Southern First Bancshares, Inc.

NasdaqGM:SFST Stock Report

Market Cap: US$579.0m

Southern First Bancshares Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqGM:SFST Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
23 Jun 26SellUS$14,997Ray LattimoreIndividual253US$59.28
10 Jun 26SellUS$46,359Leighton CubbageIndividual765US$60.60
06 Mar 26BuyUS$20,940William ManerIndividual400US$52.35
10 Dec 25SellUS$53,285David EllisonIndividual1,000US$53.29
21 Nov 25SellUS$62,900Julie FairchildIndividual1,258US$50.00
03 Nov 25BuyUS$8,700David EllisonIndividual200US$43.50
31 Oct 25BuyUS$9,912Anna LockeIndividual225US$44.05
31 Oct 25BuyUS$4,400David EllisonIndividual100US$44.00
23 Sep 25SellUS$87,409Ray LattimoreIndividual2,370US$44.61
27 Aug 25SellUS$1,579Leighton CubbageIndividual35US$45.12

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: SFST insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of SFST?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Individual Insiders490,5655.18%
Hedge Funds1,414,62814.9%
General Public2,073,95821.9%
Institutions5,488,84958%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 15.9%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 62.65% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
8.69%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
823,181US$50.3m4.28%no data
8.53%
FJ Capital Management, LLC
807,223US$49.4m0%4.75%
7.52%
BlackRock, Inc.
712,410US$43.6m-1.31%no data
6.42%
Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc.
607,405US$37.1m3.65%7.54%
4.02%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
380,368US$23.3m0.7%no data
3.64%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC
344,885US$21.1m0%no data
2.86%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
271,243US$16.6m1.31%no data
2.22%
Rhino Investment Partners, Inc.
210,121US$12.8m0%2.98%
1.9%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
180,231US$11.0m0.85%no data
1.81%
Banc Funds Company, L.L.C.
171,655US$10.5m0%1.73%
1.77%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
167,963US$10.3m1.8%no data
1.59%
Renaissance Technologies LLC
150,607US$9.2m17.8%0.01%
1.58%
American Century Investment Management Inc
149,417US$9.1m19%no data
1.32%
Acadian Asset Management LLC
124,585US$7.6m40.3%0.01%
1.22%
Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management, LLC
115,130US$7.0m0%0.02%
1.06%
Mark Cothran
100,076US$6.1m0%no data
0.97%
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
91,934US$5.6m2.17%0.02%
0.97%
R. Seaver
91,927US$5.6m-10.3%no data
0.89%
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC
83,875US$5.1m5.75%0.06%
0.75%
Northern Trust Global Investments
71,086US$4.3m6.46%no data
0.65%
Zacks Investment Management, Inc.
61,498US$3.8m7.92%0.03%
0.61%
James Orders
57,492US$3.5m0%no data
0.56%
Russell Investment Management, LLC
53,293US$3.3m-0.11%no data
0.56%
Morgan Stanley
52,872US$3.2m70.3%no data
0.54%
Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company
51,088US$3.1m5.87%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/31 22:45
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/31 00:00
Earnings2026/06/30
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Southern First Bancshares, Inc. is covered by 3 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Christopher MarinacBrean Capital Historical (Janney Montgomery)
Jefferson HarralsonKeefe, Bruyette, & Woods
Stephen ScoutenPiper Sandler Companies