secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)
CIK:        0001624322
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-23-029092
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Business First Bancshares Q3 net income $19.1M, EPS $0.76; raises common dividend to $0.14
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- Q3 net income available to common shareholders $19.1M ($0.76 diluted EPS), up 3.8% linked quarter and 38% YoY.
- Non-GAAP core net income $18.0M ($0.71 diluted EPS), up from $17.8M linked quarter and $16.4M YoY.
- Common dividend raised to $0.14 per share (up $0.02 from prior quarter), payable Nov 30 to holders of record Nov 15.
- Net interest margin 3.61% (ex-accretion 3.46%); deposits grew $176.3M (3.52%) and loans grew $21.5M (0.44%) from linked quarter.
- Credit quality strong with NPLs/loans 0.33% and NPAs/assets 0.27%; tangible book value per share increased to $17.03 from $16.87.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000143774923029092/0001437749-23-029092-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000143774923029092/bfbi20231024_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-029092

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