Based on 2 Wall Street analysts offering 12 month price targets for Business First Bancshares in the last 3 months. The average price target is ― with a high forecast of ― and a low forecast of ―. The average price target represents a ― change from the last price of $26.64.

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Business First Bancshares (BFST) Gets a Buy from Piper Sandler

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+26.22%

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BFST Financial Forecast

BFST Earnings Forecast

Next quarter’s earnings estimate for BFST is $0.49 with a range of $0.45 to $0.57. The previous quarter’s EPS was $0.68. BFST beat its EPS estimate 75.00% of the time in the past 12 months, while its overall industry beat the EPS estimate 62.68% of the time in the same period. In the last calendar year BFST has Outperformed its overall industry.

BFST Sales Forecast

Next quarter’s sales forecast for BFST is $74.75M with a range of $72.30M to $75.80M. The previous quarter’s sales results were $113.18M. BFST beat its sales estimates 100.00% of the time in past 12 months, while its overall industry beat sales estimates 81.31% of the time in the same period. In the last calendar year BFST has Outperformed its overall industry.

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Is BFST a Buy, Sell or Hold?

Business First Bancshares Inc has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy which is based on 1 buy ratings, 1 hold ratings and 0 sell ratings.

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Business First Bancshares Inc’s analyst rating consensus is a Moderate Buy. This is based on the ratings of 2 Wall Streets Analysts.

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