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NASDAQ: BFST
Business First Bancshares (BFST) stock, explained like you're 5
Business First Bancshares trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker BFST. It is a small cap company in the major banks industry, part of the financial services sector, with a market value of about 992 million dollars.
- Ticker
- BFST
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Major Banks
- Size
- Small cap, about 992 million dollars
Is Business First Bancshares a small, medium or large cap company?
No. Business First Bancshares is a small cap stock, not a large cap. Its market cap, which is the total value of all its shares, is about 992 million dollars.
Here is how you can tell. Multiply the share price by the number of shares to get the market cap, then compare it to the usual sizes. Micro cap is under 300 million dollars, small cap is 300 million to 2 billion, mid cap is 2 to 10 billion, large cap is 10 billion and up, and mega cap is over 200 billion. Market caps move every day with the share price, so treat the number as a recent snapshot.
How Business First Bancshares makes money
- Interest earned on loans minus interest paid on deposits.
- Fees for payments, advice, trading and insurance.
- Investment returns on the money they manage.
What moves BFST stock
- Interest rates and the health of the economy.
- How many borrowers fail to repay loans.
- Rules from regulators and market activity.
In the news lately
- Business First (BFST) Matches Q2 Earnings Estimates (Yahoo Finance)
- Bank of America Corp DE Purchases 49,289 Shares of Business First Bancshares, Inc. $BFST (MarketBeat)
- Business First (NASDAQ: BFST) director plans 20,000 share sale (Stock Titan)
- Business First Bancshares (BFST) Stock Looks Cheap After Its 66% Run (Simply Wall Street)
- (BFST) Movement as an Input in Quant Signal Sets (Stock Traders Daily)
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Questions about Business First Bancshares stock
What does Business First Bancshares do?
Business First Bancshares trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker BFST. It is a small cap company in the major banks industry, part of the financial services sector, with a market value of about 992 million dollars.
What is the ticker symbol for Business First Bancshares?
Business First Bancshares trades under the ticker BFST on the Nasdaq.
What is Business First Bancshares's market cap?
Business First Bancshares is a small cap stock with a market cap of about 992 million dollars.
How does Business First Bancshares make money?
Interest earned on loans minus interest paid on deposits. Fees for payments, advice, trading and insurance. Investment returns on the money they manage.
What moves BFST stock?
Interest rates and the health of the economy. How many borrowers fail to repay loans. Rules from regulators and market activity.
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