Business First Bancshares (BFST) Loans Held for Sale (2015 - 2026)
Business First Bancshares (BFST) posted Loans Held for Sale of $254,000 for Q3 2026, down 41.3% from $433,000 a year earlier and down 91.1% from the prior quarter.
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Business First Bancshares (BFST) Loans Held for Sale (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Business First Bancshares' Loans Held for Sale came in at $1.09 million, up 52.6% from FY2024.
- Annual Loans Held for Sale shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 2.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Business First Bancshares' Loans Held for Sale was $717,000 in FY2024 (-14.1%), $835,000 in FY2023 (+174.7%), $304,000 in FY2022 (-74.7%) and $1.2 million in FY2021 (+23.8%).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Loans Held for Sale since Q1 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Loans Held for Sale increased in two of the last five quarters, with growth averaging 63.2%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Loans Held for Sale in the past five years was Q1 2022, with growth of 549.0%; the weakest was Q1 2023, with a decline of 97.2%.
- According to Business Quant data, Loans Held for Sale for the three prior quarters was $2.84 million (Q2 2026), $480,000 (Q1 2026) and $1.09 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Loans Held for Sale (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jpmorgan Chase | 909.02 Bn | 886.77 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Banco Santander Chile | 406.67 Bn | -7,110.43 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Bank Of America | 350.91 Bn | -2,025.20 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | Hsbc Holdings | 308.71 Bn | -2,966.46 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Morgan Stanley | 293.66 Bn | -249.15 Bn | - | 16.51 Bn |
| 6 | Royal Bank Of Canada | 283.56 Bn | -546.44 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Goldman Sachs | 262.71 Bn | -3,480.74 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Wells Fargo & Company | 257.44 Bn | 92.87 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Mitsubishi Ufj Financial | 256.82 Bn | -75.42 Bn | 10.89 Bn | - |
| 10 | Business First Bancshares | 965.88 Mn | -1.10 Bn | - | 254,000.00 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 254,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.84 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 480,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.09 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 433,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 677,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 717,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 680,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 77,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 835,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 652,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 435,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 423,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 304,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 545,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 170,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 14.91 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.20 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.50 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.83 Mn |
API Access
Business First Bancshares Loans Held for Sale API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=loans-held-for-sale&ticker=BFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "loans-held-for-sale", "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=loans-held-for-sale&ticker=BFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();