Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Business First Bancshares, Inc. ( BFST ) Q2 2026 Earnings Call July 23, 2026 5:00 PM EDT

Company Participants

Matthew Sealy

David Melville - Chairman, President & CEO

Gregory Robertson - Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer

Conference Call Participants

Matt Olney - Stephens Inc., Research Division

Feddie Strickland - Hovde Group, LLC, Research Division

Gary Tenner - D.A. Davidson & Co., Research Division

Christopher Marinac - Brean Capital, LLC, Research Division

Michael Rose - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division

Presentation Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. My name is Desiree, and I will be your conference operator today.

At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Business First Bancshares second quarter 2026 earnings call.

[Operator Instructions]

I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Matt Sealy, Senior Vice President, Director, Corporate Strategy and FP&A.

You may begin.

Matthew Sealy

Good afternoon. Thank you all for joining.

Earlier today, we issued our second quarter 2026 earnings press release, a copy of which is available on our website along with the slide presentation that we will reference during today's call.

Please refer to slide 3 of our presentation, which includes our safe harbor statements regarding forward-looking statements and the use of non-GAAP financial measures.

For those of you joining by phone, please note that the slide presentation is available on our website at www.b1bank.com.

Please also note our safe harbor statements are available on page 6 of our earnings press release that was filed with the SEC today.

All comments made during today's call are subject to the safe harbor statements in our slide presentation and earnings release.

I'm joined this afternoon by Business First Bancshares Chairman and CEO, Jude Melville; Chief Financial Officer, Greg Robertson; Chief Banking Officer, Philip Jordan, and President of b1BANK, Jerry Vascocu.