NYSE:BXS - Bancorpsouth Bank Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Bancorpsouth Bank trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BXS."

Bancorpsouth Bank declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share on Wednesday, January 2nd. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.38%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 13th. View Bancorpsouth Bank's Dividend History.

Bancorpsouth Bank (NYSE:BXS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 17th. The bank reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.56 by $0.01. The bank had revenue of $213.75 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $216.90 million. Bancorpsouth Bank had a return on equity of 10.16% and a net margin of 23.71%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.43 EPS. View Bancorpsouth Bank's Earnings History.

Bancorpsouth Bank is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Bancorpsouth Bank.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Bancorpsouth Bank's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $36.00. On average, they anticipate Bancorpsouth Bank's share price to reach $33.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Bancorpsouth Bank.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bancorpsouth Bank in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Bancorpsouth Bank.

News articles about BXS stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Bancorpsouth Bank earned a media sentiment score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

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Bancorpsouth Bank's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.91%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.35%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.63%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.36%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.35%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.93%). Company insiders that own Bancorpsouth Bank stock include James Elbert Campbell III, William James Threadgill Jr and William L Prater. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Bancorpsouth Bank.

BXS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., First Trust Advisors LP, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Loomis Sayles & Co. L P. View Insider Buying and Selling for Bancorpsouth Bank.

BXS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., Arbor Investment Advisors LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Trexquant Investment LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Kaizen Advisory LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Bancorpsouth Bank.

Shares of BXS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BXS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.59.

Bancorpsouth Bank has a market capitalization of $2.60 billion and generates $781.02 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $153.03 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.67 on an earnings per share basis.

The official website for Bancorpsouth Bank is http://www.bancorpsouth.com.

Bancorpsouth Bank's mailing address is ONE MISSISSIPPI PLAZA 201 SOUTH SPRING STREET, TUPELO MS, 38802-0789. The bank can be reached via phone at 662-680-2000 or via email at [email protected]