Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Interest Expenses (2014 - 2026)
Business First Bancshares (BFST) posted Interest Expenses of $47.81 million for Q2 2026, unchanged from $47.81 million a year earlier and up 1.1% from the prior quarter.
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Interest Expenses (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Interest Expenses at Business First Bancshares was $191.44 million, down 0.6% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $191.85 million, up 2.4% from FY2024.
- Annual Interest Expenses has increased for four consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 54.1% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Business First Bancshares' Interest Expenses was $187.38 million in FY2024 (+35.6%), $138.2 million in FY2023 (+278.2%), $36.54 million in FY2022 (+120.7%) and $16.55 million in FY2021 (-25.1%).
- Quarterly Interest Expenses has run from a low of $3.65 million in Q1 2022 to a high of $50.41 million in Q4 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Interest Expenses increased in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 6.9%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Interest Expenses in the past five years was Q1 2023, with growth of 633.3%; the weakest was Q3 2021, with a decline of 23.3%.
- According to Business Quant data, Interest Expenses for the three prior quarters was $47.3 million (Q1 2026), $46.92 million (Q4 2025) and $49.41 million (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 47.81 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 47.30 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 46.92 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 49.41 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 47.81 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 47.71 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 50.41 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 46.63 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 45.86 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 44.48 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 40.91 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 38.03 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 32.52 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 26.74 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 18.45 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 9.99 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.45 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.65 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.95 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.24 Mn |
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. Interest Expenses API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=interest-expenses&ticker=BFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "interest-expenses", "ticker": "BFST", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=interest-expenses&ticker=BFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();