Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning, and thank you for standing by. My name is John, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Business First Bancshares First Quarter twenty twenty six Earnings Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question and answer session. I would now like to turn the conference over to Matt Sealy, Director of Corporate Strategy. Please go ahead. Thank you. Good morning, and thank you all for joining. Earlier today, we issued our first quarter twenty twenty six 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 three 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 on our website at ww.b1bank.com. Please also note our Safe Harbor statements are available on Page six of our earnings press release that was filed with 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 morning by Business First Bancshares' CEO and Chairman, Jude Melville Chief Financial Officer, Greg Robertson Chief Banking Officer, Philip Jordan and President of B1 Bank, Jerry Vasquez. After the presentation, we'll be happy to address any questions you may have. And with that, I'll turn the call over to you, Jude. Okay. Thanks, Matt. Good morning and thank you for joining us today. We know there are plenty of things you all could be doing on a Monday morning in a world enviro...