{"id":464582,"date":"2021-03-24T16:08:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T20:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=464582"},"modified":"2021-03-24T16:08:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T20:08:32","slug":"peoples-financial-corporation-increases-dividend-400","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/peoples-financial-corporation-increases-dividend-400\/","title":{"rendered":"Peoples Financial Corporation Increases Dividend 400%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">BILOXI, Miss.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 24, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0The board of directors of Peoples Financial Corporation (OTCQX Best Market: PFBX), parent of The Peoples Bank, declared a semi-annual cash dividend of <span class=\"xn-money\">$0.05<\/span> per common share and a special cash dividend of <span class=\"xn-money\">$0.05<\/span> per common share for a total of <span class=\"xn-money\">$0.10<\/span> per share, payable to shareholders of record as of <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 5, 2021<\/span> with a distribution date of <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 8, 2021<\/span>. This is a 150% increase in our last semi-annual dividend paid in <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 2020<\/span> and a total increase of 400% over the total paid in 2020.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1015328\/Peoples_Financial_Corporation_Logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1015328\/Peoples_Financial_Corporation_Logo.jpg\" title=\"(PRNewsfoto\/Peoples Financial Corporation)\" alt=\"(PRNewsfoto\/Peoples Financial Corporation)\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We are pleased with our continuing financial improvement,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Chevis C. Swetman<\/span>, Chairman and CEO of the holding company and the bank. &#8220;As we have returned to sustained net income, one of our strategic goals has been to return earnings to our shareholders. This dividend increase is a direct result of over two years of hard work that resulted in a <span class=\"xn-money\">$4,510,359<\/span> recovery on a previously charged off loan. Management expects the entire amount to be transferred to net income.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1896, the bank is celebrating its 125<sup>th<\/sup> year in operation. It had <span class=\"xn-money\">$668 million<\/span> in assets as of <span class=\"xn-chron\">December 31, 2020<\/span>. The Peoples Bank operates 18 branches along the Mississippi Gulf Coast in <span class=\"xn-location\">Hancock<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Harrison<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Jackson<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Stone<\/span> counties. In addition to offering a comprehensive range of retail and commercial banking services, the bank also operates a trust and investment services department that has provided customers with financial, estate and retirement planning services since 1936.<\/p>\n<p>The Peoples Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Peoples Financial Corporation, listed on the OTCQX Best Market under the symbol PFBX. Additional information is available on the Internet at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3107857-1&amp;h=3415646952&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepeoples.com%2F&amp;a=www.thepeoples.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.thepeoples.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>This news release contains forward-looking statements and reflects industry conditions, company performance and financial results. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risk factors and uncertainties which could cause the Company&#8217;s actual results and experience to differ from the anticipated results and expectation expressed in such forward-looking statements. <\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder2\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"PURL\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cision\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" alt=\"Cision\" src=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/img\/favicon.png?sn=CL20781&amp;sd=2021-03-24\" \/> View original content to download multimedia:<a id=\"PRNURL\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/peoples-financial-corporation-increases-dividend-400-301255292.html\">http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/peoples-financial-corporation-increases-dividend-400-301255292.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Peoples Financial Corporation<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=CL20781&amp;Transmission_Id=202103241605PR_NEWS_USPR_____CL20781&amp;DateId=20210324\" style=\"border:0px;width:1px;height:1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PR Newswire BILOXI, Miss., March 24, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0The board of directors of Peoples Financial Corporation (OTCQX Best Market: PFBX), parent of The Peoples Bank, declared a semi-annual cash dividend of $0.05 per common share and a special cash dividend of $0.05 per common share for a total of $0.10 per share, payable to shareholders of record as of April 5, 2021 with a distribution date of April 8, 2021. This is a 150% increase in our last semi-annual dividend paid in April 2020 and a total increase of 400% over the total paid in 2020. &#8220;We are pleased with our continuing financial improvement,&#8221; said Chevis C. Swetman, Chairman and CEO of the holding company and the bank. &#8220;As we &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/peoples-financial-corporation-increases-dividend-400\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Peoples Financial Corporation Increases Dividend 400%&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-464582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Peoples Financial Corporation Increases Dividend 400% - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/peoples-financial-corporation-increases-dividend-400\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peoples Financial Corporation Increases Dividend 400% - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PR Newswire BILOXI, Miss., March 24, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0The board of directors of Peoples Financial Corporation (OTCQX Best Market: PFBX), parent of The Peoples Bank, declared a semi-annual cash dividend of $0.05 per common share and a special cash dividend of $0.05 per common share for a total of $0.10 per share, payable to shareholders of record as of April 5, 2021 with a distribution date of April 8, 2021. 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