Southern First Bancshares, Inc.
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Range $64 – $64
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About the company
Southern First Bancshares, Inc. acts as the parent organization for Southern First Bank, providing a comprehensive range of banking and financial services to individuals and businesses in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. Its operations are structured into three primary divisions: Commercial and Retail Banking, Mortgage Banking, and Corporate Operations.
- CEO
- R. Arthur Seaver Jr.
- IPO
- 1999
- Employees
- 315
- HQ
- Greenville, SC, US
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- Market Cap
- $593.97M
- P/E
- 13.28
- Fwd P/E
- 12.56
- PEG
- 0.18
- P/S
- 2.81
- P/B
- 1.28
- EV/EBITDA
- 15.60
- Div Yield
- 0.00%
- Gross Margin
- 60.86%
- Op Margin
- 24.12%
- Net Margin
- 18.71%
- ROE
- 10.18%
- ROIC
- 0.84%
Latest fiscal year · YoY change
- Revenue
- $224.62M+5.3%
- Gross Profit
- $115.14M+23.4%
- Op Income
- $39.60M
- Net Income
- $30.37M+95.5%
- EPS
- $3.77+96.4%
- OCF Growth
- +19.2%
- FCF Growth
- +20.6%
- 52W High
- $65.09
- 52W Low
- $40.90
- 50D MA
- $61.58
- 200D MA
- $56.25
- Beta
- 0.68
- RSI (14)
- 50
- Avg Volume
- 132.70K
No earnings-call transcripts are available for SFST yet.
- Free Float
- 80.0%
- Shares Outstanding
- 9.46M
- Float Shares
- 7.56M
of shares held by institutions
148 13F filers
Buy/sell ratio 0.45. Sells can include pre-scheduled 10b5-1 plan sales, not just discretionary selling.
Congressional trading
Senate and House stock disclosures for SFST, newest first.
| Member | Type | Traded | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William R. TimmonsHouse · SC04 | Sell | Jun 29, 20 | Filing → |
Source: public STOCK Act disclosures. Filed weeks after the trade — a lagging signal, not a real-time one.
Top institutional holders
Largest 13F positions, with quarter-over-quarter change.
| Holder | Shares | Δ Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| Fj Capital Management LLC | 892.22K | ▲ 85.00K |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 844.65K | ▲ 26.81K |
| Blackrock, Inc. | 830.38K | ▲ 117.97K |
| Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc | 662.86K | ▲ 55.45K |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 437.01K | ▲ 5.20K |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 392.79K | ▲ 47.90K |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 387.86K | ▲ 7.49K |
| State Street Corp | 373.52K | ▲ 205.56K |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 247.64K | ▼ 23.60K |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 237.05K | ▲ 56.82K |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 186.31K | ▲ 35.70K |
| Walleye Capital LLC | 179.99K | ▲ 179.99K |
Held by 119 ETFs
Biggest fund positions in SFST by dollar value.
Recent insider transactions
Who's buying, who's selling, and how much.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 26 | SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | sell | 5,000 |
| Aug 12, 26 | SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | sell | 5,000 |
| Aug 12, 26 | SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | other | 2,445 |
| Aug 12, 26 | SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | other | 2,254 |
| Aug 12, 26 | SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | other | 2,827 |
| Aug 12, 26 | SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | sell | 6,000 |
| Aug 12, 26 | SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | sell | 500 |
| Aug 12, 26 | SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | other | 2,903 |
| Aug 12, 26 | SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | sell | 4,500 |
| Aug 12, 26 | SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | other | 2,903 |
A “Sell” may be a pre-scheduled 10b5-1 plan sale rather than a discretionary decision — read insider selling with that in mind.
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