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FIRST BANCSHARES INC /MS/

FBMS

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20FY19
Revenue
Operating income
Net income$77.2M$75.5M$62.9M$64.2M$52.5M$43.7M
Total assets$8.00B$8.00B$6.46B$6.08B$5.15B$3.94B
Total liabilities$7.00B$7.05B$5.82B$5.40B$4.51B$3.40B
Equity$1.01B$949.0M$646.7M$676.2M$644.8M$543.7M
EPS (diluted)$2.44$2.39$2.84$0.79$0.44$0.63
Shares out.31.2M31.1M20.5M21.0M18.9M17.3M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2024
Operating margin
Net margin
Return on equity
7.7%
Return on assets
1.0%
Return on capital (ROCE)
Liabilities / assets
87.4%
Debt / equity
6.96×
Book value / share
$32.20
Revenue growth (YoY)
Net income growth (YoY)
2.3%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2024
Accruals / assets
0.1%clean
Piotroski F-Score
5/6mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
77
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 100Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

1 severe1 warning2 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
Mar 31, 2025397,8541.0-7.9%
Mar 14, 2025431,9793.6+18.0%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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