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Business First Bancshares (BFST) Interest Coverage Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Business First Bancshares has reported Interest Coverage Ratio over the past 11 years, most recently at 1.59 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Interest Coverage Ratio at 1.59 for Q4 2025, up 11.62% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 1.57 (up 9.13% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 1.57, up 9.13%.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio for Q4 2025 was 1.59 at Business First Bancshares, roughly flat from 1.58 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Interest Coverage Ratio for BFST hit a ceiling of 5.99 in Q2 2021 and a floor of 1.39 in Q1 2024.
  • Median Interest Coverage Ratio over the past 5 years was 1.7 (2023), compared with a mean of 2.61.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Interest Coverage Ratio: surged 313.35% in 2021 and later tumbled 63.67% in 2023.
  • Business First Bancshares' Interest Coverage Ratio stood at 4.7 in 2021, then tumbled by 52.26% to 2.24 in 2022, then tumbled by 33.27% to 1.5 in 2023, then dropped by 4.99% to 1.42 in 2024, then increased by 11.62% to 1.59 in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Interest Coverage Ratio were 1.59 (Q4 2025), 1.58 (Q3 2025), and 1.59 (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.