Balanced news tone
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
News tone and price action are not far from neutral.
75/100 classification confidence.
directly relevant articles
high-authority source matches
-1.5% over one week, +3.2% over four weeks, trend active, and materially above fair value.
Business First Bancshares Acquires American Planning
Market Reaction
Balanced read
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
Positive
12
Neutral
27
Negative
0
Relevance
Why the article matched
Sources
Coverage mix
Event Lens
What the news is about
Sentiment Trail
Score over time
Above 50
Neutral zone
Below 50
News Tape
Relevant headlines
Barchart.com
Direct company coverage
How Is Huntington Bancshares' Stock Performance Compared to Other Regional Banks Stocks?
- Tone
- Neutral 50/100
- Event
- Market update
- Published
- 16 Jun 2026 07:00
- Source
- Barchart.com
Stock Titan
Direct company coverage
Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ: BFST) director sells 15,000 common shares
- Tone
- Neutral 50/100
- Event
- Market update
- Published
- 09 Jun 2026 07:00
- Source
- Stock Titan
Simply Wall St.
Direct company coverage
Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST) Passed Our Checks, And It's About To Pay A US$0.15 Dividend
- Tone
- Neutral 50/100
- Event
- Capital return
- Published
- 11 May 2026 12:37
- Source
- Simply Wall St.
Moby
Direct company coverage
Business First Bancshares, Inc. Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary
- Tone
- Neutral 50/100
- Event
- Earnings
- Published
- 28 Apr 2026 12:30
- Source
- Moby
GuruFocus.com
Direct company coverage
Business First Bancshares Inc (BFST) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Asset Growth ...
- Tone
- Positive 66/100
- Event
- Earnings
- Published
- 28 Apr 2026 07:02
- Source
- GuruFocus.com
MarketBeat
Direct company coverage
Business First Bancshares Q1 Earnings Call Highlights
- Tone
- Neutral 50/100
- Event
- Earnings
- Published
- 27 Apr 2026 15:45
- Source
- MarketBeat
AskTraders
Direct company coverage
First Citizens BancShares Stock (FCNCA) At Pivotal Point Into Earnings
- Tone
- Neutral 50/100
- Event
- Earnings
- Published
- 23 Jan 2026 08:00
- Source
- AskTraders
Stock Titan
Direct company coverage
North Louisiana gains 9 new bank branches in Business First takeover
- Tone
- Positive 66/100
- Event
- Market update
- Published
- 05 Jan 2026 08:00
- Source
- Stock Titan
MarketBeat
Direct company coverage
Business First Bancshares (BFST) Stock Price, News & Analysis $BFST
- Tone
- Neutral 50/100
- Event
- Market update
- Published
- 08 May 2018 11:06
- Source
- MarketBeat