Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (SFST)
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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 various banking products and services to general public in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. It operates through three segments: Commercial and Retail Banking, Mortgage Banking, and Corporate Operations. 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 deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial real estate loans; construction real estate loans; commercial business loans for various lines of businesses, such as the manufacturing, service industry, and professional service areas; consumer real estate and home equity loans; and other consumer loans, including secured and unsecured installment loans and revolving lines of credit. In addition, the company provides other bank services, such as internet banking, cash management, safe deposit boxes, direct deposit, automatic drafts, bill payment, and mobile banking services. It operates through eight retail offices located in Greenville, Charleston, and Columbia; three retail offices located in Raleigh, Greensboro, and Charlotte markets; and one retail office located in Atlanta. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina.
Insider Activity of Southern First Bancshares, Inc.
Over the last 12 months, insiders at Southern First Bancshares, Inc. have bought $139,839 and sold $469,183 worth of Southern First Bancshares, Inc. stock.
On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Southern First Bancshares, Inc. have bought $322,098 and sold $1.28M worth of stock each year.
Highest buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months: Borrmann David Andrew (Chief Financial Officer) — $112,100. Locke Anna T (director) — $42,436. ELLISON DAVID G (director) — $41,353.
The last purchase of 90 shares for transaction amount of $2,916 was made by Locke Anna T (director) on 2024‑03‑13.
List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, Southern First Bancshares, Inc.
| 2024-05-21 | Sale | CUBBAGE LEIGHTON M | director | 812 0.0099% | $29.11 | $23,633 | -8.46% | |
| 2024-05-15 | Sale | CUBBAGE LEIGHTON M | director | 1,771 0.0214% | $27.34 | $48,418 | -3.13% | |
| 2024-05-10 | Sale | CUBBAGE LEIGHTON M | director | 1,717 0.0211% | $27.61 | $47,407 | -1.72% | |
| 2024-05-09 | Sale | CUBBAGE LEIGHTON M | director | 780 0.0094% | $27.50 | $21,450 | -2.97% | |
| 2024-04-24 | Sale | ELLEFSON ANNE S | director | 600 0.0073% | $28.00 | $16,800 | -3.12% | |
| 2024-03-21 | Sale | SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | CEO | 996 0.0119% | $31.25 | $31,125 | -14.61% | |
| 2024-03-20 | Sale | SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | CEO | 4,267 0.0522% | $31.21 | $133,172 | -12.40% | |
| 2024-03-19 | Sale | SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | CEO | 17 0.0002% | $31.00 | $527 | -10.50% | |
| 2024-03-15 | Sale | SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | CEO | 2,220 0.0274% | $31.00 | $68,823 | -11.33% | |
| 2024-03-14 | Sale | SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | CEO | 2,500 0.03% | $31.13 | $77,827 | -9.85% | |
