Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) EPS (Diluted) (2014 - 2026)
Business First Bancshares' EPS (Diluted) was $0.70 in Q2 2026, down 0.7% from $0.70 a year earlier but up 2.8% from the prior quarter.
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) EPS (Diluted) (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Business First Bancshares' EPS (Diluted) was $2.67 through Jun 30, 2026, up 10.5% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $2.79, up 23.6% from FY2024.
- EPS (Diluted) shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 11.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, EPS (Diluted) was $2.26 in FY2024 (-13.0%), $2.59 in FY2023 (+11.9%), $2.32 in FY2022 (-8.2%) and $2.53 in FY2021 (+53.7%).
- Quarterly EPS (Diluted) has moved between $0.41 (Q1 2022) and $0.76 (Q3 2023) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, EPS (Diluted) was higher in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 9.1%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for EPS (Diluted) over five years was Q1 2025 (growth of 35.2%); the worst was Q1 2022 (a decline of 30.6%).
- Per Business Quant data, BFST's EPS (Diluted) in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was $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 | 0.57 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.65 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.62 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.48 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.57 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.76 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.73 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.54 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.73 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.61 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.61 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.41 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.58 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.50 |
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. EPS (Diluted) 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-diluted&ticker=BFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "eps-diluted", "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-diluted&ticker=BFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();