Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Social Stream



Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST): $22.40

0.05 (+0.22%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

C

Stability

B

Sentiment

Quality

D

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Industry: Southwest Regional Banks

Industry

F

Ranked

#2 of 24

in industry

BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES INC (BFST) Price Targets From Analysts

The tables below show the price targets and recommendations analysts covering BFST.

Date Number of Analysts Highest Target Price Lowest Target Price Average Target Price Current Price Upside Potential
2021-11-03 4 $34 $31 $32.75 $22.9 43.01%
2022-01-26 4 $35 $31 $33 $22.9 44.1%
2022-01-27 4 $35 $31 $33.187 $22.9 44.92%
2022-03-02 4 $37 $32 $33.937 $22.9 48.2%
2022-03-30 4 $37 $30 $33.437 $22.9 46.01%
2022-04-27 4 $35 $30 $32.937 $22.9 43.83%
2022-04-28 4 $35 $30 $32.25 $22.9 40.83%
2022-05-11 4 $35 $27 $31.5 $22.9 37.55%
2022-07-27 3 $31 $26 $29.333 $22.9 28.09%
2022-07-28 3 $31 $26 $29 $22.9 26.64%
2022-08-01 3 $30 $26 $28.666 $22.9 25.18%
2022-09-07 3 $30 $28 $29.333 $22.9 28.09%
2022-10-07 3 $30 $27 $29 $22.9 26.64%
2022-10-17 3 $30 $27 $28 $22.9 22.27%
2022-10-28 4 $30 $27 $28.166 $22.9 23%
2022-10-31 4 $30 $27 $28.125 $22.9 22.82%
2022-11-02 4 $29 $27.5 $28.25 $22.9 23.36%
2022-12-01 5 $30 $27.5 $28.5 $22.9 24.45%
2022-12-13 5 $30 $27 $28.2 $22.9 23.14%
2023-01-03 5 $28.5 $27 $27.5 $22.9 20.09%
2023-01-27 5 $28.5 $24 $26.625 $22.9 16.27%
2023-02-17 5 $27 $24 $25.75 $22.9 12.45%
2023-03-01 5 $27 $24 $25.5 $22.9 11.35%
2023-03-29 5 $27 $22 $25 $22.9 9.17%
2023-04-05 5 $27 $20 $23.75 $22.9 3.71%
2023-04-28 5 $26 $19 $21.75 $22.9 -5.02%
2023-05-01 5 $22 $19 $20.75 $22.9 -9.39%
2023-06-28 5 $22 $18 $20.25 $22.9 -11.57%
2023-07-28 5 $23 $20 $21.2 $22.9 -7.42%
2023-08-01 5 $23 $18 $20.4 $22.9 -10.92%
2023-09-01 5 $25 $20 $21.8 $22.9 -4.8%
2023-09-27 5 $25 $20 $22 $22.9 -3.93%
2023-10-26 5 $25 $20 $22.5 $22.9 -1.75%
2023-10-27 5 $25 $20 $22.8 $22.9 -0.44%
2023-10-28 5 $25 $20 $23.2 $22.9 1.31%
2023-11-01 5 $25 $20 $23 $22.9 0.44%
2023-12-26 5 $28 $20 $24 $22.9 4.8%

The Trend in the Analyst Price Target


BFST's average price target has moved down $1.31 over the prior 34 months.

Over the past 48 weeks, BFST's average upside potential has been 23.11%.

Date Number of Analysts Highest Target Price Lowest Target Price Average Target Price Share Price Upside Potential
2023-04-05 5 27 20 23.75 16.12 47.33%
2023-08-01 5 23 18 20.40 21.22 -3.86%
2023-09-01 5 25 20 21.80 20.81 4.76%
2023-09-27 5 25 20 22.00 18.64 18.03%
2023-10-28 5 25 20 23.00 19.11 20.36%

BFST Broker Recommendations Summary

Average Broker Rating Strong Buy Buy Hold Sell Strong Sell Analysts Issuing Recs
1.2 4 1 0 0 0 5

The Trend in the Broker Recommendations


Over the past 15 months, BFST's average broker recommendation rating worsened by 0.2.

The points below can provide you with additional insight regarding what the price target and recommendations metrics in the table above mean for investors.

  • BFST has a lower variance in analysts' estimates than -468.49% of all US stocks.
  • To contextualize these metrics, consider that out of all US stocks, BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES INC's number of analysts covering the stock is higher than 656.18% of them.
  • In the context of stocks in the small market cap category, BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES INC's upside potential (average analyst target price relative to current price) is higher than 999.15% of them.
  • BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES INC's average analyst price target is greater than 1247.78% of Financial Services stocks.

In the Banking industry, LBC, MCB, and CATC are the three stocks most similar to BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES INC regarding the price target and analyst recommendation information presented here.

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