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Article Excerpt
After the shakeout of the last few years, Mississippi is back to business as usual with its public companies.
"About half are banks and financial institutions," said Nancy Anderson, CFA, president of New Perspectives Inc. in Ridgeland, and "with interest rates remaining low, these have all fared well over the last year. Most are close to their 52-week highs, and they all pay rich dividends ... nice capital gains and a fat dividend, what's not to like?"
Collectively, Mississippi's nine publicly traded banks accounted for $2.1 billion in sales, with BancorpSouth reporting $758.7 million, followed by Trustmark ($558.8 million). They are BancorpSouth (NYSE: BXS), Britton & Koontz (NASDAQ (SC): BKBK), Citizens Holding (AMEX: CIZ), First M&F (NASDAQ: FMFC), Hancock Holding (NASDAQ: HBHC), Knobias Inc. (OTC:KNBS), NBC Capital (AMEX: NBY), Peoples Financial (NASDAQ (SC): PFBX), Renasant Corporation (NASDAQ: RNST, formerly...
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