Business First Bancshares Q1 Adj. EPS $0.73 Beats $0.69 Estimate, Sales $89.245M Miss $90.965M Estimate

Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST) reported quarterly earnings of $0.73 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.69 by 5.8 percent. This is a 12.31 percent increase over earnings of $0.65 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $89.245 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $90.965 million by 1.89 percent. This is a 12.67 percent increase over sales of $79.209 million the same period last year.