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) Short-term Investments (2015 - 2019)

Business First Bancshares (BFST) posted quarterly Short-term Investments of $284.8 million for Q3 2019, up 13.75% year-over-year from $250.4 million in Q3 2018, and down 2.53% on a QoQ basis from $292.2 million in Q2 2019.

Business First Bancshares (BFST) Short-term Investments (2015 - 2019) Analysis & Trends

Business First Bancshares has reported Short-term Investments for 5 years, with the latest figure at $284.8 million in Q3 2019.

  • Short-term Investments for Q3 2019 came in at $284.8 million, up 13.75% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2019 was $284.8 million (up 13.75% YoY), and the FY2018 annual result was $313.9 million, up 73.21% from the prior year.
  • Short-term Investments retreated to $284.8 million in Q3 2019, from $292.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Short-term Investments peaked at $313.9 million in Q4 2018 and troughed at $181.2 million in Q4 2017.
  • A 5-year average of $239.4 million and a median of $231.2 million in 2015 frame the typical range for Short-term Investments.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2017, when Short-term Investments dropped 10.23%; it then soared 73.21% in 2018.
  • A 5-year view of Short-term Investments shows it stood at $212.1 million in 2015, then slipped by 4.8% to $201.9 million in 2016, then slipped by 10.23% to $181.2 million in 2017, then soared by 73.21% to $313.9 million in 2018, then declined by 9.27% to $284.8 million in 2019.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Short-term Investments figures were $284.8 million in Q3 2019, $292.2 million in Q2 2019, and $304.5 million in Q1 2019.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
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 -
4 Lloyds Banking 93.61 Bn 93.91 Bn -
5 NatWest 74.92 Bn -144.17 Bn -
6 Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 72.22 Bn -81.10 Bn -
7 Nu Holdings 70.34 Bn 56.66 Bn 2.35 Bn
8 Truist Financial 61.75 Bn 61.75 Bn -
9 Fifth Third Bancorp 49.88 Bn 26.16 Bn -
10 Business First Bancshares 1.02 Bn 440.55 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2019 284.82 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 8.11 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 11.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 216.90 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 250.39 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 217.27 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 148.03 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 181.23 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 113.98 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 97.77 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 197.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 162.42 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 37.76 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 151.77 Mn