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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Monday, April 1st. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th. View Bancorpsouth Bank's Dividend History.

Bancorpsouth Bank (NYSE:BXS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 23rd. The bank reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.03. The bank had revenue of $211.91 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $221.38 million. Bancorpsouth Bank had a net margin of 23.66% and a return on equity of 10.43%. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.41 EPS. View Bancorpsouth Bank's Earnings History.

Bancorpsouth Bank is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Bancorpsouth Bank.

6 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Bancorpsouth Bank's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $36.00. On average, they anticipate Bancorpsouth Bank's stock price to reach $33.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.0% 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.

Press coverage about BXS stock has trended somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Bancorpsouth Bank earned a news sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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Bancorpsouth Bank's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (12.59%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.45%), Northern Trust Corp (2.93%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.38%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.35%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.26%). 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, Barclays PLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Skyline Asset Management LP, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Keeley Teton Advisors LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC and California Public Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Bancorpsouth Bank.

BXS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, BlackRock Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Geode Capital Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Rhumbline Advisers, Kings Point Capital Management and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. 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 $33.13.

Bancorpsouth Bank has a market capitalization of $2.99 billion and generates $935.53 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $221.31 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.23 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]