Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. My name is Desiree, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Business First Bancshares Second 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 call over to Mr. Matt Sealy, Senior Vice President, Director, Corporate Strategy and FP and A. You may begin. Good afternoon. Thank you all for joining. Earlier today, we issued our second quarter twenty twenty six earnings press release, a copy of which is available on our website along with the slide presentation that we will 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 that the slide presentation is available on our website at www.v1bank.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 afternoon by Business First Bancshares' Chairman and CEO, 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 afternoon, and thank you all for joining us today. B1 Bank had an encouragingly solid second quarter, o...