First Bancshares, Inc. (OTCMKTS:FBSI) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

First Bancshares, Inc. (OTCMKTS:FBSI - Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 200 shares, a growth of 100.0% from the March 15th total of 100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days.

First Bancshares Stock Performance

FBSI remained flat at $24.65 on Thursday. First Bancshares has a fifty-two week low of $19.10 and a fifty-two week high of $32.20. The stock has a market capitalization of $59.90 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.90 and a beta of 0.12. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $28.31 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $25.64.

First Bancshares (OTCMKTS:FBSI - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 19th. The financial services provider reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of $5.78 million for the quarter.

First Bancshares Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced an annual dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 1st will be issued a $0.35 dividend. This is a boost from First Bancshares's previous annual dividend of $0.25. This represents a yield of 1.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 28th. First Bancshares's dividend payout ratio is presently 12.64%.

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.

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