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BFSTShares · US-listed

Business First Bancshares

7 yrs of growth
1.8%
dividend yield · $0.600 in the last 12 months · price $32.79
Forward yield
2.0%
$0.643 declared + forecast, next 12 months
Next ex-dividend date
13 Nov 2026
~ Forecast
5-year dividend growth
+7.3%
a year, compound · 10y –
Payments a year
4
paid every year for 8 yrs

When it goes ex-dividend

Filled: went ex in the last 12 months. Dashed: expected in the next 12.

Jan
Mar
Apr
Jun
Jul
Sep
Oct
Dec

Dividends per share by year

Price $32.79
$0.000$0.200$0.400$0.600$0.800201820192020202120222023202420252026
Yearly totals as a table
YearDividends per share
2026 (so far)$0.450
2025$0.570
2024$0.560
2023$0.500
2022$0.480
2021$0.460
2020$0.400
2019$0.380
2018$0.240

Coming up

  • 13
    Nov
    Dividend
    Ex-dividend in 4 days · paid around 4 Dec
    Forecast · high
    $0.161
  • 12
    Feb
    Dividend
    Ex-dividend in 95 days · paid around 5 Mar
    Forecast · high
    $0.161
  • 14
    May
    Dividend
    Ex-dividend in 186 days · paid around 4 Jun
    Forecast · high
    $0.161
  • 13
    Aug
    Dividend
    Ex-dividend in 277 days · paid around 3 Sept
    Forecast · high
    $0.161

Forecasts repeat last year's payments with recent growth, until the company declares. How accurate are they? No dividend declaration from this company in our records yet: we read the press releases it files with the SEC (8-K), and not every company files them.

Dividend history

34 payments since 2018
Ex-dividend dateAmount per share
14 Aug 2026$0.150
15 May 2026$0.150
13 Feb 2026$0.150
14 Nov 2025$0.150
15 Aug 2025$0.140
15 May 2025$0.140
14 Feb 2025$0.140
15 Nov 2024$0.140
15 Aug 2024$0.140
14 May 2024$0.140
14 Feb 2024$0.140
14 Nov 2023$0.140
All 34 payments
14 Aug 2023$0.120
12 May 2023$0.120
14 Feb 2023$0.120
14 Nov 2022$0.120
12 Aug 2022$0.120
12 May 2022$0.120
14 Feb 2022$0.120
12 Nov 2021$0.120
12 Aug 2021$0.120
13 May 2021$0.120
11 Feb 2021$0.100
12 Nov 2020$0.100
13 Aug 2020$0.100
14 May 2020$0.100
13 Feb 2020$0.100
14 Nov 2019$0.100
14 Aug 2019$0.100
14 May 2019$0.100
14 Feb 2019$0.080
14 Nov 2018$0.080
14 Aug 2018$0.080
14 May 2018$0.080

Amounts are adjusted for share splits and consolidations. Specials count in the history but not in yields or streaks.