Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) EBIT Margin (2014 - 2026)
Business First Bancshares' EBIT Margin came in at 2442.95% for Q2 2026, down 437.19 percentage points from 2880.14% a year earlier and down 1.20 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) EBIT Margin (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Business First Bancshares reported EBIT Margin of 2663.98%, up 45.63 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 2822.84%, up 266.05 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBIT Margin has increased in each of the last five years, with a five-year change of +1723.72 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, EBIT Margin was 2556.79% in FY2024 (+199.17 pp), 2357.63% in FY2023 (+1086.72 pp), 1270.90% in FY2022 (+80.35 pp) and 1190.55% in FY2021 (+91.42 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly EBIT Margin since Q2 2023.
- Year-over-year, EBIT Margin increased in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +70.15 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in EBIT Margin over five years came in Q2 2023 (a gain of 1345.73 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2022 (a drop of 526.91 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows BFST's EBIT Margin at 2444.14% (Q1 2026), 2815.57% (Q4 2025) and 3052.40% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 85.07% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 86.05% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 89.66% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 96.72% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 93.10% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 92.83% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 92.44% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 103.76% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 102.18% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 101.27% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 101.78% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 98.18% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 88.18% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 75.21% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 64.33% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 44.43% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 38.34% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 31.66% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 40.33% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 39.34% |
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. EBIT Margin API
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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=ebit-margin&ticker=BFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebit-margin", "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=ebit-margin&ticker=BFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();