Nasdaq · BFST · stock
Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) stock price history
Every Nasdaq trading session of Business First Bancshares, Inc. from Apr 23, 2018 to Nov 12, 2026: 2,153 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Jul 13, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
BFST adjusted close, 2018 to 2026
- $32.98
- All time high, 2026
- $33.69
- 52 week high, $23.93 low
- 2,153
- Daily sessions since 2018
Last updated Nov 12, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 2018 to 2026 series and minute bars.
BFST key facts
- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) closed at $32.41 on Nov 12, 2026 on Nasdaq.
- BFST's all time high close is $32.98, set on Nov 4, 2026; its all time low close is $8.34 on Mar 19, 2020.
- BFST's 52 week range is $23.93 to $33.69.
- BFST returned +30.9% over the year to Nov 12, 2026 and +27.2% over five years.
- Since Apr 23, 2018 BFST returned +43%, +4.3% a year compounded.
- BFST's deepest drawdown was -64.0% from Sep 20, 2018 to Mar 19, 2020.
- DataCedar holds 2,153 daily sessions of BFST history from Apr 23, 2018 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
BFST price chart, 2018 to 2026
BFST returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Nov 12, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | +5.2% |
| 3 months | +1.2% |
| 6 months | +20.3% |
| Year to date | +24.8% |
| 1 year | +30.9% |
| 3 years | +69.3% |
| 5 years | +27.2% |
| 10 years | n/a |
| Since Apr 23, 2018 | +42.8% |
| Compound annual growth, 8.6 years | +4.3% |
BFST records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- $32.98 on Nov 4, 2026
- All time low close
- $8.34 on Mar 19, 2020
- 52 week high
- $33.69 on Nov 5, 2026
- 52 week low
- $23.93 on Nov 17, 2025
- Deepest drawdown
- -64.0% from Sep 20, 2018 to Mar 19, 2020, recovered Oct 22, 2021
- Best single session
- +32.9% on Mar 26, 2020
- Worst single session
- -27.3% on Mar 16, 2020
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 21.6%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 48%
- Best calendar year
- 2021, +42%
- Worst calendar year
- 2022, -20%
BFST price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 2018 starts on Apr 23, 2018; 2026 runs to Nov 12, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $25.93 | $33.69 | $25.42 | $32.41 | +25.3% | 44.2M | 218 |
| 2025 | $25.02 | $28.16 | $19.51 | $25.86 | +4.0% | 26.2M | 250 |
| 2024 | $23.07 | $29.17 | $18.14 | $24.86 | +6.9% | 17.7M | 252 |
| 2023 | $20.38 | $24.13 | $12.06 | $23.26 | +14.4% | 19.1M | 250 |
| 2022 | $25.61 | $26.56 | $18.36 | $20.34 | -20.2% | 11.9M | 251 |
| 2021 | $18.18 | $26.17 | $17.67 | $25.49 | +41.7% | 10.1M | 252 |
| 2020 | $21.61 | $23.05 | $7.94 | $17.99 | -16.3% | 11.5M | 253 |
| 2019 | $20.40 | $22.19 | $18.43 | $21.49 | +4.5% | 3.5M | 252 |
| 2018 | $22.70 | $23.52 | $17.52 | $20.57 | n/a | 6.5M | 175 |
BFST monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | $32.41 | +1.9% |
| October 2026 | $31.80 | +5.7% |
| September 2026 | $30.09 | -3.0% |
| August 2026 | $31.02 | -2.5% |
| July 2026 | $31.82 | +3.5% |
| June 2026 | $30.73 | +7.9% |
| May 2026 | $28.48 | +4.6% |
| April 2026 | $27.23 | +1.3% |
| March 2026 | $26.89 | -1.0% |
| February 2026 | $27.15 | -2.6% |
| January 2026 | $27.87 | +7.8% |
| December 2025 | $25.86 | +0.5% |
About the BFST data
Daily bars. 2,153 sessions from Apr 23, 2018 to Nov 12, 2026, one row per Nasdaq trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Jul 13, 2026 forward, most recent session Nov 6, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are Nasdaq trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in USD. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Apr 23, 2018, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/nasdaq%3ABFST/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"Nearby on Nasdaq
Common questions
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