Southern First Bancshares (SFST)

• Market cap: $272M
• 1 day: 0.79%
• 5 days: -1.54%
• 1 month: -1.36%
• 3 months: -12.56%
• 6 months: 0.03%
• Year to date: -12.56%
• 1 year: 13.70%
• 5 years: 31.50%
• 10 years: 95.71%
• Sector: Financials
• Industry: Banks - Diversified

About: Southern First Bancshares Inc is a bank holding company. The company engaged in the business of accepting demand deposits and savings deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the FDIC), and providing commercial, consumer and mortgage loans to the general public of which a majority of the revenue is derived from the Commercial and Retail Banking segment which includes the provision of traditional deposit and lending products and services to its commercial and retail banking clients.

Employees: 297

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

19% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $217M [Q3] → $257M (+$40.2M) [Q4]

14% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 32 | Existing positions reduced: 28

1.27% more ownership

Funds ownership: 77.97% [Q3] → 79.23% (+1.27%) [Q4]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q3] → 2 (+0) [Q4]

8% less funds holding

Funds holding: 101 [Q3] → 93 (-8) [Q4]

60% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 4 | Existing positions closed: 10