Business First Bancshares (BFST) Interest Coverage Ratio: 2014-2025
Historic Interest Coverage Ratio for Business First Bancshares (BFST) over the last 11 years, with Sep 2025 value amounting to 1.58.
- Business First Bancshares' Interest Coverage Ratio rose 6.46% to 1.58 in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 1.53, marking a year-over-year increase of 4.86%. This contributed to the annual value of 1.44 for FY2024, which is 948.47% up from last year.
- According to the latest figures from Q3 2025, Business First Bancshares' Interest Coverage Ratio is 1.58, which was down 0.11% from 1.59 recorded in Q2 2025.
- In the past 5 years, Business First Bancshares' Interest Coverage Ratio registered a high of 5.99 during Q2 2021, and its lowest value of 1.39 during Q1 2024.
- Moreover, its 3-year median value for Interest Coverage Ratio was 1.54 (2025), whereas its average is 1.56.
- As far as peak fluctuations go, Business First Bancshares' Interest Coverage Ratio surged by 313.35% in 2021, and later plummeted by 63.67% in 2023.
- Quarterly analysis of 5 years shows Business First Bancshares' Interest Coverage Ratio stood at 4.70 in 2021, then tumbled by 52.26% to 2.24 in 2022, then crashed by 33.27% to 1.50 in 2023, then dropped by 4.99% to 1.42 in 2024, then grew by 6.46% to 1.58 in 2025.
- Its Interest Coverage Ratio stands at 1.58 for Q3 2025, versus 1.59 for Q2 2025 and 1.54 for Q1 2025.