Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) is a Banks - Regional company in the Financial Services sector, currently trading at $28.68. It has a SharesGrow Score of 71/100, indicating a above average investment profile with 5 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of BFST = $55.95 (+95.1% from the current price, the stock appears undervalued). Analyst consensus target is BFST = $33 (+15.1% upside).
Valuation: BFST trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 9.5 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 1.05.
Financials: revenue is $512M, +25.5%/yr average growth. Net income is $88M, growing at +19.2%/yr. Net profit margin is 17.2% (healthy). Gross margin is 60.9% (-21.1 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $551M against $897M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.61, moderate). Current ratio is 0.15 (tight liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 6.7%. Total assets: $8.2B.
Analyst outlook: 4 / 4 analysts rate BFST as buy (100%) — strong consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 80/100 (Pass), Growth 90/100 (Pass), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 17/100 (Fail), Moat 49/100 (Partial), Future 94/100 (Pass), Income 70/100 (Pass).
