=BFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "debt-ratio", "ticker": "BFST", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=BFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();