BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Business First) (NASDAQ:BFST), the holding company for b1BANK announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Waterstone LSP, LLC (Waterstone). Waterstone was founded in 2012 by Mark Danford and Anthony Parrino to work hand-in-hand with community banks and small business owners to implement and manage the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) loan programs.   "We have worked closely, for a number of ye ...

Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST) Q4 2023 Results Conference Call January 23, 2024 5:30 PM ET Company Participants Matthew Sealy - SVP, Director of Corporate Strategy and FP&A Jude Melville - President and CEO Greg Robertson - CFO Philip Jordan - Chief Banking Officer Jerry Vascocu - Chief Administrative Officer Conference Call Participants Matthew Olney - Stephens Inc Graham Dick - Piper Sandler Michael Rose - Raymond James Brett Rabatin - Hovde Group Feddie Strickland - Janney Montgomery Scott ...

For the quarter ended December 2023, Business First (BFST) reported revenue of $60.17 million, down 6.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.66, compared to $0.66 in the year-ago quarter.The reported revenue represents a surprise of -5.09% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $63.4 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.60, the EPS surprise was +10.00%.While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determi ...

BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST) (Business First), parent company of b1BANK, today announced its unaudited results for the year ended December 31, 2023, including net income available to common shareholders of $65.6 million or $2.59 per diluted common share, increases of $12.7 million and $0.27, respectively, from the prior year ended December 31, 2022. On a non-GAAP basis, core net income for the year ended December 31, 2023, which excludes c ...

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Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST) Q3 2023 Earnings Conference Call October 26, 2023 5:30 PM ET Company Participants Matt Sealy - SVP and Director, Corporate Strategy Jude Melville - President, CEO & Director Greg Robertson - Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer Conference Call Participants Matt Olney - Stephens Brett Rabatin - Hovde Group Graham Dick - Piper Sandler Kevin Fitzsimmons - D.A. Davidson Feddie Strickland - Janney Montgomery Scott Michael Rose - Raymond James Operator Hello. And welcome to ...

BUSINESS FIR BANCSHAR Q3 2023 Results BUSINESS FIRST O BANCSHAR NASDAQ: BFST Nasdaq TABLE OF CONTENTS Legal Disclosures 3 Guiding Principles & Social Impact 4 – 5 Business First Bancshares, Inc. Overview 6 – 11 Liquidity and Deposits 12 Securities Portfolio 13 Branches & Smith Shellnut Wilson 14 – 15 Financial Results Q3 2023 Financial Results 17 – 18 Stable Credit Performance 19 Yield/Rate Analysis 20 – 21 Loan Portfolio Operating Loan Growth 23 | --- | --- | |------------------|-------------| | | | | Loan ...

Table of Contents BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022 (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) 8 BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Dollars in thousands) (CONTINUED) Table of Contents 10 BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The unaudited consolidate ...

Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call July 27, 2023 5:30 PM ET Company Participants Matt Sealy - SVP and Director, Corporate Strategy Jude Melville - President, CEO & Director Greg Robertson - Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer Philip Jordan - Executive VP & Chief Banking Officer Conference Call Participants Michael Rose - Raymond James Brett Rabatin - Hovde Group Kevin Fitzsimmons - D.A. Davidson Feddie Strickland - Janney Montgomery Scott Graham Dick - Piper Sandler Ope ...

BUSINESS FIR BANCSHAR Q2 2023 Results BUSINESS FIRST O BANCSHAR NASDAQ: BFST Nasdaq TABLE OF CONTENTS Legal Disclosures 3 Guiding Principles & Social Impact 4 – 5 Business First Bancshares, Inc. Overview 6 – 8 Deposits and Liquidity 9 – 11 Securities Portfolio 12 Branches & Smith Shellnut Wilson 13 – 15 Financial Results Q2 2023 Financial Results 17 – 18 Stable Credit Performance 19 Yield/Rate Analysis 20 – 21 Loan Portfolio Operating Loan Growth 23 | --- | --- | |------------------|-------------| | | | | L ...