Business First Bancshares (Business First Bancshares) Risk Assessment

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What is Business First Bancshares Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Business First Bancshares is: High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff.

Competitive Comparison of Business First Bancshares's Risk Assessment

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Business First Bancshares's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Business First Bancshares's Risk Assessment Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Business First Bancshares's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Business First Bancshares's Risk Assessment falls into.

Business First Bancshares (NAS:BFST) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

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Business First Bancshares (Business First Bancshares) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

500 Laurel Street, Suite 101, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, 70801

Website

https://www.b1bank.com

Business First Bancshares Inc is a United States-based bank holding company. The company's services include personal and commercial banking, treasury management, and wealth solutions. It provides a range of financial services to small-to-midsized businesses and professionals. The company generates most of its revenues from interest income on loans, customer service and loan fees, and interest income from securities.

Executives

Mark P. Folse	director, officer: EVP - b1BANK	500 LAUREL STREET, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Rick D. Day	director	500 LAUREL STREET, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Jesse Jackson	officer: EVP & Pres., Fin. Institutions	500 LAUREL STREET, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Kathryn Manning	officer: Chief Risk Officer	500 LAUREL STREET, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
John P. Ducrest	director	500 LAUREL STREET, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Greg Robertson	officer: CFO and Treasurer	500 LAUREL AVENUE, SUITE 100, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Arthur Price	director	500 LAUREL AVENUE, SUITE 100, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Steven Gerard White	director	500 LAUREL AVENUE, SUITE 100, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Joseph Vernon Johnson	director	500 LAUREL STREET, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Kenneth W. Smith	director	500 LAUREL AVENUE, SUITE 100, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Andrew D. Mclindon	director	500 LAUREL AVENUE, SUITE 100, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Mccollister Rolfe H. Jr.	director	500 LAUREL AVENUE, SUITE 100, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Keith Mansfield	officer: EVP&COO of Business First Bank	500 LAUREL AVENUE, SUITE 100, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Carol Calkins	director	500 LAUREL STREET, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Smith Edgar R. Iii	director	400 EAST THOMAS STREET, HAMMOND LA 70401