ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. Its principal subsidiary, ServisFirst Bank, provides banking and financial services to businesses, professionals and individuals.

ServisFirst Bank offers commercial and consumer lending, deposit accounts, cash and treasury management, online and mobile banking, mortgage services, and wealth management solutions. Its lending activities include commercial real estate, construction, commercial and industrial, residential mortgage and consumer loans.

Founded in 2005, ServisFirst Bancshares has expanded its banking operations across several Southeastern states, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. The company emphasizes relationship-based banking and serves clients through a network of financial centers and digital banking channels.

Tom Broughton is the company’s chairman, president and chief executive officer. ServisFirst Bancshares trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SFBS.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $40.65 to $41.49
• 50-Day Range: $40.91 to $45.69
• 52-Week Range: $33.60 to $46.04
• Volume: 580,082 shs
• Average Volume: 669,754 shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.49 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.98
• Dividend Yield: 1.85%
• Price Target: $47.67
• Consensus Rating: Buy

ServisFirst Bancshares Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

ServisFirst Bancshares scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 289th out of 854 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

ServisFirst Bancshares has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

ServisFirst Bancshares has a consensus price target of $47.67, representing about 16.2% upside from its current price of $41.03.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

ServisFirst Bancshares has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.31%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for ServisFirst Bancshares are expected to grow by 13.31% in the coming year, from $3.23 to $3.66 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of ServisFirst Bancshares is 13.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.82.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of ServisFirst Bancshares is 13.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.58.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

ServisFirst Bancshares has a P/B Ratio of 2.42. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.54% of the float of ServisFirst Bancshares has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

ServisFirst Bancshares has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 10.14, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in ServisFirst Bancshares has recently increased by 8.87%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

ServisFirst Bancshares pays a meaningful dividend of 1.84%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

ServisFirst Bancshares has been increasing its dividend for 10 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of ServisFirst Bancshares is 25.94%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, ServisFirst Bancshares will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.77% next year. This indicates that ServisFirst Bancshares will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.46

News Sentiment

ServisFirst Bancshares has a news sentiment score of 0.46. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.72 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for ServisFirst Bancshares this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for SFBS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added ServisFirst Bancshares to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, ServisFirst Bancshares insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

6.50% of the stock of ServisFirst Bancshares is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

67.31% of the stock of ServisFirst Bancshares is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/10 Dividend: 7/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/10 Dividend: 7/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/10/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/20/2026
• Today: 9/28/2026
• Record date for 10/9 Dividend: 10/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/9 Dividend: 10/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/09/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/19/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SFBS
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:SFBS
• CIK: 1430723
• Web: www.servisfirstbank.com
• Phone: (205) 949-0302
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 684
• Year Founded: 2005

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for ServisFirst Bancshares: $47.67
• High Price Target: $48.50
• Low Price Target: $47.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.93
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.98
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.70
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $276.60 million
• Net Margins: 30.95%
• Pretax Margin: 38.07%
• Return on Equity: 17.42%
• Return on Assets: 1.82%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.02
• Current Ratio: 0.98
• Quick Ratio: 0.98

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.02 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.41
• Cash Flow: $3.00 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.66
• Book Value: $16.94 per share
• Price / Book: 2.42

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 109,350,000
• Free Float: 102,238,000
• Market Cap: $4.49 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.85