NASDAQ:BFST | Dividend Payout | Business First Bancshares, Inc.

Matching-period dividends paid divided by positive earnings and free cash flow. Values above 100% are retained; absent dividends are not assumed zero.

Available history
2016-12-31 to 2026-03-31
Data captured

Historical Dividend Payout

DateDividends paidEarnings payoutFCF payout
2026-03-31$4.9M20.79%
2025-12-31$4.43M19.83%28.85%
2025-03-31$4.11M19.99%14.93%
2024-12-31$4.16M25.24%24.39%
2024-03-31$3.59M26.48%49.81%
2023-12-31$3.57M22.54%25.67%
2023-03-31$3.04M20.25%14.58%
2022-12-31$3M16.69%27.78%
2022-03-31$2.44M27.91%15.66%
2021-12-31$2.44M20.19%20.77%
2021-03-31$2.06M16.72%11.66%
2020-12-31$2.06M14.88%14.75%
2020-03-31$1.34M29.78%24.57%
2019-12-31$1.32M22.99%133.47%
2019-03-31$1.07M18.82%12.67%
2018-12-31$923,000.0026.79%35.80%
2018-03-31$614,000.0019.76%15.44%
2017-12-31$614,000.0083.65%
2017-03-31$346,000.0017.51%19.24%
2016-12-31$352,000.0023.69%25.51%

Annual Dividend Payout

DateDividends paidEarnings payoutFCF payout
2025-12-31$16.84M19.17%18.31%
2024-12-31$14.86M22.83%24.83%
2023-12-31$12.66M17.81%15.95%
2022-12-31$10.82M19.95%17.52%
2021-12-31$9.44M18.10%17.98%
2020-12-31$7.52M25.07%28.52%
2019-12-31$5.05M21.26%24.70%
2018-12-31$3.28M23.28%17.87%
2017-12-31$1.79M36.96%24.01%
2016-12-31$1.06M20.66%15.62%