Business First Bancshares (BFST) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

Business First Bancshares has reported Tax Rate over the past 11 years, most recently at 18.94% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Tax Rate at 18.94% for Q4 2025, down 367.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 20.35% (down 126.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 20.35%, down 126.0%.
  • Tax Rate for Q4 2025 was 18.94% at Business First Bancshares, down from 20.86% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Tax Rate for BFST hit a ceiling of 22.61% in Q4 2024 and a floor of 17.37% in Q4 2021.
  • Median Tax Rate over the past 5 years was 20.91% (2022), compared with a mean of 20.7%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Tax Rate: soared 804bps in 2021 and later crashed -367bps in 2025.
  • Business First Bancshares' Tax Rate stood at 17.37% in 2021, then increased by 25bps to 21.68% in 2022, then increased by 2bps to 22.2% in 2023, then grew by 2bps to 22.61% in 2024, then dropped by -16bps to 18.94% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Tax Rate were 18.94% (Q4 2025), 20.86% (Q3 2025), and 21.13% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.