BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES (BFST)
US12326C1053 - Common Stock
We assign a technical rating of 1 out of 10 to BFST. BFST has been an average performer in the overall market. Also recent evolutions are not that positive: both the medium and short term time frames give negative signs.
The short term trend is negative, as is the long term trend. There should be more interesting stocks out there.
BFST is currently showing a bear flag pattern! A bear flag pattern occurs when prices pull back slightly after a strong move down. This may present a good short opportunity.
BFST is one of the better performing stocks in the Banks industry, it outperforms 80% of 412 stocks in the same industry.
When compared to the yearly performance of all other stocks, BFST outperforms 67% of them, which is more or less in line with the market.
BFST is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is trading in the upper part of its 52 week range, so BFST is lagging the market slightly.
BFST has a bad technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. We see reduced volatility while prices have been consolidating in the most recent period. There is a support zone below the current price at 20.16, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone.
More info and screens
19.61
24.84
We found 2 important support areas.
- A support zone ranging from 20.14 to 20.16. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Support @19.81 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
4 important resistance areas can be observed.
- A resistance zone ranging from 20.24 to 20.56. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in the daily time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 21.15 to 21.59. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- A resistance zone ranging from 22.43 to 22.50. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @24.59 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS67.52
Mansfield-0.58
10 Day High21.54
10 Day Low19.86
20 Day High22.54
20 Day Low19.86
52 Week High25.57
52 Week Low13.05
Performance
1 Week0.1%
2 Weeks-2.75%
1 Month-5.88%
3 Month-11.88%
6 Month11.44%
12 Month26.62%
2 Year-8.98%
3 Year-15.15%
5 Year-20.75%
10 YearN/A
15 YearN/A
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
Technical Indicators
MACD(12,26,9)-0.09
RSI(14)38.2
LBB19.55
UBB22.05
BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES
NASDAQ:BFST (4/17/2024, 7:00:01 PM)
After market: 20.17 0 (0%)20.17
-0.03 (-0.15%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorFinancials
GICS IndustryBanks
Performance
% Chg-0.15%
1 Week0.1%
2 Weeks-2.75%
1 Month-5.88%
3 Month-11.88%
6 Month11.44%
12 Month26.62%
2 Year
3 Year
5 Year
10 Year
15 Year
Volatility
ATR(14)0.59
ATR(20)%3.25%
ATR Inc
Range Today0.3
ADR(20)
ADR(20)%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS
Mansfield
10 Day High21.54
10 Day Low19.86
20 Day High22.54
20 Day Low19.86
52 Week High25.57
52 Week Low13.05
CS1 End
CR1 Start
Volume & EV
DER(3)
DER(5)
Volume43.40K
Volume Incr-37.36%
Vol(5)33.90K
Vol(50)46.41K