SFST
Southern First Bancshares IncNASDAQ
Financial Services • Banks - Regional
Factor tilt: Small-Cap Defensive
$59.27+0.12%
Close Nov 6, 2026
- Market cap
- $560.41M
- 1 month
- -1.9%
- 3 months
- -5.5%
- 1 year
- +32.6%
- 52-week range
- $46.62$64.60
- Dividend
- No dividends on record
- Short interest
- 5.8% of float431.8K shares · settled Oct 15, 2026 · +2.8% since Sep 30, 2026 · FINRA
Fundamentals · trailing 12 months to Sep 30, 2026
- Revenue
- $216.42M
- Net income
- $43.17M
- Free cash flow
- —
- Book value
- $462.05M
- Total debt
- —
- P/E
- 13×
- Price / sales
- 2.6×
- Price / book
- 1.2×
- FCF yield
- —
- Net margin
- +19.9%
EODHD (TTM) · as of Nov 6, 2026
End-of-day close from stored market data, not a live quote.
About Southern First Bancshares Inc
Southern First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Southern First Bank that provides commercial, consumer, and mortgage loans to the general public in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia.
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The company accepts various deposit products that include checking accounts, commercial checking accounts, and savings accounts, as well as other time deposits, including daily money market accounts and long-term certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial real estate loans; construction real estate loans; commercial business loans for various lines of businesses, such as the manufacturing, service industry, and professional service areas; consumer real estate and home equity loans; and other consumer loans, including secured and unsecured installment loans and revolving lines of credit. In addition, the company offers other bank services, such as internet banking, cash management, safe deposit boxes, direct deposit, automatic drafts, bill payment, and mobile banking services. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina.
- Website
- southernfirst.com
- Headquarters
- Greenville, SC, United States
- Employees
- 315
- Listed
- Oct 28, 1999
- Fiscal year ends
- December
Company profile from EODHD, stored Nov 2, 2026.
Quarterly results
The last 8 fiscal quarters as reported (EODHD). Year over year compares the same quarter a year earlier. Gross margin and operating income are not shown for a bank or insurer.
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026filed Oct 30, 2026 | $63.4M | +8.2% | $12.2M |
| Jun 2026filed Aug 3, 2026 | $61.6M | +10.8% | $11.2M |
| Mar 2026filed May 1, 2026 | $33.8M | -35.9% | $9.9M |
| Dec 2025filed Feb 24, 2026 | $57.6M | +6.9% | $9.9M |
| Sep 2025filed Oct 31, 2025 | $58.6M | +7.8% | $8.7M |
| Jun 2025filed Aug 1, 2025 | $55.7M | +2.9% | $6.6M |
| Mar 2025filed May 5, 2025 | $52.8M | +3.4% | $5.3M |
| Dec 2024filed Mar 3, 2025 | $53.9M | +4.7% | $5.6M |
Fiscal years · last 6
| Fiscal year | Revenue | YoY | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025filed Feb 24, 2026 | $224.6M | +5.3% | $30.4M |
| Dec 2024filed Mar 3, 2025 | $213.3M | +13.8% | $15.5M |
| Dec 2023filed Mar 5, 2024 | $187.5M | +46.9% | $13.4M |
| Dec 2022filed Feb 13, 2023 | $127.6M | +15.8% | $29.1M |
| Dec 2021filed Mar 4, 2022 | $110.3M | -9.8% | $46.7M |
| Dec 2020filed Mar 2, 2021 | $122.2M | +19.0% | $18.3M |
Short-interest history
FINRA reports open short positions for a settlement date. The publication date is later. These are reported positions, with a separate date for each observation.
Compare the reported short exposure around the dates you bought, sold or watched SFST. A long position benefits from price rises; a short position benefits from falls. A change in these counts does not predict either move.
Settlement Oct 15, 2026
431,762 shares short
+11,576 shares (+2.8%) vs Sep 30, 2026
5.8% of the stored float. Published Oct 26, 2026.
Settlement Sep 30, 2026
420,186 shares short
+6,042 shares (+1.5%) vs Sep 15, 2026
5.6% of the stored float. Published Oct 9, 2026.
Settlement Sep 15, 2026
414,144 shares short
+45,026 shares (+12.2%) vs Aug 31, 2026
5.5% of the stored float. Published Sep 24, 2026.
Settlement Aug 31, 2026
369,118 shares short
+9,757 shares (+2.7%) vs Aug 14, 2026
4.9% of the stored float. Published Sep 10, 2026.
Settlement Aug 14, 2026
359,361 shares short
+7,988 shares (+2.3%) vs Jul 31, 2026
4.8% of the stored float. Published Aug 25, 2026.
Settlement Jul 31, 2026
351,373 shares short
-33,817 shares (-8.8%) vs Jul 15, 2026
4.7% of the stored float. Published Aug 11, 2026.
Change = this settlement’s shares short − the previous recorded settlement’s shares short; percentage change divides by that earlier count. A zero earlier count has no percentage change. Split-spanning counts are left uncompared. Float percentages use the stored settlement observation, not today’s float.
Source: stored FINRA equity short-interest records, up to six settlements from the last 240 days. FINRA data and reporting dates · How to read short interest
Dividends and stock splits
See the recorded cash amounts and dates behind SFST’s income, and the splits that change its share count. Dates below are stored event records, not confirmation of a payment to your account.
