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Business First Bancshares (BFST) Times Interest Earned (2016 - 2026)

Business First Bancshares (BFST) has disclosed Times Interest Earned for 12 consecutive years, with $1.62 as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Times Interest Earned rose 5.35% year-over-year to $1.62; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached $1.6, up 7.73%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $1.57, 9.13% up from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned hit $1.62 in Q1 2026 for Business First Bancshares, up from $1.59 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Times Interest Earned topped out at $4.87 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at $1.39 in Q1 2024.
  • Average Times Interest Earned over 5 years is $2.01, with a median of $1.59 recorded in 2025.
  • Year-over-year, Times Interest Earned plummeted 63.67% in 2023 and then increased 11.62% in 2025.
  • Business First Bancshares' Times Interest Earned stood at $2.24 in 2022, then tumbled by 33.27% to $1.5 in 2023, then dropped by 4.99% to $1.42 in 2024, then increased by 11.62% to $1.59 in 2025, then increased by 2.25% to $1.62 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Times Interest Earned over the past three periods came in at $1.62, $1.59, and $1.58 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.