The Simmons First National Corp. board of directors declared a regular $0.24 per share quarterly cash dividend payable July 1, to shareholders of record June 15.
This dividend represents a 1-cent per share, or 4.3 percent, increase above the dividend paid for the same period last year.
Simmons First National Corp. is a financial holding company headquartered in Pine Bluff.
On April 21, the company reported first-quarter net income of $23.5 million, up 170 percent from $8.7 million in the same quarter last year.