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 0.18 for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 18.97% year-over-year to 0.18 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.19, a 0.19% change from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.18, down 26.29% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio retreated to 0.18 in Q1 2026 per BFST's latest filing, from 0.24 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.5 in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 0.12 in Q2 2023.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.17 (2022), against an average of 0.21.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio soared 241.58% in 2024 and sank 70.03% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.28 in 2022, then declined by 7.59% to 0.26 in 2023, then slipped by 7.97% to 0.24 in 2024, then gained by 1.53% to 0.24 in 2025, then dropped by 25.96% to 0.18 in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest BFST FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.18 (Q1 2026), 0.24 (Q4 2025), and 0.13 (Q3 2025).