Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Retained Earnings (2014 - 2026)
Business First Bancshares' Retained Earnings came in at $361.85 million for Q2 2026, up 23.7% from $292.63 million a year earlier and up 5.2% from the prior quarter.
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Retained Earnings (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Business First Bancshares' Retained Earnings was $326.57 million, up 25.1% from FY2024.
- Retained Earnings has increased in each of the last 11 years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 32.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Retained Earnings was $260.96 million in FY2024 (+20.7%), $216.12 million in FY2023 (+31.8%), $163.96 million in FY2022 (+34.5%) and $121.87 million in FY2021 (+53.9%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Retained Earnings in data going back to Q4 2014.
- Year-over-year, Retained Earnings has increased for 20 consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 23.3% over the last eight quarters.
- Over the past five years, the year-over-year growth in Retained Earnings ranged from 20.7% (Q4 2024) to 66.5% (Q3 2021).
- Business Quant data shows BFST's Retained Earnings at $343.89 million (Q1 2026), $326.57 million (Q4 2025) and $310 million (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 361.85 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 343.89 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 326.57 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 310.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 292.63 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 276.05 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 260.96 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 249.98 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 237.03 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 224.74 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 216.12 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 205.21 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 189.12 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 173.76 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 163.96 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 150.34 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 139.23 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 128.17 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 121.87 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 112.24 Mn |
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. Retained Earnings 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=retained-earnings&ticker=BFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "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=retained-earnings&ticker=BFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();