BFST - Business First Bancshares Inc. (BFST) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

2024-04-26 00:43:09 ET

Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST)

Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call

April 25, 2024 05:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Matthew Sealy - SVP, Director of Corporate Strategy and FP&A

Jude Melville - President and CEO

Greg Robertson - CFO

Philip Jordan - Chief Banking Officer

Jerry Vascocu - Chief Administrative Officer

Conference Call Participants

Matthew Olney - Stephens

Michael Rose - Raymond James

Feddie Strickland - Janney

Manuel Navas - D.A. Davidson

Presentation

Operator

Thank you for standing by. My name is Mandeep, and I'll be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Business First Bancshares Q1 2024 Earnings Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers’ remarks, there'll be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]. Thank you.

I will now turn the conference over to Matt Sealey, SVP, Director of Corporate Strategy and FP&A. You may begin.

Matthew Sealy

Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you all for joining. Earlier today, we issued our first quarter 2024 earnings press release, a copy of which is available on our website along with the slide presentation that we will reference to on today's call. Please refer to Slide three of our presentation, which includes the safe harbor statements regarding forward-looking statements and the use of non-GAAP financial measures.

For those of you joining by phone, please note the slide presentation is available on our website at www.b1bank.com. Please also note our safe harbor statements are available on Page seven of our earnings press release that was filed at 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’s President and CEO, Jude Melville, Chief Financial Officer, Greg Robertson; Chief Banking Officer, Philip Jordan; and Chief Administrative Officer, Jerry Vascocu. After the presentation, we'll be happy to address any questions you may have....

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