First Bancshares, Inc. (OTCMKTS:FBSI) Increases Dividend to $0.35 Per Share

First Bancshares, Inc. (OTCMKTS:FBSI) announced an annual dividend on Tuesday, February 20th, NASDAQ reports. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 1st will be given a dividend of 0.35 per share by the financial services provider on Monday, April 15th. This represents a yield of 1.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 28th. This is an increase from First Bancshares’s previous annual dividend of $0.25.

First Bancshares Price Performance

Shares of FBSI remained flat at $25.01 during trading hours on Tuesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $29.30 and a 200 day simple moving average of $25.53. First Bancshares has a 1-year low of $18.85 and a 1-year high of $32.20. The company has a market capitalization of $60.77 million, a PE ratio of 9.03 and a beta of 0.13.

First Bancshares (OTCMKTS:FBSI) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 19th. The financial services provider reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $5.78 million during the quarter.

First Bancshares Company Profile

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.