Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)

Nasdaq: BFST · State Commercial Banks · Baton Rouge, LA · filing with the SEC since 2014

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Income statement, as filed

In thousands of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts. The fiscal year ends in December.

Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal year	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020	FY 2019	FY 2018	FY 2017	FY 2016
Period ending	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2018	Dec 31, 2017	Dec 31, 2016
Report filed	Feb 26, 2026	Mar 7, 2025	Mar 1, 2024	Mar 2, 2023	Mar 1, 2022	Mar 5, 2021	Mar 12, 2020	Mar 22, 2019	Mar 21, 2018	Mar 20, 2017
Revenue	10,704	10,577	9,704	8,272	6,813	5,358	4,035	2,810	2,109	2,033
For lenders
Interest and dividend income	465,011	414,764	353,327	236,114	170,438	149,755	103,467	76,195	51,601	43,418
Interest expense on deposits and borrowings	191,848	187,381	138,198	36,537	·	·	·	·	·	·
Net interest income	273,163	227,383	215,129	199,577	153,884	127,646	80,198	62,229	44,372	37,592
Provision for credit losses	11,318	10,873	4,483	10,886	8,047	11,435	2,606	2,390	4,237	1,220
Net interest income after provision	261,845	216,510	210,646	188,691	145,837	116,211	77,592	59,839	40,135	36,372
Noninterest income	51,542	44,193	36,642	29,310	35,782	21,564	10,708	7,779	5,618	5,421
Noninterest expense	203,078	177,652	156,702	149,409	117,061	100,993	58,448	50,248	36,802	35,069
Interest expense	·	·	138,198	36,537	16,554	22,109	23,269	13,966	7,229	5,826
Share of profit of equity-method investments	2,099	2,201	3,045	1,554	2,399	2,658	1,684	334	·	·
Income before income taxes	110,309	83,051	90,586	68,592	64,558	36,782	29,852	17,370	8,951	6,724
Income tax expense	22,448	17,944	19,543	14,337	12,422	6,788	6,080	3,279	4,103	1,613
Net income	87,861	65,107	71,043	54,255	52,136	30,000^r	23,772	14,091	4,848	5,111
Preferred dividends	5,401	5,401	5,401	1,350	0	0	·	·	·	·
Net income to common shareholders	82,460	59,706	65,642	52,905	52,136	29,994	·	·	·	·
Earnings per share, basic	2.81	2.27	2.62	2.34	2.54	1.65	1.79	1.27	0.63	0.73
Earnings per share, diluted	2.79	2.26	2.59	2.32	2.53	1.64	1.74	1.22	0.61	0.70
Weighted average shares, basic	29,396,462	26,253,846	25,079,106	22,633,478	20,502,249	18,169,599	13,310,577	11,124,585	7,658,137	7,033,476
Weighted average shares, diluted	29,545,702	26,452,084	25,296,200	22,817,493	20,634,281	18,243,445	13,670,777	11,545,943	8,003,959	7,315,083

As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. ^r restated by the company in a later report; ^b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.

What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it

Revenue what customers paid for what it soldus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax

Interest and dividend income what its loans and securities earnedus-gaap:InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating

Interest expense on deposits and borrowings what it paid for the money it lendsus-gaap:InterestExpenseOperating

Net interest income interest earned less interest paidus-gaap:InterestIncomeExpenseNet

Provision for credit losses set aside for loans that may not be repaid

us-gaap:ProvisionForLoanLossesExpensed
us-gaap:ProvisionForLoanAndLeaseLosses

Net interest income after provision interest income left after the provisionus-gaap:InterestIncomeExpenseAfterProvisionForLoanLoss

Noninterest income fees and other income that is not interestus-gaap:NoninterestIncome

Noninterest expense salaries, buildings and the other costs of running the bankus-gaap:NoninterestExpense

Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpense

Share of profit of equity-method investments its share of companies it partly ownsus-gaap:IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments

Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest

Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit

Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss

Preferred dividends paid to preferred holders before common shareholdersus-gaap:PreferredStockDividendsIncomeStatementImpact

Net income to common shareholders what is left for common shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic

Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic

Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted

Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic

Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding

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