BancorpSouth Company Profile (NYSE:BXS)

About BancorpSouth

BancorpSouth, Inc. is a financial holding company. The Company, through its principal bank subsidiary, BancorpSouth Bank (the Bank), conducts commercial banking and financial services operations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas and Illinois. The Company's segments include Community Banking, Insurance Agencies, and General Corporate and Other. Its Community Banking segment provides a range of deposit products, commercial loans and consumer loans. Its Insurance Agencies segment serves as agents in the sale of commercial lines of insurance and full lines of property and casualty, life, health and employee benefits products and services. Its General Corporate and Other segment includes mortgage lending, trust services, credit card activities, investment services and other activities not allocated to the Community Banking or Insurance Agencies segments.

Industry, Sector and Symbol:

Sector: Finance
Industry: Regional - Southeast Banks
Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
Exchange: NYSE
Symbol: BXS
CUSIP: 05969210

Key Metrics:

Previous Close: $23.90
50 Day Moving Average: $24.20
200 Day Moving Average: $22.92
52-Week Range: $94,566,000.00 - $18.69
Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.99
Foreward P/E Ratio: 13.98
P/E Growth: 3.14
Market Cap: $2.25B
Outstanding Shares: 94,566,000
Beta: 1.36

Profitability:

Net Margins: 15.25%
Return on Equity: 8.36%
Return on Assets: 1.01%

Debt:

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.23%
Current Ratio: 0.93%
Quick Ratio: 0.91%

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Consensus Ratings for BancorpSouth (NYSE:BXS) (?)

Ratings Breakdown:	5 Hold Ratings, 3 Buy Ratings
Consensus Rating:	Hold (Score: 2.38)
Consensus Price Target:	$24.71 (3.97% upside)

Analysts' Ratings History for BancorpSouth (NYSE:BXS)

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Date	Firm	Action	Rating	Price Target
7/22/2016	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$24.00
7/9/2016	FBR & Co	Reiterated Rating	Buy
6/30/2016	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Upgrade	Market Perform -> Outperform	$24.00 -> $25.00
4/22/2016	Royal Bank Of Canada	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$25.00 -> $26.00
4/22/2016	Hovde Group	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$21.50 -> $25.00
1/29/2016	Jefferies Group	Lower Price Target	Hold	$26.00 -> $23.00
10/29/2015	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target		$23.00 -> $24.00
10/23/2015	SunTrust Banks Inc.	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$26.00
10/5/2015	Raymond James Financial Inc.	Downgrade	Outperform -> Market Perform
6/30/2015	Wunderlich	Boost Price Target	Buy	$28.00 -> $30.00
4/22/2015	Stephens	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$24.00 -> $26.00

(Data available from 9/25/2014 forward)

Earnings History for BancorpSouth (NYSE:BXS)

Date	Quarter	Consensus Estimate	Actual EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Release Link	Conference Call
10/17/2016
7/20/2016	Q216	$0.39	$0.39	$186.59 million		View	N/A
4/20/2016	Q116	$0.37	$0.34	$184.64 million		View	N/A
1/25/2016	Q415	$0.37	$0.33	$181.02 million	$178.62 million	View	Listen
10/19/2015	Q315	$0.37	$0.36	$184.09 million		View	Listen
7/20/2015	Q215	$0.35	$0.41	$182.93 million		View	N/A
4/20/2015	Q115	$0.33	$0.33	$179.64 million		View	N/A
1/21/2015	Q414	$0.32	$0.30	$176.19 million		View	N/A
10/20/2014	Q314	$0.33	$0.30	$176.90 million		View	N/A
7/21/2014	Q214	$0.33	$0.33	$177.24 million		View	Listen
4/21/2014	Q114	$0.30	$0.30	$172.94 million		View	Listen
1/23/2014	Q413	$0.28	$0.29	$165.67 million		View	Listen
10/22/2013	Q313	$0.26	$0.26	$173.33 million		View	Listen
7/22/2013	Q2 2013	$0.22	$0.22	$170.53 million		View	Listen
4/22/2013	Q1 2013	$0.21	$0.22	$173.30 million		View	Listen
1/23/2013	Q4 2012	$0.24	$0.18	$175.13 million		View	N/A
10/18/2012		$0.23	$0.25			View	N/A
7/23/2012		$0.20	$0.22			View	N/A
4/23/2012		$0.16	$0.25			View	N/A
1/17/2012		$0.14	$0.16			View	N/A
10/24/2011		$0.15	$0.14			View	N/A
7/25/2011		$0.04	$0.15			View	N/A
4/26/2011		$0.09	$0.01			View	N/A
1/27/2011		$0.01	$0.19			View	N/A

