Business Net Debt vs Inventory Analysis

BFST Stock

USD 28.38 0.43 1.54%

Business First financial indicator trend analysis is way more than just evaluating Business First Bancshares prevailing accounting drivers to predict future trends. We encourage investors to analyze account correlations over time for multiple indicators to determine whether Business First Bancshares is a good investment. Please check the relationship between Business First Net Debt and its Inventory accounts. Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Business First Bancshares. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in state.

Net Debt vs Inventory

Net Debt vs Inventory Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of Business First Bancshares Net Debt account and Inventory. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have pay attention.

The correlation between Business First's Net Debt and Inventory is -0.79. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Net Debt that can explain the historical movement of Inventory in the same time period over historical financial statements of Business First Bancshares, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of Business First's Net Debt and Inventory is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Net Debt of Business First Bancshares are associated (or correlated) with its Inventory. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Inventory has no effect on the direction of Net Debt i.e., Business First's Net Debt and Inventory go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

-0.79

Relationship Direction	Negative
Relationship Strength	Weak

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Net Debt

The total debt of a company minus its cash and cash equivalents. It represents the actual debt burden on the company after accounting for the liquid assets it holds.

Inventory

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At this time, Business First's Selling General Administrative is comparatively stable compared to the past year. Tax Provision is likely to gain to about 21 M in 2024, whereas Enterprise Value Multiple is likely to drop 11.56 in 2024.

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Gross Profit	186.6M	227.5M	245.8M	258.1M
Total Revenue	186.6M	227.5M	245.8M	258.1M

