secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)
CIK:        0001624322
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-23-020892
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Business First Q2 2023 net income $18.4M, EPS $0.73; core EPS $0.70
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- GAAP EPS $0.73, up $0.19 QoQ and $0.12 YoY; core EPS $0.70, up $0.15 QoQ and $0.06 YoY.
- Net interest margin 3.63%; loans held for investment grew $95.7M (2.0%) QoQ.
- Deposits increased $208.3M (4.3%) QoQ; brokered deposits drove $211.2M of the rise.
- Nonperforming loans stable at 0.36% of loans; ROAA of 1.18% improved from 0.91% prior quarter.
- Declared $0.12/common share dividend, unchanged from prior quarter; payable Aug 31 to holders of record Aug 15.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000143774923020892/0001437749-23-020892-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000143774923020892/bfbi20230726_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-020892

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