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

Business First Bancshares' Interest Expense - Deposits history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $42.8 million for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Interest Expense - Deposits rose 0.75% year-over-year to $42.8 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $169.2 million (changed 0.15% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $168.9 million, up 2.32% from the prior year.
• Interest Expense - Deposits was $42.8 million for Q1 2026 at Business First Bancshares, up from $41.6 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Interest Expense - Deposits ranged from a high of $44.9 million in Q4 2024 to a low of $2.3 million in Q1 2022.
• Historically, Interest Expense - Deposits has averaged $29.9 million across 5 years, with a median of $38.0 million in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Interest Expense - Deposits slumped 30.22% in 2022, then soared 826.09% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Interest Expense - Deposits shows it stood at $13.3 million in 2022, then jumped by 156.93% to $34.2 million in 2023, then jumped by 31.21% to $44.9 million in 2024, then slipped by 7.32% to $41.6 million in 2025, then grew by 2.83% to $42.8 million in 2026.
• The last three Interest Expense - Deposits figures came in at $42.8 million (Q1 2026), $41.6 million (Q4 2025), and $43.4 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.