Gross Profit Total Revenue

Business First fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Total Current Liabilities	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Other Assets	Cash And Short Term Investments	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Non Current Liabilities Total	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Common Stock	Short Long Term Debt Total	Other Liab	Net Tangible Assets	Accounts Payable	Long Term Debt	Net Receivables	Short Term Investments	Inventory	Other Current Assets
Total Assets		0.71	0.99	0.98	0.87	0.98	0.91	0.78	0.65	0.96	0.74	0.89	0.67	0.88	1.0	0.41	0.89	0.92	0.64	0.9	-0.6	0.9	-0.64	0.89	-0.73	0.21
Total Current Liabilities	0.71		0.71	0.63	0.79	0.81	0.79	0.98	0.99	0.72	0.07	0.45	0.99	0.41	0.71	-0.01	0.41	0.83	0.15	0.45	-0.26	0.83	-0.3	0.39	-0.99	0.14
Total Stockholder Equity	0.99	0.71		0.98	0.86	0.98	0.93	0.78	0.65	0.97	0.73	0.9	0.67	0.9	0.99	0.45	0.9	0.92	0.61	0.9	-0.64	0.9	-0.68	0.87	-0.73	0.27
Property Plant And Equipment Net	0.98	0.63	0.98		0.79	0.94	0.87	0.72	0.57	0.92	0.79	0.91	0.59	0.9	0.98	0.4	0.91	0.85	0.74	0.92	-0.62	0.82	-0.65	0.91	-0.67	0.16
Net Debt	0.87	0.79	0.86	0.79		0.93	0.79	0.84	0.76	0.84	0.44	0.68	0.77	0.67	0.87	0.18	0.67	0.98	0.22	0.67	-0.39	0.99	-0.41	0.67	-0.79	0.05
Retained Earnings	0.98	0.81	0.98	0.94	0.93		0.91	0.87	0.76	0.94	0.61	0.83	0.78	0.81	0.98	0.32	0.82	0.97	0.52	0.83	-0.54	0.96	-0.58	0.82	-0.82	0.17
Cash	0.91	0.79	0.93	0.87	0.79	0.91		0.83	0.74	0.95	0.53	0.79	0.75	0.79	0.9	0.42	0.79	0.89	0.45	0.79	-0.64	0.87	-0.68	0.68	-0.8	0.39
Non Current Assets Total	0.78	0.98	0.78	0.72	0.84	0.87	0.83		0.98	0.77	0.18	0.54	0.99	0.5	0.78	0.04	0.51	0.87	0.25	0.54	-0.34	0.87	-0.32	0.51	-0.99	0.11
Non Currrent Assets Other	0.65	0.99	0.65	0.57	0.76	0.76	0.74	0.98		0.65	-0.01	0.38	1.0	0.35	0.65	-0.09	0.35	0.79	0.09	0.39	-0.22	0.79	-0.19	0.34	-0.98	0.07
Other Assets	0.96	0.72	0.97	0.92	0.84	0.94	0.95	0.77	0.65		0.67	0.85	0.67	0.86	0.95	0.55	0.86	0.91	0.54	0.85	-0.69	0.9	-0.73	0.81	-0.73	0.43
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.74	0.07	0.73	0.79	0.44	0.61	0.53	0.18	-0.01	0.67		0.84	0.01	0.84	0.74	0.68	0.86	0.48	0.83	0.83	-0.65	0.46	-0.71	0.89	-0.1	0.29
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	0.89	0.45	0.9	0.91	0.68	0.83	0.79	0.54	0.38	0.85	0.84		0.4	0.99	0.89	0.51	0.99	0.74	0.71	1.0	-0.67	0.72	-0.72	0.95	-0.5	0.27
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.67	0.99	0.67	0.59	0.77	0.78	0.75	0.99	1.0	0.67	0.01	0.4		0.37	0.67	-0.07	0.37	0.8	0.12	0.41	-0.24	0.8	-0.22	0.36	-0.99	0.08
Other Stockholder Equity	0.88	0.41	0.9	0.9	0.67	0.81	0.79	0.5	0.35	0.86	0.84	0.99	0.37		0.88	0.55	1.0	0.74	0.68	0.99	-0.69	0.72	-0.73	0.93	-0.46	0.31
Total Liab	1.0	0.71	0.99	0.98	0.87	0.98	0.9	0.78	0.65	0.95	0.74	0.89	0.67	0.88		0.41	0.89	0.92	0.64	0.89	-0.59	0.9	-0.64	0.89	-0.73	0.2
Total Current Assets	0.41	-0.01	0.45	0.4	0.18	0.32	0.42	0.04	-0.09	0.55	0.68	0.51	-0.07	0.55	0.41		0.54	0.25	0.47	0.5	-0.72	0.24	-0.81	0.5	0.02	0.87
Common Stock	0.89	0.41	0.9	0.91	0.67	0.82	0.79	0.51	0.35	0.86	0.86	0.99	0.37	1.0	0.89	0.54		0.73	0.72	1.0	-0.67	0.71	-0.71	0.95	-0.46	0.28
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.92	0.83	0.92	0.85	0.98	0.97	0.89	0.87	0.79	0.91	0.48	0.74	0.8	0.74	0.92	0.25	0.73		0.3	0.74	-0.47	1.0	-0.51	0.7	-0.83	0.15
Other Liab	0.64	0.15	0.61	0.74	0.22	0.52	0.45	0.25	0.09	0.54	0.83	0.71	0.12	0.68	0.64	0.47	0.72	0.3		0.73	-0.51	0.26	-0.54	0.81	-0.2	0.18
Net Tangible Assets	0.9	0.45	0.9	0.92	0.67	0.83	0.79	0.54	0.39	0.85	0.83	1.0	0.41	0.99	0.89	0.5	1.0	0.74	0.73		-0.66	0.72	-0.71	0.95	-0.5	0.26
Accounts Payable	-0.6	-0.26	-0.64	-0.62	-0.39	-0.54	-0.64	-0.34	-0.22	-0.69	-0.65	-0.67	-0.24	-0.69	-0.59	-0.72	-0.67	-0.47	-0.51	-0.66		-0.46	0.76	-0.63	0.32	-0.59
Long Term Debt	0.9	0.83	0.9	0.82	0.99	0.96	0.87	0.87	0.79	0.9	0.46	0.72	0.8	0.72	0.9	0.24	0.71	1.0	0.26	0.72	-0.46		-0.49	0.68	-0.83	0.15
Net Receivables	-0.64	-0.3	-0.68	-0.65	-0.41	-0.58	-0.68	-0.32	-0.19	-0.73	-0.71	-0.72	-0.22	-0.73	-0.64	-0.81	-0.71	-0.51	-0.54	-0.71	0.76	-0.49		-0.63	0.28	-0.7
Short Term Investments	0.89	0.39	0.87	0.91	0.67	0.82	0.68	0.51	0.34	0.81	0.89	0.95	0.36	0.93	0.89	0.5	0.95	0.7	0.81	0.95	-0.63	0.68	-0.63		-0.45	0.19
Inventory	-0.73	-0.99	-0.73	-0.67	-0.79	-0.82	-0.8	-0.99	-0.98	-0.73	-0.1	-0.5	-0.99	-0.46	-0.73	0.02	-0.46	-0.83	-0.2	-0.5	0.32	-0.83	0.28	-0.45		-0.1
Other Current Assets	0.21	0.14	0.27	0.16	0.05	0.17	0.39	0.11	0.07	0.43	0.29	0.27	0.08	0.31	0.2	0.87	0.28	0.15	0.18	0.26	-0.59	0.15	-0.7	0.19	-0.1

