secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)
CIK:        0001624322
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-01-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-22-001573
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Business First Q4 net income $12.1M ($0.59 EPS); FY2021 net income $52.1M, dividend $0.12
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- FY2021 net income $52.1M ($2.53 diluted EPS) vs $30.0M ($1.64) in 2020; core EPS $2.61.
- Q4 2021 net income $12.1M ($0.59) vs Q3 $10.3M ($0.50); core EPS $0.57.
- Loans held for investment $3.2B, up 4.02% (16.10% annualized) from Q3; credit quality improved.
- Dividend declared $0.12/share, payable Feb 28, 2022, record Feb 15.
- Pending merger with Texas Citizens Bank (TCBI) with $547M assets; expected to close in 2022.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000143774922001573/0001437749-22-001573-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000143774922001573/bfbi20220124_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-001573

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