Business First Bancshares (BFST) FCF Payout Ratio: 2016-2024

Historic FCF Payout Ratio for Business First Bancshares (BFST) over the last 9 years, with Dec 2024 value amounting to 0.25.

  • Business First Bancshares' FCF Payout Ratio fell 23.52% to 0.13 in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.18, marking a year-over-year decrease of 26.62%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.25 for FY2024, which is 58.54% up from last year.
  • Business First Bancshares' FCF Payout Ratio amounted to 0.25 in FY2024, which was up 58.54% from 0.16 recorded in FY2023.
  • Over the past 5 years, Business First Bancshares' FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.29 during FY2020, and registered a low of 0.16 during FY2023.
  • In the last 3 years, Business First Bancshares' FCF Payout Ratio had a median value of 0.18 in 2022 and averaged 0.19.
  • In the last 5 years, Business First Bancshares' FCF Payout Ratio tumbled by 36.94% in 2021 and then surged by 58.54% in 2024.
  • Yearly analysis of 5 years shows Business First Bancshares' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.29 in 2020, then crashed by 36.94% to 0.18 in 2021, then declined by 2.60% to 0.18 in 2022, then decreased by 10.56% to 0.16 in 2023, then surged by 58.54% to 0.25 in 2024.