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Business First Account Relationship Matchups

Business First fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	2.3B	4.2B	4.7B	6.0B	6.6B	6.9B
Total Current Liabilities	1.4M	1.5M	7.5M	2.1M	4.8B	5.0B
Total Stockholder Equity	285.1M	410.0M	433.4M	580.5M	644.3M	676.5M
Property Plant And Equipment Net	29.3M	58.6M	58.2M	63.2M	69.5M	73.0M
Net Debt	28.6M	(65.0M)	100.1M	373.1M	390.1M	409.6M
Retained Earnings	56.7M	79.2M	121.9M	164.0M	216.1M	226.9M
Cash	89.4M	149.1M	68.4M	152.7M	226.1M	237.4M
Non Current Assets Total	375.2M	775.5M	1.2B	1.1B	6.2B	6.5B
Non Currrent Assets Other	(2.1M)	(17.3M)	(18.2M)	(42.9M)	5.1B	5.4B
Other Assets	1.5B	2.6B	2.4B	3.8B	4.4B	4.6B
Cash And Short Term Investments	367.6M	789.7M	1.1B	1.0B	377.2M	432.0M
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	13.7M	18.2M	20.6M	22.8M	25.3M	14.1M
Non Current Liabilities Total	118M	79.1M	168.4M	2.1M	5.9B	6.2B
Other Stockholder Equity	212.5M	299.5M	292.3M	393.7M	397.4M	210.3M
Total Liab	2.0B	3.8B	4.3B	5.4B	5.9B	6.2B
Total Current Assets	375.6M	813.6M	1.1B	1.1B	377.2M	692.9M
Common Stock	13.3M	20.6M	20.4M	25.1M	25.4M	14.5M
Short Long Term Debt Total	118M	84.2M	168.5M	525.9M	616.2M	647.0M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	2.3B	4.2B	4.7B	6.0B	6.6B	6.9B
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	2.6M	10.6M	(1.2M)	(74.2M)	(66.6M)	(63.3M)
Other Liab	6.0M	25.2M	26.8M	9.8M	11.2M	11.2M
Net Tangible Assets	229.9M	346.4M	361.3M	406.0M	466.9M	245.3M
Accounts Payable	1.5M	2.5M	1.4M	2.1M	14.8M	14.1M
Long Term Debt	118M	31M	168.4M	525.8M	616.2M	647.0M
Net Receivables	8.0M	23.9M	19.6M	25.7M	29.9M	28.4M
Short Term Investments	278.2M	640.6M	1.0B	890.8M	879.6M	515.1M
Inventory	(162.8M)	(356.2M)	(316.4M)	(195.4M)	(4.8B)	(4.5B)
Other Current Assets	162.8M	356.2M	316.4M	195.4M	408.8M	457.2M
Long Term Investments	290.8M	3.6B	1.0B	928.2M	913.5M	856.3M
Short Long Term Debt	10M	5.0M	20K	9K	8.1K	7.7K
Short Term Debt	78.0M	5.0M	20K	9K	323.3M	339.5M
Property Plant Equipment	29.3M	58.6M	58.2M	63.2M	72.7M	76.3M
Other Current Liab	(1.4M)	(1.5M)	(2.5M)	(2.1M)	(14.8M)	(14.1M)
Current Deferred Revenue	(917.0M)	(35.9M)	(76.5M)	(14.8M)	(17.1M)	(17.9M)
Good Will	48.5M	53.9M	59.9M	88.5M	88.4M	49.6M
Common Stock Total Equity	13.3M	20.6M	20.4M	25.1M	28.9M	16.1M
Retained Earnings Total Equity	56.7M	79.2M	121.9M	164.0M	188.5M	198.0M
Capital Surpluse	212.5M	299.5M	292.3M	393.7M	452.7M	237.3M
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	29.3M	58.6M	97.0M	111.4M	120.1M	126.2M
Non Current Liabilities Other	180.2M	100.2M	132.9M	462.7M	532.1M	558.8M

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