The First Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan401(k)
THE FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. PROFIT SHARING 401(K) PLAN · HATTIESBURG, MS · plan year 2024
Peer grade: D · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
The First Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $267,314 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.51% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,587 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.
Across the 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.51%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 43rd-largest of 367 plans among Mississippi employers on file, and the 1,533rd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $3.15 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 823 to 1,008 since 2022.
The First Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
Why are you looking at this plan?
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 640862173 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.