Business First Bancshares (BFST) Tax Rate (2014 - 2026)

Business First Bancshares' Tax Rate history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 20.11% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 32.0% year-over-year to 20.11%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 20.27% (down 109.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 20.35%, down 126.0% from the prior year.
• Tax Rate was 20.11% for Q1 2026 at Business First Bancshares, up from 18.94% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 22.61% in Q4 2024 to a low of 18.94% in Q4 2025.
• Historically, Tax Rate has averaged 21.04% across 5 years, with a median of 21.13% in 2025.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Tax Rate soared 273 bps in 2022, then sank 367 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 21.68% in 2022, then grew by 2 bps to 22.2% in 2023, then rose by 2 bps to 22.61% in 2024, then fell by 16 bps to 18.94% in 2025, then gained by 6 bps to 20.11% in 2026.
• The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 20.11% (Q1 2026), 18.94% (Q4 2025), and 20.86% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.