secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)
CIK:        0001624322
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001624322-25-000031
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

BFST Q2 net income $20.8M ($0.70/sh), up QoQ; common dividend $0.14
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- Net income available to common $20.8M ($0.70 diluted EPS), up $1.6M and $0.05 from linked quarter.
- Core non-GAAP net income $19.5M or $0.66 per diluted share.
- Common dividend declared $0.14/share; payable Aug 31 to holders of record Aug 15.
- Loans HFI up 1.12% QoQ; nonperforming loan ratio rose 28 bps to 0.97%.
- On July 7, 2025, agreed to acquire Progressive Bancorp ($752M assets, $673M deposits).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000162432225000031/0001624322-25-000031-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000162432225000031/bfst-20250728.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001624322-25-000031

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