secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)
CIK:        0001624322
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-07-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-21-017563
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Business First Q2 net income $17.4M ($0.84 EPS); core EPS $0.90; loan growth ex-PPP 26% annualized
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- Q2 net income $17.4M ($0.84 diluted EPS) vs $12.3M ($0.59) in Q1; core net income $18.7M ($0.90).
- Loans held for investment ex-PPP grew 6.52% (26.06% annualized), led by Dallas region.
- Sold $243.6M SBA PPP loans, recording $9.2M pre-tax gain; remaining PPP balance $25.7M.
- Dividend declared $0.12/share, unchanged, payable Aug 31 to holders of record Aug 15.
- Repurchased 83,504 shares at avg $23.03 for $1.9M; tangible book value per share $17.24.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000143774921017563/0001437749-21-017563-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000143774921017563/bfbi20210723_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-017563

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