First Bancshares Q4 Adj. EPS $0.59 Misses $0.68 Estimate, Sales $57.66M Miss $58.42M Estimate

First Bancshares (NASDAQ:FBMS) reported quarterly adjusted earnings of $0.59 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.68 by 13.24 percent. This is a 16.9 percent decrease over earnings of $0.71 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $57.66 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $58.42 million by 1.29 percent. This is a 20.33 percent increase over sales of $47.92 million the same period last year.