First Bancshares Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 1/6

First Bancshares is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 1.4% that is well covered by earnings.

Key information

1.4%

Dividend yield

n/a

Buyback Yield

Total Shareholder Yield	n/a
Future Dividend Yield	n/a
Dividend Growth	-3.8%
Next dividend pay date	n/a
Ex dividend date	n/a
Dividend per share	US$0.350
Payout ratio	13%

Recent dividend and buyback updates

Recent updates

Stability and Growth of Payments

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Stable Dividend: Whilst dividend payments have been stable, FBSI has been paying a dividend for less than 10 years.

Growing Dividend: FBSI's dividend payments have increased, but the company has only paid a dividend for 6 years.

Dividend Yield vs Market

First Bancshares Dividend Yield vs Market

How does FBSI dividend yield compare to the market?
Segment	Dividend Yield
Company (FBSI)	1.4%
Market Bottom 25% (US)	1.4%
Market Top 25% (US)	4.5%
Industry Average (Banks)	2.7%
Analyst forecast (FBSI) (up to 3 years)	n/a

Notable Dividend: FBSI's dividend (1.4%) isn’t notable compared to the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.44%).

High Dividend: FBSI's dividend (1.4%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.5%).

Current Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: With its low payout ratio (12.6%), FBSI's dividend payments are thoroughly covered by earnings.

Future Payout to Shareholders

Future Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to determine if a dividend will be paid in 3 years or that it will be covered by earnings.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/24 02:24
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/17 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

First Bancshares, Inc. is covered by 0 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

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