Brief: The First Bancshares Inc Reports 93% Increase in Net Income Available to Common Shareholders

First Bancshares (Mississippi)

22/04/2019 17:19

April 22 (Reuters) - First Bancshares Inc  FBMS.O :
    * THE FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. REPORTS A 93% INCREASE IN NET
INCOME
AVAILABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS; INCREASES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
BY 14%
    * Q1 OPERATING EARNINGS PER SHARE $0.63 EXCLUDING ITEMS
    * Q1 EARNINGS PER SHARE $0.48
    * QUARTERLY NET INTEREST INCOME $27.1 MILLION, AN INCREASE
OF
$10.8 MILLION
    * NET INTEREST INCOME FOR Q1 OF 2019 WAS $27.1 MILLION, AN
INCREASE OF $10.8 MILLION WHEN COMPARED TO Q1 OF 2018

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