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The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

Value Score A
Growth Score A
Momentum Score A
VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1 Strong Buy 23.68%
2 Buy 17.55%
3 Hold 9.21%
4 Sell 4.93%
5 Strong Sell 2.36%
S&P 500 10.96%

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The Zacks Equity Research reports, or ZER for short, are our in-house, independently produced research reports.

The ever popular one-page Snapshot reports are generated for virtually every single Zacks Ranked stock. It's packed with all of the company's key stats and salient decision making information. Including the Zacks Rank, Zacks Industry Rank, Style Scores, the Price, Consensus & Surprise chart, graphical estimate analysis and how a stocks stacks up to its peers.

The detailed multi-page Analyst report does an even deeper dive on the company's vital statistics. In addition to all of the proprietary analysis in the Snapshot, the report also visually displays the four components of the Zacks Rank (Agreement, Magnitude, Upside and Surprise); provides a comprehensive overview of the company business drivers, complete with earnings and sales charts; a recap of their last earnings report; and a bulleted list of reasons to buy or sell the stock. It also includes an industry comparison table to see how your stock compares to its expanded industry, and the S&P 500.

Researching stocks has never been so easy or insightful as with the ZER Analyst and Snapshot reports.

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The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Company Summary

The FIRST BANCSHARES, INC., headquartered in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is the parent company of The First, A National Banking Association. The First is now ranked in the top twenty banks by asset size in Mississippi. The First has operations in Hattiesburg, Laurel, Purvis, Picayune, Pascagoula, Bay St. Louis, Wiggins and Gulfport, Mississippi. The Company and its subsidiary bank engage in a general commercial and retail banking business characterized by personalized service and local decision-making, emphasizing the banking needs of small to medium-sized businesses, professional concerns and individuals. The products and services offered by the bank include deposit services, loan products, mortgage loan divisions and other services.

General Information

The First Bancshares, Inc

6480 US HIGHWAY 98 WEST SUITE A

HATTIESBURG, MS 39402

Phone: 601-268-8998

Fax: 601-268-8904

Web: http://www.thefirstbank.com

Email: NA

Industry Banks - Southeast
Sector Finance
Fiscal Year End December
Last Reported Quarter 6/30/2024
Next EPS Date 10/23/2024

EPS Information

Current Quarter EPS Consensus Estimate 0.64
Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate 2.55
Estimated Long-Term EPS Growth Rate NA
Next EPS Report Date 10/23/2024

Price and Volume Information

Zacks Rank Premium
Yesterday's Close 33.98
52 Week High 34.40
52 Week Low 22.96
Beta 0.93
20 Day Moving Average 186,979.80
Target Price Consensus 34.75

FBMS

% Price Change
4 Week 6.19
12 Week 37.07
YTD 15.85
% Price Change Relative to S&P 500
4 Week 3.53
12 Week 31.53
YTD -5.14
Share Information
Shares Outstanding (millions) 31.20
Market Capitalization (millions) 1,060.36
Short Ratio NA
Last Split Date NA
Dividend Information
Dividend Yield 2.94%
Annual Dividend $1.00
Payout Ratio 0.38
Change in Payout Ratio 0.15
Last Dividend Payout / Amount 8/8/2024 / $0.25

Fundamental Ratios

P/E
P/E (F1) 13.32
Trailing 12 Months 12.92
PEG Ratio NA
EPS Growth
vs. Previous Year -25.88%
vs. Previous Quarter -3.08%
   
Sales Growth
vs. Previous Year 5.81%
vs. Previous Quarter 0.00%
   
Price Ratios
Price/Book 1.09
Price/Cash Flow 10.12
Price / Sales 2.62
ROE
6/30/24 8.82
3/31/24 9.73
12/31/23 10.60
ROA
6/30/24 1.05
3/31/24 1.14
12/31/23 1.22
Current Ratio
6/30/24 0.82
3/31/24 0.81
12/31/23 0.85
Quick Ratio
6/30/24 0.82
3/31/24 0.81
12/31/23 0.85
Operating Margin
6/30/24 20.57
3/31/24 22.59
12/31/23 24.90
Net Margin
6/30/24 18.71
3/31/24 20.00
12/31/23 19.47
Pre-Tax Margin
6/30/24 24.11
3/31/24 25.69
12/31/23 24.97
Book Value
6/30/24 31.13
3/31/24 30.75
12/31/23 30.52
Inventory Turnover
6/30/24 21.72
3/31/24 17.95
12/31/23 14.60
Debt-to-Equity
6/30/24 0.31
3/31/24 0.24
12/31/23 0.54
Debt to Capital
6/30/24 23.94
3/31/24 19.56
12/31/23 35.10