secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)
CIK:        0001624322
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001624322-25-000043
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Business First Q3 net income $21.5M ($0.73 EPS); dividend raised to $0.15
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- Net income available to common shareholders of $21.5M, or $0.73 diluted EPS; core net income $21.2M ($0.72).
- Net interest income $69.3M; net interest margin stable at 3.68%.
- Quarterly common dividend increased $0.01 to $0.15/share, payable Nov 30, 2025.
- Tangible book value per share rose 4.75% to $22.63; common equity ratio improved to 10.14%.
- Successfully converted Oakwood Bank core systems in September 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000162432225000043/0001624322-25-000043-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000162432225000043/bfst-20251023.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001624322-25-000043

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