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 Sales (2014 - 2026)

Business First Bancshares (BFST) posted quarterly Return on Sales of 0.08% for Q2 2026, down 1.0% year-over-year from 0.08% in Q2 2025, and up 0.83% on a QoQ basis from 0.07% in Q1 2026.

Business First Bancshares (BFST) Return on Sales (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Business First Bancshares has reported Return on Sales for 13 years, with the latest figure at 0.08% in Q2 2026.

  • Return on Sales for Q2 2026 came in at 0.08%, down 1.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.08% (up 1.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.08%, up 2.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales advanced to 0.08% in Q2 2026, from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Sales peaked at 0.09% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 0.05% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.07% and a median of 0.07% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Sales.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Sales fell 4 bps; it then advanced 3 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.08% in 2022, then retreated by 19 bps to 0.06% in 2023, then fell by 11 bps to 0.06% in 2024, then jumped by 47 bps to 0.08% in 2025, then dropped by 11 bps to 0.08% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Sales figures were 0.08% in Q2 2026, 0.07% in Q1 2026, and 0.08% in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

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6 Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 72.22 Bn -81.10 Bn - 0.00%
7 Nu Holdings 70.34 Bn 56.66 Bn 2.35 Bn 0.00%
8 Truist Financial 61.75 Bn 61.75 Bn - 0.00%
9 Fifth Third Bancorp 49.88 Bn 26.16 Bn - 0.00%
10 Business First Bancshares 1.02 Bn 440.55 Mn - 0.08%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.08%
Mar 31, 2026 0.07%
Dec 31, 2025 0.08%
Sep 30, 2025 0.09%
Jun 30, 2025 0.08%
Mar 31, 2025 0.07%
Dec 31, 2024 0.06%
Sep 30, 2024 0.07%
Jun 30, 2024 0.07%
Mar 31, 2024 0.06%
Dec 31, 2023 0.06%
Sep 30, 2023 0.08%
Jun 30, 2023 0.08%
Mar 31, 2023 0.07%
Dec 31, 2022 0.08%
Sep 30, 2022 0.07%
Jun 30, 2022 0.07%
Mar 31, 2022 0.05%
Dec 31, 2021 0.06%
Sep 30, 2021 0.06%