Brief: First Bancshares Reports Q4 EPS $0.75

First Bancshares (Mississippi)

26/01/2022 04:24

Jan 25 (Reuters) - First Bancshares Inc (Mississippi)
 FBMS.O :
    * FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. REPORTS RESULTS FOR FOURTH QUARTER
ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2021; INCREASES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND 6%
    * Q4 EARNINGS PER SHARE $0.75
    * QTRLY NET INTEREST INCOME INCREASED $0.2 MILLION, OR 0.45%
    * DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE OPERATING INCREASED $0.11 FROM
$0.65
FOR Q4 OF 2020 TO $0.76 FOR Q4 OF 2021
    * NET INTEREST INCOME FOR Q4 OF 2021 WAS $39.8 MILLION, AN
INCREASE OF $0.3 MILLION OR 0.7% WHEN COMPARED TO Q4 OF 2020
    * BOARD OF DIRECTORS DECLARED CASH DIVIDEND OF $0.17, A 6%
INCREASE OVER PREVIOUS QUARTER

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