Southern First Bancshares, Inc.

NasdaqGM:SFST Stock Report

Market Cap: US$354.3m

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
27 Aug 25SellUS$1,579Leighton CubbageIndividual35US$45.12
23 Jun 25SellUS$38,685Leighton CubbageIndividual1,083US$35.72
04 Jun 25SellUS$17,506Anne EllefsonIndividual500US$35.01
14 May 25BuyUS$25,305William ManerIndividual700US$36.15
10 Feb 25BuyUS$13,324Anna LockeIndividual360US$37.01
18 Dec 24BuyUS$6,795Terry Grayson-CaprioIndividual160US$42.47
25 Nov 24SellUS$45,230Julie FairchildIndividual1,000US$45.23

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 Insiders491,5856.01%
General Public1,168,77714.3%
Hedge Funds1,396,23917.1%
Institutions5,124,11462.6%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 73.43% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
9.88%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
808,440US$35.0m0.68%no data
9.87%
FJ Capital Management, LLC
807,223US$35.0m0%3.43%
9%
BlackRock, Inc.
736,638US$31.9m-2.97%no data
7.2%
Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc.
589,016US$25.5m0%7.35%
5.15%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
421,073US$18.2m0.07%no data
4.52%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
370,067US$16.0m2.54%no data
3.5%
Banc Funds Company, L.L.C.
286,704US$12.4m-4.41%1.83%
3.42%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
279,811US$12.1m-0.04%no data
2.57%
Rhino Investment Partners, Inc.
210,121US$9.1m0%2.32%
2.21%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
180,585US$7.8m2.16%no data
1.95%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
159,910US$6.9m-0.9%no data
1.92%
AllianceBernstein L.P.
157,376US$6.8m13%no data
1.58%
Fourthstone LLC
129,174US$5.6m95.2%0.75%
1.25%
R. Seaver
102,094US$4.4m9.23%no data
1.22%
Mark Cothran
99,591US$4.3m0%no data
1.2%
American Century Investment Management Inc
98,571US$4.3m-2.85%no data
1.18%
Renaissance Technologies LLC
96,407US$4.2m-2.92%0.01%
0.91%
Northern Trust Global Investments
74,566US$3.2m-5.06%no data
0.88%
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC
72,231US$3.1m7.31%0.05%
0.82%
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
67,350US$2.9m8.37%0.01%
0.7%
James Orders
57,007US$2.5m0%no data
0.64%
Acadian Asset Management LLC
52,014US$2.3m0%no data
0.62%
Russell Investment Management, LLC
50,721US$2.2m-13.7%no data
0.62%
Leighton Cubbage
50,685US$2.2m-0.07%no data
0.61%
David Ellison
49,876US$2.2m0%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/10/03 17:37
End of Day Share Price 2025/10/03 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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 4 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 MarinacFIG Partners
Christopher MarinacJanney Montgomery Scott LLC
Jefferson HarralsonKeefe, Bruyette, & Woods