(Data available from 1/1/2011 forward)

Earnings Estimates for BancorpSouth (NYSE:BXS)

Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $1.52 EPS
Next Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $1.70 EPS

Quarter	Number of Estimates	Low Estimate	High Estimate	Average Estimate
Q1 2016	5	$0.34	$0.41	$0.37
Q2 2016	4	$0.39	$0.42	$0.40
Q3 2016	4	$0.39	$0.42	$0.40
Q4 2016	6	$0.38	$0.43	$0.41
Q1 2017	2	$0.38	$0.40	$0.39
Q2 2017	2	$0.41	$0.43	$0.42
Q3 2017	2	$0.43	$0.45	$0.44
Q4 2017	2	$0.42	$0.42	$0.42

(Data provided by Zacks Investment Research)

Current Dividend Information for BancorpSouth (NYSE:BXS)

Annual Dividend:	$0.50
Dividend Yield:	2.10%
Dividend Growth:	101.00% (3 Year Average)
Payout Ratio:	42.02% (Based on Trailing 12 Months of Earnings) 32.89% (Based on Current Year Consensus EPS Estimate) 29.41% (Based on Next Year Consensus EPS Estimate)
Track Record:	3 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth

Dividend History for BancorpSouth (NYSE:BXS)

Announced	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/28/2016	quarterly	$0.13	2.09%	9/13/2016	9/15/2016	10/3/2016
4/28/2016	quarterly	$0.10	1.71%	6/13/2016	6/15/2016	7/1/2016
1/28/2016	quarterly	$0.10	1.95%	3/11/2016	3/15/2016	4/1/2016
10/29/2015	quarterly	$0.10	1.57%	12/11/2015	12/15/2015	1/4/2016
7/23/2015	quarterly	$0.10	1.55%	9/11/2015	9/15/2015	10/1/2015
4/23/2015	quarterly	$0.08	1.22%	6/11/2015	6/15/2015	7/1/2015
1/29/2015	quarterly	$0.08	1.49%	3/12/2015	3/16/2015	4/1/2015
10/22/2014	quarterly	$0.08	1.4%	12/11/2014	12/15/2014	1/2/2015
7/23/2014	quarterly	$0.08	1.38%	9/11/2014	9/15/2014	10/1/2014
4/23/2014	quarterly	$0.05	0.85%	6/11/2014	6/13/2014	7/1/2014
1/22/2014	quarterly	$0.05	0.8%	3/12/2014	3/14/2014	4/1/2014
10/23/2013	quarterly	$0.05	0.9%	12/11/2013	12/13/2013	1/2/2014
8/28/2013	quarterly	$0.05	1.01%	9/11/2013	9/13/2013	10/1/2013
4/24/2013	quarterly	$0.01	0.25%	6/12/2013	6/14/2013	7/1/2013
1/23/2013	quarterly	$0.01	0.28%	3/13/2013	3/15/2013	4/1/2013
1/23/2013	quarterly	$0.01			3/15/2013	4/11/2013

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Insider Trading History for BancorpSouth (NYSE:BXS)

Insider Ownership Percentage: 3.93%
Institutional Ownership Percentage: 62.98%

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction
8/24/2016	James Ronald Hodges	Insider	Sell	103	$24.09	$2,481.27
8/22/2016	James Ronald Hodges	Insider	Sell	4,543	$24.01	$109,077.43
7/23/2015	Deborah M Cannon	Director	Buy	2,000	$26.28	$52,560.00
6/8/2015	Deborah M Cannon	Director	Buy	2,000	$25.20	$50,400.00
5/19/2015	Gordon Ray Lewis	VP	Sell	5,839	$24.98	$145,858.22
5/6/2015	Keith J Jackson	Director	Sell	1,180	$24.21	$28,567.80
4/29/2015	William L Prater	CFO	Sell	5,869	$24.60	$144,377.40
2/27/2015	William James Threadgill Jr	VP	Sell	4,473	$22.46	$100,463.58
2/26/2015	Cathy Smith Freeman	VP	Sell	1,263	$22.50	$28,417.50
2/25/2015	James Ronald Hodges	VP	Sell	1,382	$22.08	$30,514.56
8/29/2014	Chris A Bagley	COO	Buy	25,000	$21.15	$528,750.00
3/6/2014	James Virgil Kelley	COO	Sell	2,535	$25.00	$63,375.00
3/4/2014	Gordon Ray Lewis	EVP	Sell	6,240	$24.70	$154,128.00
2/28/2014	James Virgil Kelley	COO	Sell	4,680	$23.77	$111,243.60
2/27/2014	James Ronald Hodges	VP	Sell	1,047	$23.77	$24,887.19
2/14/2014	Gordon Ray Lewis	EVP	Sell	7,775	$23.76	$184,734.00
2/10/2014	James Ronald Hodges	VP	Sell	5,720	$23.12	$132,246.40
1/27/2014	Cathy Smith Freeman	EVP	Sell	6,844	$24.65	$168,704.60
1/27/2014	James Virgil Kelley	COO	Sell	17,863	$24.56	$438,715.28
1/27/2014	Thomas Holmes Turner	Director	Buy	15,592	$24.43	$380,912.56
2/26/2013	James D Rollins III	CEO	Buy	57,100	$14.61	$834,231.00

