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   <title>Form  144        Business First Bancshare               Filed by: Cummings George W. III</title>
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   <title>Business First Banchsares (BFST) PT Lowered to $33 at Stephens</title>
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   <description>&lt;p&gt;Stephens analyst Matt Olney lowered the price target on Business First Banchsares (NASDAQ: BFST) to $33.00 (from $34.00) while maintaining a Overweight rating.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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   <title>Raymond James on Business First Banchsares (BFST): ' 1Q26 results that exceeded our forecasts/consensus on both a core EPS/PPNR basis'</title>
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   <description>&lt;p&gt;Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST) reported Q1 EPS of $0.73, $0.04 better than the analyst estimate of $0.69. Revenue for the quarter came in at $89.24 million versus the consensus estimate of $90.99 million.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For earnings history and earnings-related data on Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.streetinsider.com/ec_earnings.php?q=BFST&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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