NASDAQ:SFST - Southern First Bancshares Stock Price, Forecast & News

Southern First Bancshares trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SFST."

Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFST) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 28th. The bank reported $1.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.22. Southern First Bancshares had a net margin of 25.48% and a return on equity of 14.23%. View Southern First Bancshares' Earnings History.

Southern First Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Southern First Bancshares.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southern First Bancshares in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Southern First Bancshares.

Press coverage about SFST stock has trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Southern First Bancshares earned a news sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Southern First Bancshares.

Southern First Bancshares saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 34,200 shares, a drop of 34.1% from the December 31st total of 51,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 13,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Southern First Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Southern First Bancshares include City (CHCO), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), National Bank (NBHC), Farmers And Merchants Bank of Long Beach (FMBL), Meridian Bancorp (EBSB), Banc of California (BANC), Mercantil Bank (AMTB), Bancorp (TBBK), CBTX (CBTX), Camden National (CAC), Nicolet Bankshares (NCBS), First Bancshares (FBMS), First of Long Island (FLIC), Bridge Bancorp (BDGE) and Hanmi Financial (HAFC).

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Southern First Bancshares' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.20%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.80%), State Street Corp (1.67%), EJF Capital LLC (1.52%), SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC (1.45%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.36%). Company insiders that own Southern First Bancshares stock include Anne S Ellefson, David G Ellison, F Justin Strickland, Fred Gilmer Jr, Leighton M Cubbage, Michael D Dowling, R Arthur Seaver Jr, Rudolph G Johnstone III and Tecumseh Hooper Jr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Southern First Bancshares.

SFST stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mendon Capital Advisors Corp, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Nachman Norwood & Parrott Inc, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Bank of America Corp DE, Godsey & Gibb Associates, Greenwood Capital Associates LLC and Sheets Smith Wealth Management. Company insiders that have sold Southern First Bancshares company stock in the last year include Anne S Ellefson, F Justin Strickland, Fred Gilmer Jr, Leighton M Cubbage, Michael D Dowling, R Arthur Seaver Jr, Rudolph G Johnstone III and Tecumseh Hooper Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Southern First Bancshares.

SFST stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, State Street Corp, New York State Common Retirement Fund, SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC, Abacus Planning Group Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC and Globeflex Capital L P. View Insider Buying and Selling for Southern First Bancshares.

Shares of SFST can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SFST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.00.

Southern First Bancshares has a market capitalization of $320.04 million and generates $86.86 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $22.29 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.88 on an earnings per share basis. Southern First Bancshares employs 229 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Southern First Bancshares.

The official website for Southern First Bancshares is http://www.southernfirst.com/.

Southern First Bancshares' mailing address is 100 VERDAE BOULEVARD SUITE 100, GREENVILLE SC, 29607. The bank can be reached via phone at 864-679-9000 or via email at [email protected]