NYSE:MSL - MidSouth Bancorp Stock Price, News & Analysis

MidSouth Bancorp trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MSL."

MidSouth Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share on Monday, July 1st. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.35%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 13th. View MidSouth Bancorp's Dividend History.

MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:MSL) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The bank reported ($0.17) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.18. The bank had revenue of $20.71 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $19.97 million. MidSouth Bancorp had a negative net margin of 38.21% and a negative return on equity of 10.41%. View MidSouth Bancorp's Earnings History.

MidSouth Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for MidSouth Bancorp.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MidSouth Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for MidSouth Bancorp.

Media coverage about MSL stock has trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. MidSouth Bancorp earned a daily sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for MidSouth Bancorp.

MidSouth Bancorp saw a decrease in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 405,100 shares, a decrease of 27.0% from the July 15th total of 555,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 77,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.3 days. Approximately 2.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View MidSouth Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to MidSouth Bancorp include CBTX (CBTX), Banc of California (BANC), Camden National (CAC), Green Bancorp (GNBC), Nicolet Bankshares (NCBS), Bridge Bancorp (BDGE), Hanmi Financial (HAFC), First of Long Island (FLIC), Bancorp (TBBK), First Bancshares (FBMS), Arrow Financial (AROW), Financial Institutions (FISI), American National BankShares (AMNB), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY) and Peoples Financial Services (PFIS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other MidSouth Bancorp investors own include Kimco Realty (KIM), Oasis Petroleum (OAS), Regions Financial (RF), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Cypress Semiconductor (CY), Sirius XM (SIRI), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Clorox (CLX) and Centurylink (CTL).

MidSouth Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.25%), Vanguard Group Inc. (5.05%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.66%), Natixis (2.47%), Natixis (2.47%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.01%). Company insiders that own MidSouth Bancorp stock include Andrew G Hargroder, C R Cloutier, Clayton Paul Hilliard and James R Mclemore Jr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for MidSouth Bancorp.

MSL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC and Wells Fargo & Company MN. View Insider Buying and Selling for MidSouth Bancorp.

MSL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Natixis, Natixis, OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd., BlackRock Inc., GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS INC., Vanguard Group Inc. and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for MidSouth Bancorp.

Shares of MSL 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MSL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.49.

MidSouth Bancorp has a market capitalization of $192.23 million and generates $95.06 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $-27,520,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.37) on an earnings per share basis. MidSouth Bancorp employs 474 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About MidSouth Bancorp.

The official website for MidSouth Bancorp is http://www.midsouthbank.com/.

MidSouth Bancorp's mailing address is 102 VERSAILLES BOULEVARD, LAFAYETTE LA, 70501. The bank can be reached via phone at 337-237-8343 or via email at [email protected]