Cash-dividend records
No qualified cash-dividend records are stored. This does not establish that the company pays no dividend.
Up to six Polygon cash-dividend events, including recorded ex-dates within the next 120 days. Amounts retain their recorded currency and decimal precision. Historical amounts are not restated to a common split basis, annualized, or converted to dollars.
For a long holding, compare the ex-date with when you held the shares and check the pay date against your broker’s cash history. Owning the stock today does not establish past entitlement. For a short holding, a dividend can create a payment obligation to the share lender.
Ex-dates and special dividend rules · Short-sale dividend obligations · Dividend data definitions
Split history
11 for 10 · forward split
Effective Jan 30, 2013
Each 10 pre-split shares become 11 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
11 for 10 · forward split
Effective Feb 1, 2012
Each 10 pre-split shares become 11 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
11 for 10 · forward split
Effective Jan 26, 2011
Each 10 pre-split shares become 11 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
11 for 10 · forward split
Effective Jul 20, 2006
Each 10 pre-split shares become 11 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
3 for 2 · forward split
Effective Nov 18, 2003
Each 2 pre-split shares become 3 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
Up to six stored split dates through Nov 7, 2026. Equivalent vendor ratios are combined; conflicting ratios are left out. This history may be incomplete.
A split changes the share count and per-share price basis; it does not by itself add investment value. Put your holding’s earlier and later share counts on the same basis before comparing them. This applies to both long shares and shares owed on a short position.
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Smart money context
Holder IQ: LOW
18 smart-money holders: institutions with a high Holder IQ
Q2 2026, filed Oct 30, 2026
Smart-money 13F trend: distributing (heavy)
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Sentiment: bearish
Last trade: sell 46 days ago
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What happened
Stored recent-activity label: bearish. This context label is separate from the scored insider signal read.
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The current context rule reads at most 50 nonduplicate issuer/share-class records filed in the last 90 days. It counts a bullish direction or purchase code P toward bullish, and a bearish direction or sale code S toward bearish. A side must exceed the opposite count by more than two to set its label; otherwise nonzero directional counts produce neutral. Calculation unavailable for this saved label: its counts, exact records, as-of time and rule version are not supplied here. Do not substitute the separate scored read’s different window or denominator.
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Stored SEC Forms 3/4/5 insider-signal records, ordered by filing date with amendment duplicates excluded. Filing date is not transaction date. The last-trade line locates recent reported activity; it does not date or reconstruct the complete count.
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What happened
Stored recent-activity label: bearish. This context label is separate from the scored insider signal read.
Why it can matter
A count of reported activity describes a sample, not purchase conviction, an insider’s intent or a future price move. Neutral is not an all-clear, and absent direction is not neutral evidence.
How we got this
The current context rule reads at most 50 nonduplicate issuer/share-class records filed in the last 90 days. It counts a bullish direction or purchase code P toward bullish, and a bearish direction or sale code S toward bearish. A side must exceed the opposite count by more than two to set its label; otherwise nonzero directional counts produce neutral. Calculation unavailable for this saved label: its counts, exact records, as-of time and rule version are not supplied here. Do not substitute the separate scored read’s different window or denominator.
Where the data comes from
Stored SEC Forms 3/4/5 insider-signal records, ordered by filing date with amendment duplicates excluded. Filing date is not transaction date. The last-trade line locates recent reported activity; it does not date or reconstruct the complete count.
Largest 13-F holders · Q2 2026
167 filers reported a long position in SFST for Q2 2026. 13-F holdings are filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends.
The top 10 hold
59.1%
of the 8.6M shares 13-F filers reported
Moves vs Q1 2026
9 added1 trimmed
Net shares held
+13.9%
across the 10 holders with a comparable Q1 2026 book
| Rank | Holder | Value | Shares | Shares vs Q1 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FJ Capital Management LLC | $54.5M · 892.2K shares | 892.2K | +10.5% |
| 2 | T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | $51.6M · 844.7K shares | 844.7K | +3.3% |
| 3 | BlackRock, Inc. | $50.7M · 830.4K shares | 830.4K | +16.6% |
| 4 | ENDEAVOUR CAPITAL ADVISORS INC | $40.5M · 662.9K shares | 662.9K | +9.1% |
| 5 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $24M · 392.8K shares | 392.8K | +13.9% |
| 6 | DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | $23.7M · 387.9K shares | 387.9K | +2% |
| 7 | STATE STREET CORP | $22.8M · 373.5K shares | 373.5K | +122.4% |
| 8 | AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | $15.1M · 247.6K shares | 247.6K | -8.7% |
| 9 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | $14.5M · 237.1K shares | 237.1K | +31.5% |
| 10 | RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | $11.4M · 186.3K shares | 186.3K | +23.7% |
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Holders of more than 5% of SFST file with the SEC within days. A 13D holder may seek to influence the company; a 13G holder is passive. Each holder’s latest filing from the last three years.
| Filed | Holder | % of class |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | ENDEAVOUR CAPITAL ADVISORS INC13G · passive · amended | 7% |
| Mar 27, 2026 | VANGUARD GROUP INC13G · passive · amended | 0%under 5% |
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