First Bancshares (OTCMKTS:FBSI) Releases Earnings Results

First Bancshares (OTCMKTS:FBSI) announced its earnings results on Friday. The financial services provider reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, reports. The business had revenue of $5.72 million for the quarter.

First Bancshares Stock Performance

Shares of FBSI stock opened at $24.65 on Monday. First Bancshares has a one year low of $19.10 and a one year high of $32.20. The company’s 50-day moving average is $28.03 and its 200 day moving average is $25.68. The company has a market capitalization of $59.90 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.06 and a beta of 0.12.

First Bancshares Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed an annual dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 15th. Investors of record on Monday, April 1st will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share. This represents a yield of 1.21%. This is an increase from First Bancshares’s previous annual dividend of $0.25. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 28th. First Bancshares’s dividend payout ratio is 12.87%.

About First Bancshares

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.