Business First Bancshares (Business First Bancshares) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 4.73 (As of May. 12, 2024)

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What is Business First Bancshares 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Business First Bancshares's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.73.

The historical rank and industry rank for Business First Bancshares's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

BFST' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.57 Med: 3.72 Max: 7.29
Current: 4.73

During the past 9 years, Business First Bancshares's highest Yield on Cost was 7.29. The lowest was 0.57. And the median was 3.72.

BFST's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
52.98% of 1191 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 4.94 vs BFST: 4.73

Competitive Comparison of Business First Bancshares's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Business First Bancshares's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Business First Bancshares's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Business First Bancshares's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Business First Bancshares's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

Business First Bancshares 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Business First Bancshares is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Business First Bancshares (NAS:BFST) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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Business First Bancshares (Business First Bancshares) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

500 Laurel Street, Suite 101, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, 70801

Website

https://www.b1bank.com

Business First Bancshares Inc is a United States-based bank holding company. The company's services include personal and commercial banking, treasury management, and wealth solutions. It provides a range of financial services to small-to-midsized businesses and professionals. The company generates most of its revenues from interest income on loans, customer service and loan fees, and interest income from securities.

Executives

Mark P. Folse	director, officer: EVP - b1BANK	500 LAUREL STREET, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Rick D. Day	director	500 LAUREL STREET, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Jesse Jackson	officer: EVP & Pres., Fin. Institutions	500 LAUREL STREET, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Kathryn Manning	officer: Chief Risk Officer	500 LAUREL STREET, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
John P. Ducrest	director	500 LAUREL STREET, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Greg Robertson	officer: CFO and Treasurer	500 LAUREL AVENUE, SUITE 100, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Arthur Price	director	500 LAUREL AVENUE, SUITE 100, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Steven Gerard White	director	500 LAUREL AVENUE, SUITE 100, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Joseph Vernon Johnson	director	500 LAUREL STREET, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Kenneth W. Smith	director	500 LAUREL AVENUE, SUITE 100, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Andrew D. Mclindon	director	500 LAUREL AVENUE, SUITE 100, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Mccollister Rolfe H. Jr.	director	500 LAUREL AVENUE, SUITE 100, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Keith Mansfield	officer: EVP&COO of Business First Bank	500 LAUREL AVENUE, SUITE 100, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Carol Calkins	director	500 LAUREL STREET, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Smith Edgar R. Iii	director	400 EAST THOMAS STREET, HAMMOND LA 70401