Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) EPS (Basic) (2014 - 2026)
Business First Bancshares (BFST) reported EPS (Basic) of $0.70 for Q2 2026, down 0.4% from $0.70 a year earlier but up 2.7% from the prior quarter.
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) EPS (Basic) (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Business First Bancshares' EPS (Basic) came in at $2.69, up 10.8% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $2.81, up 23.3% from FY2024.
- EPS (Basic) has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 11.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, EPS (Basic) came in at $2.27 in FY2024 (-13.1%), $2.62 in FY2023 (+12.0%), $2.34 in FY2022 (-8.1%) and $2.54 in FY2021 (+54.0%).
- Five-year quarterly EPS (Basic) spans a low of $0.42 in Q1 2022 and a high of $0.76 in Q3 2023.
- Year over year, EPS (Basic) gained in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 8.9%.
- The high point for year-over-year EPS (Basic) in five years was Q1 2025 (growth of 34.6%); the low point was Q1 2022 (a decline of 30.5%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at $0.68 (Q1 2026), $0.71 (Q4 2025) and $0.73 (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.70 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.68 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.71 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.73 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.70 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.65 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.58 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.65 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.63 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.49 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.58 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.76 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.73 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.55 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.73 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.61 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.61 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.42 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.59 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.51 |
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. EPS (Basic) 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=eps-basic&ticker=BFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "eps-basic", "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=eps-basic&ticker=BFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();