Business First Bancshares, Inc.

NasdaqGS:BFST Stock Report

Market Cap: US$759.5m

Business First Bancshares Valuation

Is BFST undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of BFST when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: BFST ($25.73) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($55.19)

Significantly Below Fair Value: BFST is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for BFST?

Key metric: As BFST is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for BFST. This is calculated by dividing BFST's market cap by their current earnings.
What is BFST's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio12.9x
EarningsUS$59.04m
Market CapUS$759.51m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does BFST's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for BFST vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.6x
CFB CrossFirst Bankshares
10.2x9.6%US$754.8m
HBT HBT Financial
9.8x-0.7%US$684.2m
MBWM Mercantile Bank
9x-3.6%US$722.9m
SMBC Southern Missouri Bancorp
13.3x14.4%US$651.8m
BFST Business First Bancshares
12.9x22.6%US$759.5m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BFST is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.9x) compared to the peer average (10.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does BFST's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Banks Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FRCB First Republic Bank
0.02xn/aUS$27.98m
BKGM BankGuam Holding
1xn/aUS$18.48m
SBNY Signature Bank
0.002xn/aUS$2.18m
BCBH.F Caribbean Investment Holdings
0.00001xn/aUS$132.00
No more companies available in this PE range
BFST 12.9xIndustry Avg. 12.4xNo. of Companies82PE0612182430+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BFST is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.9x) compared to the US Banks industry average (12.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BFST's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

BFST PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio12.9x
Fair PE Ratio16.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: BFST is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.1x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst BFST forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$25.73
US$32.80
+27.5%
6.3%US$36.00US$30.00n/a5
Dec ’25US$28.50
US$32.38
+13.6%
3.7%US$34.00US$31.00n/a4
Nov ’25US$26.31
US$32.00
+21.6%
4.9%US$34.00US$30.00n/a4
Oct ’25US$24.59
US$31.00
+26.1%
5.1%US$33.00US$29.00n/a4
Sep ’25US$24.42
US$31.00
+26.9%
5.1%US$33.00US$29.00n/a4
Aug ’25US$24.17
US$31.67
+31.0%
3.9%US$33.00US$30.00n/a3
Jul ’25US$21.51
US$27.67
+28.6%
4.5%US$29.00US$26.00n/a3
Jun ’25US$21.45
US$28.17
+31.3%
6.5%US$30.50US$26.00n/a3
May ’25US$20.70
US$27.63
+33.5%
6.7%US$30.50US$26.00n/a4
Apr ’25US$21.71
US$28.40
+30.8%
5.8%US$30.50US$26.00n/a5
Mar ’25US$21.89
US$28.40
+29.7%
5.8%US$30.50US$26.00n/a5
Feb ’25US$22.41
US$28.40
+26.7%
5.8%US$30.50US$26.00n/a5
Jan ’25US$24.65
US$25.50
+3.4%
12.6%US$29.00US$20.00n/a6
Dec ’24US$21.04
US$23.42
+11.3%
7.6%US$25.50US$20.00US$28.506
Nov ’24US$19.62
US$23.42
+19.4%
7.6%US$25.50US$20.00US$26.316
Oct ’24US$18.76
US$21.92
+16.8%
7.9%US$25.00US$20.00US$24.596
Sep ’24US$20.81
US$21.75
+4.5%
8.2%US$25.00US$20.00US$24.426
Aug ’24US$21.22
US$21.75
+2.5%
8.2%US$25.00US$20.00US$24.176
Jul ’24US$15.07
US$20.90
+38.7%
9.9%US$23.50US$18.00US$21.515
Jun ’24US$14.68
US$20.60
+40.3%
12.2%US$23.50US$16.50US$21.455
May ’24US$15.13
US$21.30
+40.8%
7.5%US$23.50US$19.00US$20.705
Apr ’24US$17.13
US$25.50
+48.9%
7.6%US$27.50US$22.00US$21.715
Mar ’24US$20.23
US$25.90
+28.0%
4.9%US$27.50US$24.00US$21.895
Feb ’24US$21.00
US$26.60
+26.7%
5.8%US$28.50US$24.00US$22.415
Jan ’24US$22.14
US$28.17
+27.2%
4.9%US$31.00US$27.00US$24.656
Dec ’23US$24.01
US$29.00
+20.8%
4.5%US$31.00US$27.50US$21.045

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/30 02:39
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Business First Bancshares, Inc. is covered by 12 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Kevin FitzsimmonsD.A. Davidson & Co.
Manuel NavasD.A. Davidson & Co.
null nullD.A. Davidson & Co.