Business First Bancshares, Inc. Earnings Call Transcript

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Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call July 25, 2024 5:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Matthew Sealy - SVP, Director of Corporate Strategy and FP&A
Jude Melville - President and CEO
Greg Robertson - CFO

Conference Call Participants

Matt Olney - Stephens
Michael Rose - Raymond James
Feddie Strickland - Hovde Group
Manuel Navas - D.A. Davidson

Operator

Thank you for standing by. My name is Mandeep and I'll be your operator today. At this time, I'd like to welcome everyone to the Business First Bancshares Q2 2024 Earnings Call. All lines being placed on mute, to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Thank you.

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

Matthew Sealy

Good afternoon, and thank you all for joining. Earlier today, we issued our second quarter 2024 earnings press release, a copy of which is available on our website, along with the slide presentation that we'll 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 the slide presentation is available at our website at www.b1bank.com. Please also note our Safe Harbor statements are available on Page 7 of our earnings press release that was filed with the SEC today. All comments made during our call today are subject to Safe Harbor statements in our slide presentation and earnings release.

I'm joined this afternoon by Business First Bancshares 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