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Latest Headlines for BancorpSouth (NYSE:BXS)

Date	Headline
	BancorpSouth (BXS) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.01 EPS - Petro Global News 24 (NYSE:BXS) petroglobalnews24.com - September 23 at 3:27 PM
	BancorpSouth, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bearish Manner : BXS-US : September 15, 2016 (NYSE:BXS) www.capitalcube.com - September 15 at 12:49 PM
	Institutional Investors Have Decreased Positions in BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE:BXS) - Post News (NYSE:BXS) www.kentuckypostnews.com - September 9 at 3:56 PM
	Stock Sliding Down Over the Last Month: BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE:BXS) - Post News (NYSE:BXS) www.kentuckypostnews.com - September 8 at 3:54 PM
	Gilliam Joins BancorpSouth as President of the Bank's Equipment Finance and Leasing Division - PR Newswire (press release) (NYSE:BXS) www.prnewswire.com - September 8 at 6:55 AM
	Placing BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE:BXS) Shares Under the Microscope - Post News (NYSE:BXS) www.kentuckypostnews.com - September 7 at 4:04 PM
	Gilliam Joins BancorpSouth as President of the Bank's Equipment Finance and Leasing DivisionWill Receive 2016 Distinguished Service Award (NYSE:BXS) www.lessors.com - September 7 at 10:04 AM
	Gilliam Joins BancorpSouth as President of the Bank's Equipment Finance and Leasing Division (NYSE:BXS) www.publicnow.com - September 6 at 8:58 PM
	BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE:BXS) Earnings Preview: Should Investors Be Nervous? - The Voice Registrar (NYSE:BXS) voiceregistrar.com - September 2 at 3:51 PM
	Financial stocks for your portfolio: Cincinnati Financial Corp. (CINF), BancorpSouth, Inc. (BXS) - The Independent Republic (NYSE:BXS) theindependentrepublic.com - August 31 at 8:48 AM
	Insider Trading Activity - BancorpSouth, Inc. Common Stock (NYSE:BXS) - Finance Daily (NYSE:BXS) www.fidaily.com - August 26 at 4:09 PM
	BancorpSouth : to Present at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2016 Community Bank Investor Conference (NYSE:BXS) www.4-traders.com - August 25 at 4:04 PM
	The Statistics Don't Lie: BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE:BXS) Earnings Preview - The Voice Registrar (NYSE:BXS) voiceregistrar.com - August 20 at 8:59 AM
	[$$] ‘Mystery Shoppers’ for Home Loans: Government Uses Undercover Techniques on Bank (NYSE:BXS) www.wsj.com - August 17 at 9:28 PM
	Analysts Valuations For Two Stocks: PDL BioPharma Inc (PDLI), BancorpSouth, Inc. (BXS) - The Voice Registrar (NYSE:BXS) voiceregistrar.com - August 17 at 12:14 PM
	New Market Report: BancorpSouth, Inc. (BXS) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review (NYSE:BXS) reports.pr-inside.com - August 16 at 4:06 PM
	Momentum Stocks in Focus: PDL BioPharma, Inc. (PDLI) BancorpSouth, Inc. (BXS) Huntsman Corporation (HUN) - iStreetWire (NYSE:BXS) istreetwire.com - August 16 at 10:52 AM
	BANCORPSOUTH INC Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events (NYSE:BXS) biz.yahoo.com - August 15 at 11:14 AM
	State Street Corp Lowers Its Ownership in BancorpSouth, Inc. Common Stock (BXS) Stock Last Quarter - Finance Daily (NYSE:BXS) www.fidaily.com - August 12 at 3:30 PM
	BANCORPSOUTH INC Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report (NYSE:BXS) biz.yahoo.com - August 9 at 12:56 PM
	BANCORPSOUTH : MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS. (form 10-Q) (NYSE:BXS) www.4-traders.com - August 8 at 9:26 PM
	BancorpSouth Reaches Analyst Target Price (NYSE:BXS) www.nasdaq.com - August 8 at 9:26 PM
	BancorpSouth (NYSE:BXS) To Report September 2016 Results - The Voice Registrar (NYSE:BXS) voiceregistrar.com - August 8 at 4:03 PM
