Ratings The First Bancshares, Inc.

Equities

FBMS

US3189161033

Market Closed - Nasdaq Other stock markets 04:00:00 2024-04-26 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
23.9 ^USD	-4.55%		-2.65%	-18.51%

Apr. 26	Business First Bancshares to Purchase Oakwood Bancshares in $85.7 Million All-Stock Deal	MT
Apr. 25	Earnings Flash (BFST) BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES Posts Q1 EPS $0.48, vs. Street Est of $0.57	MT

Strengths

Margins returned by the company are among the highest on the stock exchange list. Its core activity clears big profits.
The company's attractive earnings multiples are brought to light by a P/E ratio at 9.79 for the current year.
The company appears to be poorly valued given its net asset value.
Considering the small differences between the analysts' various estimates, the group's business visibility is good.
Analysts' price targets are all relatively close, reflecting good visibility on the company's valuation.

Weaknesses

As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects.
The company's currently anticipated earnings per share (EPS) growth for the next few years is a notable weakness.
For the last twelve months, the trend in sales revisions has been clearly going down, which emphasizes downgraded expectations from the analysts.
The sales outlook for the group was lowered in the last twelve months. This change in forecast points out a decline in activity as well as pessimistic analyses of the company.
For the past year, analysts have significantly revised downwards their profit estimates.
The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been significantly revised downwards over the last four months.
The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.
Financial statements have repeatedly disappointed market stakeholders. Most often, they were below expectations.

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Sector: Banks

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
THE FIRST BANCSHARES, INC.	-18.51%	754M	C-
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.	+13.75%	556B	C+
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION	+12.36%	298B	C+
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED	+8.64%	247B	C+
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY	+21.72%	210B	C
BANK OF CHINA LIMITED	+16.11%	170B	B-
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION	+6.88%	162B	B-
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC	+4.42%	153B	C+
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA	+0.10%	139B	B-
HDFC BANK LIMITED	-11.67%	138B	B-

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