Business First Bancshares (BFST) Interest Expense - Debt (2014 - 2026)

Business First Bancshares' Interest Expense - Debt history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $4.5 million for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Interest Expense - Debt fell 13.85% year-over-year to $4.5 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $22.2 million (up 5.15% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $22.9 million, up 2.86% from the prior year.
• Interest Expense - Debt was $4.5 million for Q1 2026 at Business First Bancshares, down from $5.3 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Interest Expense - Debt ranged from a high of $8.8 million in Q2 2023 to a low of $1.4 million in Q1 2022.
• Historically, Interest Expense - Debt has averaged $5.5 million across 5 years, with a median of $5.3 million in 2025.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Interest Expense - Debt soared 464.67% in 2023, then tumbled 43.89% in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Interest Expense - Debt shows it stood at $5.1 million in 2022, then jumped by 30.69% to $6.7 million in 2023, then retreated by 17.33% to $5.6 million in 2024, then slipped by 3.84% to $5.3 million in 2025, then fell by 14.93% to $4.5 million in 2026.
• The last three Interest Expense - Debt figures came in at $4.5 million (Q1 2026), $5.3 million (Q4 2025), and $6.1 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.