Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Tax Provisions (2014 - 2026)
Business First Bancshares (BFST) posted Tax Provisions of $6.12 million for Q2 2026, up 3.3% from $5.92 million a year earlier and up 3.2% from the prior quarter.
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Tax Provisions (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Tax Provisions at Business First Bancshares was $23.3 million, up 11.2% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $22.45 million, up 25.1% from FY2024.
- Annual Tax Provisions shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 27.0% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Business First Bancshares' Tax Provisions was $17.94 million in FY2024 (-8.2%), $19.54 million in FY2023 (+36.3%), $14.34 million in FY2022 (+15.4%) and $12.42 million in FY2021 (+83.0%).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Tax Provisions in data going back to Q1 2014.
- On a year-over-year basis, Tax Provisions has increased in each of the last seven quarters, with growth averaging 14.7% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Tax Provisions in the past five years was Q4 2022, with growth of 96.1%; the weakest was Q4 2021, with a decline of 28.8%.
- According to Business Quant data, Tax Provisions for the three prior quarters was $5.93 million (Q1 2026), $5.22 million (Q4 2025) and $6.03 million (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.12 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.93 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.22 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.03 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.92 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.28 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.82 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.93 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.56 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.64 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.52 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.51 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.31 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.21 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.97 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.58 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.48 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.30 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.54 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.62 Mn |
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Business First Bancshares, Inc. Tax Provisions API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-provisions&ticker=BFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-provisions", "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=tax-provisions&ticker=BFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();