BFSTBusiness First Bancshares, Inc.

$30.72+32% 1Y

Is the price fair?

Mixed

In its normal P/E range. That is the only one of 3 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.

1 neutral, 2 without data
Vs its own P/E rangemid-range for this companyderived

In its normal range: P/E 10.9 vs a 9.6 median over 33 quarters (+13% vs median).

Where this answer is blind. The growth-implied estimate assumes a fixed discount rate; capital-heavy sectors look structurally rich on it.

What BFST's price assumes

Business First Bancshares, Inc. trades at 10.9× earnings against 11.9× for the median Banks - Regional name, cheaper than its own group.

10.9

Trailing P/E · Banks - Regional median 11.9 · cheaper than the typical name in its group

Price / sales
2.65

Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1

Price / book
0.89

Price / book · as of 2026-Q1

EV / sales
1.97

EV / sales

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Price / bookas of 2026-Q1
0.89
EV / salesas of 2026-Q1
1.97
Financial Services median P/E625 names
12.2
Banks - Regional median P/E234 names
11.9
Market capitalisation
$1.00B
What the market has paid for these earnings: 33 quarters of its own multiple × $2.82 of trailing earnings per share
MethodPer share
Its own P/E history, lower quartile$24.83
Its own P/E history, median$27.08
Its own P/E history, upper quartile$31.31
52-week range$22.35 – $32.30
Today$30.72

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.