The First Bancshares, Inc. (FBMS)

The First Bancshares Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 1 analyst with a 12-month price forecast for The First Bancshares stock has a target of 45, which predicts a 33.10% increase from the current stock price of 33.81.

Price Target: $45 (+33.10%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$45	$45	$45	$45
Change	+33.10%	+33.10%	+33.10%	+33.10%

* Price targets were last updated on Dec 4, 2024.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for The First Bancshares stock from 2 stock analysts was "Buy". This means that analysts believed this stock was likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	2	2	2	2	2	1
Hold	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3	3	3	3	3	2

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Catherine Mealor Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Buy Maintains $40 → $45	Buy	Maintains	$40 → $45	+33.10%	Dec 4, 2024
Christopher Marinac Janney Montgomery Scott	Janney Montgomery Scott	Strong Buy → Hold Downgrades n/a	Strong Buy → Hold	Downgrades	n/a	n/a	Oct 24, 2024
Catherine Mealor Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold → Buy Upgrades $31 → $40	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$31 → $40	+18.31%	Aug 2, 2024
Catherine Mealor Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $28 → $31	Hold	Maintains	$28 → $31	-8.31%	Jul 26, 2024
Catherine Mealor Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Buy → Hold Downgrades $28	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$28	-17.18%	Jan 26, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

257.86M

Decreased by -7.79%

from 279.64M

Revenue Next Year

271.42M

Increased by 5.26%

from 257.86M

EPS This Year

2.88

Increased by 17.89%

from 2.44

EPS Next Year

3.06

Increased by 6.38%

from 2.88

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	161.57M	194.34M	207.26M	281.53M	279.64M	257.86M	271.42M
Revenue Growth	11.42%	20.28%	6.65%	35.83%	-0.67%	-7.79%	5.26%
EPS	2.52	3.03	2.84	2.39	2.44	2.88	3.06
EPS Growth	-1.18%	20.24%	-6.27%	-15.85%	2.09%	17.89%	6.38%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	11.75	11.05
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026
High	265.4M	279.4M
Avg	257.9M	271.4M
Low	247.7M	260.8M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026
High	-5.1%	8.4%
Avg	-7.8%	5.3%
Low	-11.4%	1.1%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026
High	2.96	3.15
Avg	2.88	3.06
Low	2.76	2.94

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026
High	21.4%	9.5%
Avg	17.9%	6.4%
Low	13.3%	2.2%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.