Business First Bancshares (BFST) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Business First Bancshares' FCF Payout Ratio history runs 11 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.05 for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 67.21% year-over-year to 0.05; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.15 (up 107.29% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.18, up 102.84% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.05 for Q1 2026 at Business First Bancshares, down from 0.24 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.5 in Q1 2024 to a low of 0.6 in Q4 2022.
• Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.1 across 5 years, with a median of 0.14 in 2022.
• Biggest YoY gain for FCF Payout Ratio was 2008.7% in 2024; the steepest drop was 307.32% in 2024.
• A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.6 in 2022, then surged by 116.2% to 0.1 in 2023, then slipped by 21.13% to 0.08 in 2024, then jumped by 212.95% to 0.24 in 2025, then tumbled by 79.59% to 0.05 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.05 (Q1 2026), 0.24 (Q4 2025), and 0.13 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.