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Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST)

NASDAQ:BFST

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BFST's free cash flow for Q3 2025 was $-1.58. For the 2025 fiscal year, BFST's free cash flow was decreased by $ and operating cash flow was $0.31. See a summary of the company’s cash flow.

Ratios	TTM	Dec 24	Dec 23	Dec 22	Dec 21
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio	0.00	0.21	508.88	807.16	108.21
Quick Ratio	0.00	0.21	601.88	1.04K	155.59
Cash Ratio	0.00	0.04	72.70	49.76	19.83
Solvency Ratio	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	<0.01
Operating Cash Flow Ratio	0.00	0.02	33.12	41.08	3.90
Short-Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage	2.73	4.89	7.73K	2.82K	5.84
Net Current Asset Value	$ 310.76M	$ -4.80B	$ -4.34B	$ -3.18B	$ -2.94B
Leverage Ratios
Debt-to-Assets Ratio	0.06	0.10	0.09	0.04	0.02
Debt-to-Equity Ratio	0.56	0.99	0.91	0.39	0.21
Debt-to-Capital Ratio	0.36	0.50	0.48	0.28	0.17
Long-Term Debt-to-Capital Ratio	0.35	0.49	0.48	0.28	0.16
Financial Leverage Ratio	9.05	10.22	10.32	10.91	10.15
Debt Service Coverage Ratio	0.39	0.48	-0.39	-0.75	-0.25
Interest Coverage Ratio	0.11	0.66	2.82	3.90	1.66
Debt to Market Cap	0.68	1.03	1.05	0.29	0.23
Interest Debt Per Share	23.36	30.83	24.85	9.02	5.85
Net Debt to EBITDA	0.88	4.29	0.00	0.00	0.00
Profitability Margins
Gross Profit Margin	14.88%	63.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
EBIT Margin	21.97%	23.49%	-2.12%	-2.23%	-2.12%
EBITDA Margin	22.91%	24.70%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Operating Profit Margin	4.48%	23.49%	45.31%	34.60%	24.65%
Pretax Profit Margin	21.90%	23.49%	30.15%	34.60%	24.65%
Net Profit Margin	17.26%	18.42%	23.84%	27.95%	20.10%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin	17.26%	18.42%	23.84%	27.95%	20.10%
Net Income Per EBT	78.81%	78.43%	79.10%	80.76%	81.55%
EBT Per EBIT	488.39%	100.00%	66.53%	100.00%	100.00%
Return on Assets (ROA)	1.03%	1.08%	0.91%	1.10%	0.72%
Return on Equity (ROE)	9.78%	11.03%	9.35%	12.03%	7.32%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	0.27%	6.96%	1.72%	1.37%	0.89%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	0.22%	5.38%	3.77%	2.29%	1.89%
Return on Tangible Assets	1.05%	1.10%	0.92%	1.12%	0.73%
Earnings Yield	11.31%	11.49%	10.83%	8.98%	8.11%
Efficiency Ratios
Receivables Turnover	0.08	12.89	8.87	9.52	6.24
Payables Turnover	0.00	9.61	0.00	0.00	0.00
Inventory Turnover	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Fixed Asset Turnover	6.09	5.55	3.60	3.21	2.55
Asset Turnover	0.06	0.06	0.04	0.04	0.04
Working Capital Turnover Ratio	0.12	-0.10	0.21	0.19	0.25
Cash Conversion Cycle	4.61K	-9.65	41.17	38.34	58.45
Days of Sales Outstanding	4.61K	28.32	41.17	38.34	58.45
Days of Inventory Outstanding	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Days of Payables Outstanding	0.00	37.97	0.00	0.00	0.00
Operating Cycle	4.61K	28.32	41.17	38.34	58.45
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow Per Share	2.76	3.69	3.07	2.75	1.61
Free Cash Flow Per Share	2.71	3.22	2.73	2.56	1.45
CapEx Per Share	0.05	0.46	0.34	0.19	0.16
Free Cash Flow to Operating Cash Flow	0.98	0.87	0.89	0.93	0.90
Dividend Paid and CapEx Coverage Ratio	3.55	3.11	3.49	4.21	2.80
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio	52.17	7.94	8.94	14.21	9.88
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio	0.16	0.15	0.13	0.34	0.35
Operating Cash Flow to Sales Ratio	0.17	0.24	0.31	0.30	0.20
Free Cash Flow Yield	10.96%	13.07%	12.33%	9.04%	7.13%
Valuation Ratios
Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio	8.84	8.70	9.24	11.13	12.33
Price-to-Sales (P/S) Ratio	1.53	1.60	2.20	3.11	2.48
Price-to-Book (P/B) Ratio	0.83	0.96	0.86	1.34	0.90
Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) Ratio	9.12	7.65	8.11	11.06	14.03
Price-to-Operating Cash Flow Ratio	8.89	6.69	7.20	10.28	12.61
Price-to-Earnings Growth (PEG) Ratio	-0.11	0.73	-1.17	0.21	-1.58
Price-to-Fair Value	0.83	0.96	0.86	1.34	0.90
Enterprise Value Multiple	7.58	10.78	0.00	0.00	0.00
Enterprise Value	825.00M	1.03B	874.22M	680.51M	304.97M
EV to EBITDA	7.58	10.78	0.00	0.00	0.00
EV to Sales	1.74	2.66	3.84	3.65	2.04
EV to Free Cash Flow	10.32	12.72	14.15	12.97	11.57
EV to Operating Cash Flow	10.12	11.11	12.56	12.06	10.39
Tangible Book Value Per Share	25.12	21.69	21.11	17.62	19.06
Shareholders’ Equity Per Share	29.73	25.69	25.65	21.14	22.56
Tax and Other Ratios
Effective Tax Rate	0.21	0.22	0.21	0.19	0.18
Revenue Per Share	16.08	15.38	10.05	9.10	8.21
Net Income Per Share	2.78	2.83	2.40	2.54	1.65
Tax Burden	0.79	0.78	0.79	0.81	0.82
Interest Burden	1.00	1.00	-14.24	-15.51	-11.63
Research & Development to Revenue	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
SG&A to Revenue	0.31	0.24	0.39	0.43	0.38
Stock-Based Compensation to Revenue	<0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02
Income Quality	1.06	1.30	1.28	1.08	0.98

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