Business First Bancshares, Inc. Added to Russell® 3000 Index
Business First Bancshares, Inc. Added to Russell® 3000 Index |
[25-June-2018] |
BATON ROUGE, La., June 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST), parent company of Business First Bank, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a business-focused regional bank, today announced it had been added to the broad-market Russell 3000® Index as part of the Russell Indexes annual reconstitution, which took effect after U.S. market close on Friday, June 22, 2018.
"We've come a long way in a short period of time," said Jude Melville, President and CEO of Business First. "Inclusion in the Russell 3000 Index in a sense validates our team's efforts thus far, but it also means that we now have to set the bar higher. I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of value we can create for our clients and our shareholders over the coming years." The Russell 3000® Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies. Russell U.S. Indexes are the leading U.S. equity benchmarks for institutional investors. This broad range of U.S. indexes allows investors to track current and historical market performance by specific size, investment style and other market characteristics. About Business First Bank Forward-Looking Statements
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Company Codes: NASDAQ-NMS:BFST |
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