	BancorpSouth Receives America Saves Designation of Savings Excellence for Banks (NYSE:BXS) finance.yahoo.com - August 4 at 9:44 PM
	BancorpSouth(NYSE:BXS) Declares Dividend of $0.1250. - Trade Calls (NYSE:BXS) www.tradecalls.org - August 4 at 4:09 PM
	4:31 pm BancorpSouth increases quarterly cash dividend to $0.125/share from $0.10/share (NYSE:BXS) finance.yahoo.com - July 27 at 4:31 PM
	BancorpSouth, Inc. Announces Increase in Quarterly Dividend to $0.125 per Common Share (NYSE:BXS) finance.yahoo.com - July 27 at 4:30 PM
	BancorpSouth, Inc. to Present at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2016 Community Bank Investor Conference (NYSE:BXS) finance.yahoo.com - July 26 at 4:30 PM
	BancorpSouth Inc (NYSE:BXS) Realized Volatility Hits An Unsually High Level - CML News (NYSE:BXS) news.cmlviz.com - July 22 at 4:04 PM
	BancorpSouth, Inc. :BXS-US: Earnings Analysis: Q2, 2016 By the Numbers : July 22, 2016 (NYSE:BXS) www.capitalcube.com - July 22 at 12:16 PM
	BancorpSouth announces second quarter 2016 financial results (NYSE:BXS) www.wdam.com - July 22 at 12:09 PM
	Edited Transcript of BXS earnings conference call or presentation 21-Jul-16 3:00pm GMT (NYSE:BXS) finance.yahoo.com - July 21 at 5:53 PM
	BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE:BXS): Sell-Side Ratings and Company Earnings Glance - Engelwood Daily (NYSE:BXS) www.engelwooddaily.com - July 21 at 8:49 AM
	BANCORPSOUTH INC Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financi (NYSE:BXS) biz.yahoo.com - July 21 at 8:02 AM
	Earnings Focus and Crowd Sourced Sentiment Review for BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE:BXS) - TGP (NYSE:BXS) telanaganapress.com - July 20 at 11:18 PM
	Shares Positive Over the Past Month: BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE:BXS) - TGP (NYSE:BXS) telanaganapress.com - July 20 at 5:05 PM
	BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE:BXS): Analysts Expecting $0.39 Per Share - TGP (NYSE:BXS) telanaganapress.com - July 20 at 5:05 PM
	BancorpSouth meets 2Q profit forecasts (NYSE:BXS) sg.finance.yahoo.com - July 20 at 5:02 PM
	Q2 2016 BancorpSouth Inc Earnings Release - After Market Close (NYSE:BXS) biz.yahoo.com - July 20 at 7:07 AM
	Anticipated Earnings Per Share Rise for BancorpSouth, Inc. (BXS) - Consumer Eagle (NYSE:BXS) www.consumereagle.com - July 19 at 4:06 PM
	Equity Roundup: Stock Performance Focus on BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE:BXS) - Press Telegraph (NYSE:BXS) presstelegraph.com - July 19 at 4:06 PM
	Stock Focus: Following Analyst Expectations on Shares of BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE:BXS) - TGP (NYSE:BXS) telanaganapress.com - July 19 at 4:06 PM
	BancorpSouth, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bullish Manner : BXS-US : July 13, 2016 (NYSE:BXS) www.capitalcube.com - July 13 at 8:12 AM
	BancorpSouth Breaks Above 200-Day Moving Average - Bullish for BXS (NYSE:BXS) www.nasdaq.com - July 12 at 4:05 PM
	BancorpSouth's [email protected] Mortgage Program (NYSE:BXS) finance.yahoo.com - July 6 at 7:00 AM
	KBW disclosed (NYSE:BXS) BancorpSouth Inc, bumping up its stock price target to $25 earlier today (NYSE:BXS) breakingfinancenews.com - July 1 at 12:06 PM
	BancorpSouth Announces Second Quarter Earnings Webcast Schedule (NYSE:BXS) finance.yahoo.com - June 30 at 6:07 PM
	BancorpSouth upgraded by Keefe Bruyette (NYSE:BXS) finance.yahoo.com - June 30 at 6:20 AM
	BancorpSouth Announces Settlement Agreement With U.S. Department of Justice and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (NYSE:BXS) finance.yahoo.com - June 29 at 9:05 PM
	BancorpSouth (BXS) Enters Settlement with DOJ, CFPB Over Alleged FHA, ECO Act Violations (NYSE:BXS) www.streetinsider.com - June 29 at 9:05 PM