First Bancshares (OTCMKTS:FBSI - Get Free Report) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday. The financial services provider reported $0.71 EPS for the quarter, Zacks reports. The company had revenue of $6.02 million during the quarter.
First Bancshares Stock Performance
FBSI stock traded down $1.89 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $24.10. The company's stock had a trading volume of 174 shares, compared to its average volume of 306. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $25.00 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $24.89. The firm has a market capitalization of $58.52 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.89 and a beta of 0.06. First Bancshares has a 1 year low of $24.10 and a 1 year high of $25.99.
First Bancshares Increases Dividend
The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st were paid a dividend of $0.40 per share. This is a boost from First Bancshares's previous dividend of $0.30. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, April 1st. First Bancshares's dividend payout ratio is currently 14.60%.
About First Bancshares
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First Bancshares, Inc operates as the bank holding company for Stockmens Bank that provides banking and mortgage services to individual and corporate customers in southern Missouri, eastern Colorado, and southwestern Nebraska. It accepts various deposit products. The company also offers real estate loans, including one-to-four family residential mortgage loans, multi-family residential loans, commercial real estate loans, agricultural real estate loans, and home equity loans; and non-real estate loans, such as commercial business, agricultural business, and consumer loans.
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