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Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) Price Targets From Analysts
The tables below show price targets and recommendations from analysts covering Business First Bancshares Inc.
| Date | Number of Analysts | Highest Target Price | Lowest Target Price | Average Target Price | Current Price | Upside Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-03 | 4 | $35 | $31 | $33 | $27.3 | 20.88% |
| 2021-11-03 | 4 | $34 | $31 | $32.75 | $27.3 | 19.96% |
The Trend in the Analyst Price Target
BFST's average price target has moved up $13 over the prior 13 months.
BFST reports an average of 18.36% for its upside potential over the past 49 weeks.
| Date | Number of Analysts | Highest Target Price | Lowest Target Price | Average Target Price | Share Price | Upside Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-19 | 5 | 30.5 | 28.00 | 29.63 | 23.34 | 26.95% |
| 2021-01-30 | 4 | 28.0 | 23.50 | 25.50 | 20.30 | 25.62% |
| 2021-01-23 | 4 | 25.5 | 22.50 | 24.13 | 21.38 | 12.86% |
| 2021-02-13 | 4 | 28.0 | 22.75 | 25.31 | 21.86 | 15.78% |
| 2021-04-25 | 4 | 31.0 | 25.50 | 28.06 | 23.28 | 20.53% |
BFST Broker Recommendations Summary
| Average Broker Rating | Strong Buy | Buy | Hold | Sell | Strong Sell | Analysts Issuing Recs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
The Trend in the Broker Recommendations
Over the past 35 weeks, BFST's average broker recommendation rating improved by 1.
The bullet points below may help you gain a better understanding of what the metrics in the price target and recommendations tables above mean for BFST as an investment opportunity.
- In terms of how Business First Bancshares Inc fares relative to all US stocks, note that its variance in analysts' estimates is lower than 74.13% of that group.
- In terms of how Business First Bancshares Inc fares relative to all US stocks, note that its number of analysts covering the stock is greater than 42.22% of that group.
- BFST has a greater upside potential (average analyst target price relative to current price) than 39.47% of stocks in the small market cap category.
- In terms of how Business First Bancshares Inc fares relative to stocks in the small market cap category, note that its average analyst price target is higher than 143.35% of that group.
In terms of price targets and recommendations offered by analysts, the stocks in the Banking industry with the ratings most similar to Business First Bancshares Inc are AMAL, ACBI, and ABTX.
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