Business First Bancshares (BFST)

Overall impact
B (63)

Commentary

Business First Bancshares is a strong overall performer. With a 'B' rating of 63.5 for overall impact (70th percentile compared to all companies), Business First Bancshares ranks 32nd out of 75 industry peers, behind BayCom, CBM Bancorp, Esquire Financial and 28 others, and ahead of CBTX, Columbia Financial, First Western Financial and 40 others. On top material causes for Business First Bancshares's industry (Banking), Business First Bancshares performs well in Terrestrial Biodiversity (95.3 score) and performs poorly in Disaster Readiness and Effective Aid (36.3 score) and Equal Pay and Opportunity (20.9).
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Company
Employees
821
Sector
Financials
Industry
Banks
Sub-industry
Regional Banks
SASB industry
Commercial Banks
Headquarters
La, United States
Share classes
BFST
Description
Business First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for b1BANK that provides various banking products and services in Louisiana and Texas. It offers various deposit products and services, including checking, demand, money market, time, and savings accounts; and certificates of deposits, remote deposit capture, and direct deposit services. The company also provides commercial and industrial loans, such as working capital, term, equipment financing, asset acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing base, and other loan products, as well as commercial lines of credit, accounts receivable factoring, agricultural financing, and letters of credit; construction and development loans; commercial real estate loans; residential real estate loans comprising first and second lien 1-4 family mortgage loans, and home equity lines of credit; and consumer loans, including secured and unsecured installment, and term loans. In addition, it offers wealth management products, including mutual funds, annuities, individual retirement accounts, and other financial products, as well as other fiduciary and private banking products and services. Further, the company provides a range of other financial services comprising debit and credit cards, treasury and cash management, merchant, automated clearing house, lock-box, receivables factoring, correspondent banking, and other treasury services, as well as employee and payroll benefits solutions; and drive-through banking facilities, automated teller machines, night depository, personalized checks, electronic funds transfer, domestic and foreign wire transfer, traveler's checks, vault, loan and deposit sweep accounts, interest-rate swaps, small business administration products, online and mobile banking, e-statements, and bank-by-mail services. Business First Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Material causes
Ethos considers the following causes material for Business First Bancshares, based on its industry sub-industry Regional Banks. Learn more about material causes in our methodology overview.

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