Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) Return on Equity ROE from the third quarter 2026 to third quarter 2025 and annually, average high and low, overall ranking from Sep 30 2026 to Sep 30 2025 - CSIMarket
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Business First Bancshares Inc   (NASDAQ: BFST)
    Sector • Financial    Industry • Regional Banks
   Industry • Regional Banks
   Sector • Financial

Business First Bancshares Inc 's ROE per quarter

Return on Equity, Quarterly Results, Trends, Rankings, Statistics


What is ROE for Business First Bancshares Inc in the third quarter 2026?
Business First Bancshares Inc achieved a return on average equity (ROE) of 9.71 % in its third quarter 2026, this is above BFST's average return on equity of 8.35%.
Business First Bancshares Inc shareholder's equity over the 12 months ending in its third quarter 2026 are valued at $975 million

ROE fell compared to the second quarter 2026, despite the net income growth of 1.56% from the second quarter 2026.

Within the Regional Banks industry 111 other companies had a higher return on equity. While return on equity, the total ranking has deteriorated compared to the second quarter 2026 from 1259 to 1437.

What is ROE?




Return On Equity (Sep 30 2026)
III. Quarter
(Jun 30 2026)
II. Quarter
(Mar 31 2026)
I. Quarter
(Dec 31 2025)
IV. Quarter
(Sep 30 2025)
III. Quarter
Y / Y Equity Change 14.12 % 18.87 % 19.95 % 12.19 % -
Y / Y Net Income Change 7.42 % 9.37 % 14.71 % 35.61 % 28.1 %
Net Income (TTM) in Millions 95 93 91 88 82
Return On Equity (TTM) 9.71 % 9.85 % 10.06 % 10.19 % 9.78 %
BFST's Total Ranking # 1437 # 1259 # 1130 # 1263 #
Equity (TTM) in Millions 1,003 1,009 991 897 878
Seq. Equity Change -0.6 % 1.76 % 10.51 % 2.1 % 3.54 %
Seq. Net Income Change 1.56 % 2.59 % 5.39 % -2.17 % 3.41 %

Return On Equity Company Ranking
Within: No.
Industry # 112
Sector # 433
Overall # 1437

Return On Equity Statistics
High Average Low
12.85 %
8.35 %
3.62 %
(Jun 30 2021)   (Dec 31 2017)





BFST Annual Return On Equity (Dec 31 2025)
2025
(Dec 31 2024)
2024
(Dec 31 2023)
2023
(Dec 31 2022)
2022
(Dec 31 2021)
2021
Total Equity in Millions 897 799 644 580 433
Y / Y Equity Change 12.19 % 24.09 % 10.99 % 33.95 % 5.71 %
Net Income in Millions 88 65 71 54 52
Y / Y Net Income Change 34.95 % -8.36 % 30.94 % 4.06 % 73.82 %
Return On Equity 9.8 % 8.14 % 11.03 % 9.35 % 12.03 %





Annual Roe Comment
In 2025 ROE improved to 9.8 % compared to the previous year, due to net income growth.


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Date modified: 2026-11-04T15:07:24+00:00



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