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Business First Bancshares (BFST) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Business First Bancshares has reported Retained Earnings over the past 10 years, most recently at -$33.3 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Retained Earnings at -$33.3 million for Q4 2025, up 47.16% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was -$33.3 million (up 47.16% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was -$33.3 million, up 47.16%.
  • Retained Earnings for Q4 2025 was -$33.3 million at Business First Bancshares, down from $310.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Retained Earnings for BFST hit a ceiling of $310.0 million in Q3 2025 and a floor of -$81.3 million in Q2 2023.
  • Median Retained Earnings over the past 5 years was $59.6 million (2021), compared with a mean of $67.3 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Retained Earnings: skyrocketed 1976.27% in 2022 and later tumbled 158.39% in 2023.
  • Business First Bancshares' Retained Earnings stood at $121.9 million in 2021, then surged by 34.53% to $164.0 million in 2022, then plummeted by 140.61% to -$66.6 million in 2023, then grew by 5.39% to -$63.0 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 47.16% to -$33.3 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Retained Earnings were -$33.3 million (Q4 2025), $310.0 million (Q3 2025), and -$47.8 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.