News Sentiment

BFST sentiment intelligence

Business First Bancshares Inc news scored across direct company coverage, industry context, sector read-through, source quality, and freshness.

Weighted score 56 Balanced news tone 39 relevant articles
Exchange NASDAQ United States
Sector Financial Services Market context
Industry Banks - Regional Read-through group
Latest close 30.17 Week of 10 Jul 2026
Weighted tone 56/100

Balanced news tone

Market reaction Balanced read

News tone and price action are not far from neutral.

Primary event Market update

75/100 classification confidence.

Company focus 39

directly relevant articles

Source quality 2

high-authority source matches

Trend context Trend active

-1.5% over one week, +3.2% over four weeks, trend active, and materially above fair value.

Latest direct headline Positive

Business First Bancshares Acquires American Planning

Market Reaction

Balanced read

63/100 confidence

News tone and price action are not far from neutral.

Primary event Market update 75/100 classification
One-week reaction -1.5% Price digesting
Trend fit Trend active 3.2% over four weeks
Fair value 28.3% Materially above fair value

Sentiment Mix

Positive, neutral, negative

Weighted by relevance
Positive 12
Neutral 27
Negative 0

Relevance

Why the article matched

Direct first
Direct company coverage 39
Industry context 0
Sector context 0

Sources

Coverage mix

Publishers
Stock Titan 14
TradingView 4
Zacks 2
Finviz 2
MarketBeat 2
Biz New Orleans 1
Banking Dive 1
Investing.com Canada 1

Event Lens

What the news is about

Classified themes
Market update 17
Earnings 12
Deals and strategy 6
Capital return 3
Balance sheet 1

Sentiment Trail

Score over time

50 baseline
Above 50 Neutral zone Below 50

News Tape

Relevant headlines

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