I recently wrote an article for Seeking Alpha entitled “Buy Three of Four Mississippi Banks,” a quick review of the four regional banks headquartered in Mississippi forming a very unusual cluster of solid, profitable banks in the nation’s poorest state.
One that intrigued me as a growth and income opportunity, with more stress on growth, was $12.9 billion-asset Renasant Corporation (NASDAQ: RNST), so in this article I’ll be delving into the bank’s operational and financial history, then tightening the focus on its loan portfolio and asset quality before returning to a more detailed