Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)

Business First Bancshares Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 1 analyst with a 12-month price forecast for Business First Bancshares stock has a target of 30, which predicts an increase of 14.11% from the current stock price of 26.29.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$30	$30	$30	$30
Change	+14.11%	+14.11%	+14.11%	+14.11%

* Price targets were last updated on Dec 19, 2024.

Analyst Ratings

According to 1 stock analyst, the rating for Business First Bancshares is "Buy". This means that the analyst believes this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	3	3	3	2	2	1
Hold	1	1	1	0	0	0
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	4	4	2	2	1

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Michael Rose Raymond James	Raymond James	Hold → Buy Upgrades $30	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$30	+14.11%	Dec 19, 2024
Graham Dick Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Buy Maintains $23 → $26	Buy	Maintains	$23 → $26	-1.10%	Jan 24, 2024
Michael Rose Raymond James	Raymond James	Buy → Hold Downgrades n/a	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	n/a	n/a	Jan 5, 2024
Graham Dick Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Buy Maintains $22 → $23	Buy	Maintains	$22 → $23	-12.51%	Oct 27, 2023
Matt Olney Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Buy Maintains $23 → $24	Buy	Maintains	$23 → $24	-8.71%	Oct 27, 2023

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Financial Forecast

• Revenue This Year:
  329.64M

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	329.64M	349.67M
Revenue Growth	56.03%	31.82%	20.03%	12.77%	6.05%	-	6.08%
EPS	1.64	2.53	2.32	2.59	2.26	2.74	3.03
EPS Growth	-5.75%	54.27%	-8.30%	11.64%	-12.74%	21.24%	10.63%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.59	8.67
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026
High	346.2M	367.9M
Avg	329.6M	349.7M
Low	312.9M	331.0M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026
High	-	11.6%
Avg	-	6.1%
Low	-	0.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026
High	2.89	3.26
Avg	2.74	3.03
Low	2.54	2.83

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026
High	27.8%	18.8%
Avg	21.2%	10.6%
Low	12.5%	3.3%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.