First Bancshares's last quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share was on May 9, 2022 (ex-date). The annualized dividend payment of $0.66 per share represents a current dividend yield of 2.23%. The latest FBMS payout of $0.18 marks a dividend growth of 6%.
First Bancshares's dividend yield of 2.23% is lower than the Financial Services sector, the industry and its peers average.
First Bancshares has a history of paying dividends since 2010. Our records of FBMS show that the company has issued four quarterly dividends in the last twelve months. The annualized DPS marks an increase of 35% since one year ago. And with the stock price down by 22% from a year ago, the dividend yield marks an increase of 73%.
Declared on | Ex-date | Payment date | Amount | Type |
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Apr 26, 2022 | May 9, 2022 | May 25, 2022 | $0.18 | normal |
Feb 9, 2022 | Feb 25, 2022 | $0.17 | normal | |
Oct 25, 2021 | Nov 9, 2021 | Nov 26, 2021 | $0.16 | normal |
Jul 26, 2021 | Aug 9, 2021 | Aug 25, 2021 | $0.15 | normal |
Apr 21, 2021 | May 7, 2021 | May 25, 2021 | $0.14 | normal |
Feb 9, 2021 | Feb 25, 2021 | $0.13 | normal | |
Oct 26, 2020 | Nov 9, 2020 | Nov 24, 2020 | $0.12 | normal |
Jul 27, 2020 | Aug 7, 2020 | Aug 24, 2020 | $0.1 | normal |
Apr 16, 2020 | May 8, 2020 | May 26, 2020 | $0.1 | normal |
Jan 16, 2020 | Feb 6, 2020 | Feb 21, 2020 | $0.1 | normal |
Oct 17, 2019 | Nov 7, 2019 | Nov 22, 2019 | $0.08 | normal |
Jul 18, 2019 | Aug 8, 2019 | Aug 23, 2019 | $0.08 | normal |
Apr 22, 2019 | May 9, 2019 | May 24, 2019 | $0.08 | normal |
Jan 17, 2019 | Feb 8, 2019 | Feb 26, 2019 | $0.07 | normal |
Oct 18, 2018 | Nov 6, 2018 | Nov 23, 2018 | $0.05 | normal |
Jul 19, 2018 | Aug 6, 2018 | Aug 22, 2018 | $0.05 | normal |
Apr 19, 2018 | May 4, 2018 | May 22, 2018 | $0.05 | normal |
Jan 18, 2018 | Feb 2, 2018 | Feb 22, 2018 | $0.05 | normal |
Oct 19, 2017 | Nov 2, 2017 | Nov 22, 2017 | $0.038 | normal |
Jul 20, 2017 | Aug 2, 2017 | Aug 24, 2017 | $0.038 | normal |
Apr 20, 2017 | May 1, 2017 | May 24, 2017 | $0.038 | normal |
Jan 19, 2017 | Feb 2, 2017 | Feb 24, 2017 | $0.038 | normal |
Oct 14, 2016 | Nov 2, 2016 | Nov 23, 2016 | $0.038 | normal |
Jul 22, 2016 | Aug 4, 2016 | Aug 25, 2016 | $0.038 | normal |
Apr 21, 2016 | May 4, 2016 | May 23, 2016 | $0.038 | normal |
First Bancshares's payout ratio of 21.5% is below the Financial Services sector, the industry and its peers average.
Name | Dividend yield | DPS | Payout ratio |
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RF Regions Financial Corp | 3.49% | $0.68 | 28% |
TRMK Trustmark Corp | 3.1% | $0.92 | 46% |
RNST Renasant Corp | 3.02% | $0.88 | 32.6% |
FHN First Horizon Corp | 2.69% | $0.6 | 35.1% |
FBMS First Bancshares Inc | 2.23% | $0.66 | 21.5% |