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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. 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 dep… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Banks-Regional
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: October 28, 1999
Headquarters: 6 Verdae Boulevard, Greenville, SC, United States, 29607
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: Yes — Art Seaver (Chief Executive Officer & Director)
Key Metrics
Current Price
$57.32
Market Cap
$540M
Float
7.5M
Shares Outstanding
9.5M
P/E (Forward)
18.62
P/E (TTM)
13.24
Price/Sales (TTM)
4.43
vs. Analyst Target
+15.1% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
28.70%
Operating Margin (TTM)
41.16%
Revenue (TTM)
$122M
Earnings Growth (YoY)
83.10%
Dividend Rate
None
Analyst Target Price
$66.00 (1 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$122M
$18.3M
$77.6M
$26.0M
2021
$110M
$46.7M
$117M
$63.1M
2022
$128M
$29.1M
$101M
$41.8M
2023
$187M
$13.4M
$86.3M
$22.2M
2024
$213M
$15.5M
$93.3M
$24.7M
2025
$225M
$30.4M
$115M
$44.3M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2025
$55.7M
$6.6M
Sep 2025
$58.6M
$8.7M
Dec 2025
$57.6M
$9.9M
Mar 2026
$33.8M
$9.9M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
5.4%
Institutional Ownership
74.3%
Short Float
1.6%
% of All Funds Holding
1.67%
Number of Funds Holding
137
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$55.86
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$51.48
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$44.39
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$38.17
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$51.42
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$44.60
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$37.57
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
Price Level
Type
Volume Ratio
Age
$44.00
support
1.24x
5 months ago
$42.00
support
1.30x
8 months ago
$28.90
support
1.24x
21 months ago
Historical Earnings Reactions (104 events)
Timeframe
Avg Return
Median
Win Rate
Best
Worst
Gap
0.19%
0.00%
38.46%
9.84%
-4.88%
1 Day
0.34%
0.00%
46.15%
8.97%
-8.10%
1 Week
0.61%
0.00%
48.08%
16.37%
-13.64%
2 Weeks
0.98%
1.34%
57.69%
31.78%
-21.43%
1 Month
1.92%
1.11%
57.69%
29.04%
-27.73%
Next earnings: July 21, 2026 (55 days away)
Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns
Monthly Seasonality
Month
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Jan
2.0%
59.3%
27
Feb
-1.2%
37.0%
27
Mar
-1.6%
48.1%
27
Apr
1.6%
51.9%
27
May
1.3%
50.0%
26
Jun
0.5%
57.7%
26
Jul
3.3%
53.8%
26
Aug
-1.1%
46.2%
26
Sep
0.2%
53.8%
26
Oct
3.6%
69.2%
26
Nov
3.2%
59.3%
27
Dec
2.2%
63.0%
27
Day-of-Week Tendencies
Day
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Monday
-0.09%
37.7%
1254
Tuesday
0.19%
39.0%
1370
Wednesday
-0.04%
37.6%
1370
Thursday
0.06%
37.5%
1343
Friday
0.24%
39.9%
1340
Top Institutional Holders
Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.
Total institutional ownership: 74.3%
Insider Transactions — Smart Summary
Total insider ownership: 5.4%
Founder-led management: Art Seaver (Chief Executive Officer & Director)
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