Business First Bancshares Inc. BFST
Dividend Summary
The next Business First Bancshares Inc. dividend will go ex in 18 days for 15c and will be paid in 1 month.
The previous Business First Bancshares Inc. dividend was 15c and it went ex 2 months ago and it was paid 2 months ago.
There are typically 4 dividends per year (excluding specials).
Latest Dividends
| Summary | Previous dividend | Next dividend |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Paid | Declared |
| Type | Quarterly | Quarterly |
| Per share | 15c | 15c |
| Declaration date | 23 Apr 2026 (Thu) | 23 Jul 2026 (Thu) |
| Ex-div date | 15 May 2026 (Fri) | 14 Aug 2026 (Fri) |
| Pay date | 29 May 2026 (Fri) | 31 Aug 2026 (Mon) |
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Previous Payment
$15.00
Paid on 29 May 2026 (Fri)
Next Payment
$15.00
Paid on 31 Aug 2026 (Mon)
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The table below shows the full dividend history for Business First Bancshares Inc.
| Status | Type | Decl. date | Ex-div date | Pay date | Decl. Currency | Forecast amount | Decl. amount | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forecast | Quarterly | 16 Jan 2031 | 14 Feb 2031 | 28 Feb 2031 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 17 Oct 2030 | 15 Nov 2030 | 30 Nov 2030 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 25 Jul 2030 | 15 Aug 2030 | 31 Aug 2030 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 25 Apr 2030 | 15 May 2030 | 31 May 2030 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 17 Jan 2030 | 15 Feb 2030 | 28 Feb 2030 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 18 Oct 2029 | 15 Nov 2029 | 30 Nov 2029 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 26 Jul 2029 | 15 Aug 2029 | 31 Aug 2029 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 26 Apr 2029 | 15 May 2029 | 31 May 2029 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 18 Jan 2029 | 15 Feb 2029 | 28 Feb 2029 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 19 Oct 2028 | 15 Nov 2028 | 30 Nov 2028 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 27 Jul 2028 | 15 Aug 2028 | 31 Aug 2028 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 27 Apr 2028 | 15 May 2028 | 31 May 2028 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 20 Jan 2028 | 15 Feb 2028 | 28 Feb 2028 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 21 Oct 2027 | 15 Nov 2027 | 30 Nov 2027 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 22 Jul 2027 | 13 Aug 2027 | 31 Aug 2027 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 22 Apr 2027 | 14 May 2027 | 28 May 2027 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 21 Jan 2027 | 12 Feb 2027 | 28 Feb 2027 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Quarterly | 22 Oct 2026 | 13 Nov 2026 | 30 Nov 2026 | USD | Sign up | — | |
| Declared | Quarterly | 23 Jul 2026 | 14 Aug 2026 | 31 Aug 2026 | USD | 15c | 15c | 😄 |
| Paid | Quarterly | 23 Apr 2026 | 15 May 2026 | 29 May 2026 | USD | — | 15c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 22 Jan 2026 | 13 Feb 2026 | 28 Feb 2026 | USD | — | 15c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 23 Oct 2025 | 14 Nov 2025 | 30 Nov 2025 | USD | — | 15c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 24 Jul 2025 | 15 Aug 2025 | 31 Aug 2025 | USD | — | 14c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 24 Apr 2025 | 15 May 2025 | 31 May 2025 | USD | — | 14c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 23 Jan 2025 | 14 Feb 2025 | 28 Feb 2025 | USD | — | 14c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 24 Oct 2024 | 15 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2024 | USD | — | 14c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 25 Jul 2024 | 15 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2024 | USD | — | 14c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 25 Apr 2024 | 14 May 2024 | 31 May 2024 | USD | — | 14c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 23 Jan 2024 | 14 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2024 | USD | — | 14c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 26 Oct 2023 | 14 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2023 | USD | — | 14c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 27 Jul 2023 | 14 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2023 | USD | — | 12c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 27 Apr 2023 | 12 May 2023 | 31 May 2023 | USD | — | 12c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 25 Jan 2023 | 14 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2023 | USD | — | 12c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 26 Oct 2022 | 14 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2022 | USD | — | 12c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 26 Jul 2022 | 12 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2022 | USD | — | 12c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 26 Apr 2022 | 12 May 2022 | 31 May 2022 | USD | — | 12c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 24 Jan 2022 | 14 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2022 | USD | — | 12c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 20 Oct 2021 | 12 Nov 2021 | 30 Nov 2021 | USD | — | 12c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 26 Jul 2021 | 12 Aug 2021 | 31 Aug 2021 | USD | — | 12c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 22 Apr 2021 | 13 May 2021 | 31 May 2021 | USD | — | 12c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 25 Jan 2021 | 11 Feb 2021 | 28 Feb 2021 | USD | — | 10c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 23 Jul 2020 | 13 Aug 2020 | 31 Aug 2020 | USD | — | 10c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 23 Apr 2020 | 14 May 2020 | 31 May 2020 | USD | — | 10c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 22 Jan 2020 | 13 Feb 2020 | 28 Feb 2020 | USD | — | 10c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 17 Oct 2019 | 14 Nov 2019 | 30 Nov 2019 | USD | — | 10c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 23 Jul 2019 | 14 Aug 2019 | 31 Aug 2019 | USD | — | 10c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 23 Apr 2019 | 14 May 2019 | 31 May 2019 | USD | — | 10c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 24 Jan 2019 | 14 Feb 2019 | 28 Feb 2019 | USD | — | 8c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 18 Oct 2018 | 14 Nov 2018 | 30 Nov 2018 | USD | — | 8c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 19 Jul 2018 | 14 Aug 2018 | 31 Aug 2018 | USD | — | 8c | |
| Paid | Quarterly | 19 Apr 2018 | 14 May 2018 | 31 May 2018 | USD | — | 8c |
| Year | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.0c | — |
| 2007 | 0.0c | 0% |
| 2008 | 0.0c | 0% |
| 2009 | 0.0c | 0% |
| 2010 | 0.0c | 0% |
| 2011 | 0.0c | 0% |
| 2012 | 0.0c | 0% |
| 2013 | 0.0c | 0% |
| 2014 | 0.0c | 0% |
| 2015 | 0.0c | 0% |
| 2016 | 0.0c | 0% |
| 2017 | 0.0c | 0% |
| 2018 | 32.0c | 100% |
| 2019 | 40.0c | 25.0% |
| 2020 | 30.0c | -25.0% |
| 2021 | 48.0c | 60.0% |
| 2022 | 48.0c | 0% |
| 2023 | 52.0c | 8.3% |
| 2024 | 56.0c | 7.7% |
| 2025 | 58.0c | 3.6% |
| 2026 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2027 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2028 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2029 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2030 | Sign Up Required | |
Business First Bancshares Inc. Optimized Dividend Chart
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- Dividend Yield Today
- 2.0%
- Optimized Yield
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- 52 Week High
- 2.8% on 23 July 2026
- 52 Week Low
- 2.6% on 16 July 2026
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About Business First Bancshares Inc.
- Sector
- Unknown
- Country
- United States
- Share Price
- $31.16 (yesterday's closing price)
- Shares in Issue
- 33 million
- Market Cap
- $1.0bn
- 3
- Market Indices
- DividendMax America
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