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Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)

NASDAQ:BFST

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BFST's free cash flow for Q4 2025 was $0.64. For the 2025 fiscal year, BFST's free cash flow was decreased by $ and operating cash flow was $0.24. See a summary of the company’s cash flow.

Ratios	TTM	Dec 25	Dec 24	Dec 23	Dec 22
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio	5.62	5.62	0.06	0.21	0.22
Quick Ratio	5.62	5.62	0.06	0.21	0.22
Cash Ratio	0.30	0.30	0.05	0.04	0.03
Solvency Ratio	0.01	0.01	<0.01	0.01	0.01
Operating Cash Flow Ratio	0.07	0.07	<0.01	0.02	0.01
Short-Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage	4.07	4.07	2.71	4.89	2.03
Net Current Asset Value	$ 256.57M	$ 256.57M	$ -6.67B	$ -4.80B	$ -4.34B
Leverage Ratios
Debt-to-Assets Ratio	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.10	0.09
Debt-to-Equity Ratio	0.61	0.61	0.60	0.99	0.96
Debt-to-Capital Ratio	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.50	0.49
Long-Term Debt-to-Capital Ratio	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.49	0.48
Financial Leverage Ratio	9.16	9.16	9.83	10.22	10.32
Debt Service Coverage Ratio	0.45	0.45	0.34	0.48	0.83
Interest Coverage Ratio	0.59	0.59	0.44	0.66	1.88
Debt to Market Cap	0.63	0.71	0.72	1.03	1.12
Interest Debt Per Share	25.16	25.16	25.54	30.83	26.36
Net Debt to EBITDA	1.18	1.18	1.86	4.29	5.55
Profitability Margins
Gross Profit Margin	60.92%	60.92%	56.69%	63.00%	82.04%
EBIT Margin	22.15%	22.15%	18.14%	23.49%	25.97%
EBITDA Margin	23.26%	23.26%	19.29%	24.70%	27.80%
Operating Profit Margin	22.15%	22.15%	18.15%	23.49%	25.97%
Pretax Profit Margin	21.55%	21.55%	18.14%	23.49%	25.97%
Net Profit Margin	17.16%	17.16%	14.22%	18.42%	20.55%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin	17.16%	17.16%	14.22%	18.42%	20.55%
Net Income Per EBT	79.65%	79.65%	78.39%	78.43%	79.10%
EBT Per EBIT	97.27%	97.27%	99.95%	100.00%	100.00%
Return on Assets (ROA)	1.07%	1.07%	0.83%	1.08%	0.91%
Return on Equity (ROE)	10.19%	9.80%	8.14%	11.03%	9.35%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	1.65%	1.65%	6.31%	6.96%	6.05%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	1.40%	1.40%	4.86%	5.38%	4.65%
Return on Tangible Assets	1.09%	1.09%	0.84%	1.10%	0.92%
Earnings Yield	11.15%	11.38%	9.65%	11.49%	10.83%
Efficiency Ratios
Receivables Turnover	0.08	0.08	12.76	12.89	10.29
Payables Turnover	0.00	0.00	33.21	9.61	22.67
Inventory Turnover	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Fixed Asset Turnover	6.92	6.92	5.59	5.55	4.18
Asset Turnover	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.04
Working Capital Turnover Ratio	65.87	14.78	-0.09	-0.10	-0.08
Cash Conversion Cycle	4.39K	4.40K	17.61	-9.65	19.37
Days of Sales Outstanding	4.40K	4.40K	28.60	28.32	35.47
Days of Inventory Outstanding	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Days of Payables Outstanding	7.60	0.00	10.99	37.97	16.10
Operating Cycle	4.40K	4.40K	28.60	28.32	35.47
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow Per Share	3.12	3.12	2.34	3.69	3.07
Free Cash Flow Per Share	2.97	3.12	2.28	3.22	2.73
CapEx Per Share	0.15	<0.01	0.06	0.46	0.34
Free Cash Flow to Operating Cash Flow	0.95	1.00	0.97	0.87	0.89
Dividend Paid and CapEx Coverage Ratio	3.45	4.13	2.81	3.11	3.49
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio	20.72	1.40K	39.31	7.94	8.94
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio	0.17	0.17	0.13	0.15	0.12
Operating Cash Flow to Sales Ratio	0.18	0.18	0.13	0.24	0.26
Free Cash Flow Yield	10.05%	11.92%	8.87%	13.07%	12.33%
Valuation Ratios
Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio	8.96	8.79	10.36	8.70	9.24
Price-to-Sales (P/S) Ratio	1.70	1.51	1.47	1.60	1.90
Price-to-Book (P/B) Ratio	0.88	0.86	0.84	0.96	0.86
Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) Ratio	9.95	8.39	11.28	7.65	8.11
Price-to-Operating Cash Flow Ratio	8.55	8.39	10.99	6.69	7.20
Price-to-Earnings Growth (PEG) Ratio	1.23	0.38	-0.78	0.73	-1.17
Price-to-Fair Value	0.88	0.86	0.84	0.96	0.86
Enterprise Value Multiple	8.50	7.66	9.50	10.78	12.38
Enterprise Value	1.01B	912.47M	838.89M	1.03B	908.48M
EV to EBITDA	8.50	7.66	9.50	10.78	12.38
EV to Sales	1.98	1.78	1.83	2.66	3.44
EV to Free Cash Flow	11.55	9.91	14.02	12.72	14.70
EV to Operating Cash Flow	10.99	9.91	13.66	11.11	13.06
Tangible Book Value Per Share	25.77	25.77	25.16	21.69	21.12
Shareholders’ Equity Per Share	30.36	30.36	30.45	25.69	25.65
Tax and Other Ratios
Effective Tax Rate	0.20	0.20	0.22	0.22	0.21
Revenue Per Share	17.33	17.33	17.44	15.38	11.67
Net Income Per Share	2.97	2.97	2.48	2.83	2.40
Tax Burden	0.80	0.80	0.78	0.78	0.79
Interest Burden	0.97	0.97	1.00	1.00	1.00
Research & Development to Revenue	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
SG&A to Revenue	0.25	0.25	0.23	0.24	0.33
Stock-Based Compensation to Revenue	0.01	0.01	<0.01	0.01	0.01
Income Quality	1.05	1.05	0.94	1.30	1.28

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