Business First Bancshares BFST
NASDAQ BFST
$31.15 -0.07 (-0.22%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Business First Bancshares (BFST) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2019)

Business First Bancshares (BFST) posted quarterly Return on Invested Capital of 0.32% for Q2 2019, up 28.0% year-over-year from 0.25% in Q2 2018, and up 139.97% on a QoQ basis from 0.13% in Q1 2019.

Business First Bancshares (BFST) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2019) Analysis & Trends

Business First Bancshares has reported Return on Invested Capital for 4 years, with the latest figure at 0.32% in Q2 2019.

  • Return on Invested Capital for Q2 2019 came in at 0.32%, up 28.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2019 was 0.32% (up 28.0% YoY), and the FY2017 annual result was 0.22%, down 11.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital rose to 0.32% in Q2 2019, from 0.13% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.32% in Q2 2019 and troughed at 0.02% in Q4 2017.
  • A 4-year average of 0.06% and a median of 0.04% in 2018 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2018, when Return on Invested Capital fell 5 bps; it then grew 28 bps in 2019.
  • A 4-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.04% in 2016, then tumbled by 57 bps to 0.02% in 2017, then soared by 204 bps to 0.06% in 2018, then jumped by 462 bps to 0.32% in 2019.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Invested Capital figures were 0.32% in Q2 2019, 0.13% in Q1 2019, and 0.06% in Q4 2018.

Peer Comparison

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1 Hdfc Bank 120.66 Bn 84.46 Bn - -
2 Pnc Financial Services 97.86 Bn 97.86 Bn - -
3 Us Bancorp 96.39 Bn 96.39 Bn - 0.00%
4 Lloyds Banking 93.61 Bn 93.91 Bn - 0.00%
5 NatWest 74.92 Bn -144.17 Bn - 0.00%
6 Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 72.22 Bn -81.10 Bn - 0.00%
7 Nu Holdings 70.34 Bn 56.66 Bn 2.35 Bn 0.02%
8 Truist Financial 61.75 Bn 61.75 Bn - 0.00%
9 Fifth Third Bancorp 49.88 Bn 26.16 Bn - 0.02%
10 Business First Bancshares 1.02 Bn 440.55 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2019 0.21%
Mar 31, 2019 0.10%
Dec 31, 2018 0.06%
Sep 30, 2018 0.05%
Jun 30, 2018 0.04%
Mar 31, 2018 0.03%
Dec 31, 2017 0.03%
Sep 30, 2017 0.03%
Jun 30, 2017 0.04%
Mar 31, 2017 0.06%
Dec 31, 2016 0.04%
Sep 30, 2016 0.03%
Jun 30, 2016 0.03%
Mar 31, 2016 0.03%