 BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 25, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Business First Bancshares, Inc. NASDAQ: BFST Business First, parent company of b1BANK, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, today announced its unaudited results for the year ended December 31, 2020, including net income of 30.0 million, or 1.64 per diluted share, an increase of 6.2 million and decrease of 0.10, respectively, from prior year ended December 31, 2019. On a non-GAAP basis, core net income for the year ended December 31, 2020, which excludes certain income and expenses, was 37.5 million, or 2.05 per diluted share, an increase of 12.9 million and an increase of 0.25, respectively, from prior year ended December 31, 2019. 