Business First Q1 FY26 net income rises 5.74% to $22.2 million; EPS slips to $0.68

• Business First Bancshares posted Q1 2026 net income available to common shareholders of $22.2 million, up $1.2 million from the prior quarter.
• Diluted EPS slipped to $0.68, down $0.03 versus the prior quarter.
• Revenue metric net interest income climbed to $75.2 million from $70.9 million in the prior quarter.
• Net interest margin narrowed 6 basis points to 3.65% as loan yields fell 27 basis points to 6.61%.
• Business First closed its Progressive Bancorp acquisition on Jan. 1, adding nine banking centers, while also launching an agentic AI partnership with Covecta and saying it does not expect material acquisition synergies to show up until after conversion in the third quarter.

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