| 2024-03-13 | Locke Anna T | director | 90 0.0011% | $32.40 | $2,916 | -14.24% | ||
| 2023-12-20 | ELLISON DAVID G | director | 200 0.0024% | $34.50 | $6,900 | -10.38% | ||
| 2023-11-22 | ELLISON DAVID G | director | 200 0.0025% | $29.25 | $5,850 | +6.98% | ||
| 2023-10-31 | ELLISON DAVID G | director | 200 0.0025% | $27.00 | $5,400 | +11.28% | ||
| 2023-10-26 | ELLISON DAVID G | director | 200 0.0025% | $27.21 | $5,442 | +11.40% | ||
| 2023-10-25 | ELLISON DAVID G | director | 250 0.003% | $25.49 | $6,373 | +12.41% | ||
| 2023-09-19 | ELLISON DAVID G | director | 150 0.0019% | $26.96 | $4,044 | +8.33% | ||
| 2023-08-09 | ELLISON DAVID G | director | 150 0.0019% | $29.35 | $4,402 | -2.22% | ||
| 2023-08-02 | ELLISON DAVID G | director | 100 0.0012% | $29.42 | $2,942 | -3.30% | ||
| 2023-08-01 | Locke Anna T | director | 1,300 0.0171% | $30.40 | $39,520 | -3.70% |
Insider Historical Profitability
| SEAVER R ARTHUR JR | CEO | 83470 0.929% | $27.16 | 3 | 23 | +29.77% |
| CUBBAGE LEIGHTON M | director | 61852 0.8599% | $27.16 | 1 | 100 | |
| ELLISON DAVID G | director | 49876 0.6166% | $27.16 | 33 | 1 | +0.53% |
| Borrmann David Andrew | Chief Financial Officer | 11500 0.1422% | $27.16 | 7 | 0 | +19.71% |
| ELLEFSON ANNE S | director | 6712 0.0904% | $27.16 | 16 | 16 | <0.0001% |
| Locke Anna T | director | 2222 0.0264% | $27.16 | 5 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| COTHRAN MARK A | director | 103691 1.2819% | $27.16 | 1 | 1 | +28.93% |
| STURGIS WILLIAM B | director | 81834 1.0117% | $27.16 | 6 | 1 | +23.79% |
| Strickland F Justin | President | 70363 0.8699% | $27.16 | 22 | 20 | |
| GILMER FRED JR | director | 46290 0.5723% | $27.16 | 0 | 11 | |
| ORDERS JAMES B III | director | 42669 0.5275% | $27.16 | 3 | 0 | +7.72% |
| HOOPER TECUMSEH JR | director | 42397 0.5242% | $27.16 | 1 | 5 | +24.5% |
| Dowling Michael D | COO/CFO | 38380 0.4745% | $27.16 | 4 | 24 | |
| Gilmer Frederick III | Executive Vice President | 30780 0.3805% | $27.16 | 4 | 4 | |
| JOHNSTONE RUDOLPH G III | director | 29881 0.3694% | $27.16 | 1 | 5 | |
| AUSTIN JAMES M III | CFO | 20950 0.259% | $27.16 | 2 | 0 | |
| CAJKA ANDREW B JR | director | 8573 0.106% | $27.16 | 1 | 15 | |
| Aiken William M. III | Chief Risk Officer | 8200 0.1014% | $27.16 | 2 | 0 | +3.15% |
| Hurst Calvin C | President | 7000 0.0865% | $27.16 | 1 | 0 | +29.77% |
| Terrell Jonathan Edward | Executive Vice President | 4143 0.0512% | $27.16 | 0 | 2 | |
| Grayson-Caprio Terry | director | 3240 0.0401% | $27.16 | 4 | 0 | +2.07% |
| Lattimore Ray | director | 2635 0.0326% | $27.16 | 2 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| Maner William IV | 2000 0.0247% | $27.16 | 2 | 0 | <0.0001% | |
| King Silvia T | Chief Human Resources Officer | 1700 0.021% | $27.16 | 1 | 0 | +17.85% |
| Marrero Keith J | director | 300 0.0037% | $27.16 | 0 | 4 |
Institutional Investor Ownership
| FJ Capital Management | $25.64M | 9.9 | 807,223 | +2.05% | +$514,956.63 | 2.61 | |
| BlackRock | $24.14M | 9.32 | 759,984 | -4.32% | -$1.09M | <0.01 | |
| T Rowe Price Investment Management Inc | $24M | 9.27 | 755,663 | -5.39% | -$1.37M | 0.02 | |
| Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc. | $16.63M | 6.42 | 523,467 | +13.58% | +$1.99M | 5.75 | |
| The Vanguard Group | $13.13M | 5.07 | 413,259 | +4.03% | +$508,541.09 | <0.0001 | |
| Banc Funds Co Llc | $12.68M | 4.89 | 399,213 | -4.63% | -$614,873.36 | 1.8 | |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | $9.94M | 3.84 | 312,863 | +8.71% | +$796,413.77 | <0.01 | |
| Ameriprise Financial | $8.66M | 3.34 | 272,628 | +6.67% | +$541,063.41 | <0.01 | |
| Geode Capital Management | $5.1M | 1.97 | 160,635 | +4.05% | +$198,682.88 | <0.0001 | |
| State Street | $4.96M | 1.92 | 156,182 | +4.05% | +$193,164.31 | <0.0001 | |
| SeaCrest Investment Management, LLC | $4.42M | 1.71 | 139,310 | +1.26% | +$54,944.81 | 0.56 | |
| AllianceBernstein | $4.27M | 1.65 | 134,335 | +0.21% | +$8,892.80 | <0.01 | |
| Wellington Management Company | $3.45M | 1.33 | 108,636 | -28.26% | -$1.36M | <0.01 | |
| Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management | $2.89M | 1.11 | 90,884 | -4.53% | -$136,885.61 | 0.01 | |
| Renaissance Technologies | $2.68M | 1.04 | 84,507 | +4.97% | +$127,042.73 | <0.01 | |
| American Century Investments | $2.62M | 1.01 | 82,640 | +21.5% | +$464,489.93 | <0.01 | |
| Northern Trust | $2.55M | 0.98 | 80,213 | +1.5% | +$37,667.36 | <0.0001 | |
| CAPTRUST | $2.32M | 0.89 | 72,939 | -2.49% | -$59,232.41 | <0.01 | |
| Russell Investments Group Ltd | $1.96M | 0.76 | 61,800 | 0% | +$0 | <0.01 | |
| Boothbay Fund Management LLC | $1.91M | 0.74 | 60,000 | -33.79% | -$972,522.96 | 0.06 | |
| Morgan Stanley | $1.86M | 0.72 | 58,614 | -2.81% | -$53,928.46 | <0.0001 | |
| Acadian Asset Management | $1.73M | 0.67 | 54,457 | +36.44% | +$461,534.05 | 0.01 | |
| Bridgeway Capital Management | $1.27M | 0.49 | 39,898 | +2.24% | +$27,789.99 | 0.02 | |
| Teton Advisors Inc | $1.19M | 0.46 | 37,500 | -1.32% | -$15,880.00 | 0.44 | |
| Invesco | $1.08M | 0.42 | 33,867 | +162.01% | +$665,086.21 | <0.0001 | |
| Goldman Sachs | $1.07M | 0.41 | 33,657 | -14.68% | -$183,922.11 | <0.0001 | |
| Royal Bank of Canada | $1.06M | 0.41 | 33,559 | -5.92% | -$67,024.64 | <0.0001 | |
| Abacus Planning Group | $1.01M | 0.39 | 31,826 | -0.09% | -$889.28 | 0.21 | |
| BNY Mellon | $943,556.00 | 0.36 | 29,709 | -2.04% | -$19,627.64 | <0.0001 | |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | $872,606.00 | 0.34 | 27,475 | -0.74% | -$6,479.04 | <0.01 | |
| Gabelli Funds Llc | $808,070.00 | 0.31 | 25,443 | +181.36% | +$520,864.21 | 0.01 | |
| GAMCO Investors | $762,240.00 | 0.29 | 24,000 | 0% | +$0 | 0.01 | |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management | $716,410.00 | 0.28 | 22,557 | -0.66% | -$4,732.24 | <0.01 | |
| Charles Schwab | $651,398.00 | 0.25 | 20,510 | 0% | +$0 | <0.0001 | |
| Barclays | $640,000.00 | 0.25 | 20,163 | -24.9% | -$212,158.90 | <0.0001 | |
| Nuveen | $594,357.00 | 0.23 | 18,714 | 0% | +$0 | <0.0001 | |
| Kennedy Capital Management Inc | $542,905.00 | 0.21 | 17,094 | 0% | +$0 | 0.01 | |
| Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc | $528,645.00 | 0.2 | 16,645 | New | +$528,645.00 | 0.08 | |
| Millennium Management LLC | $520,292.00 | 0.2 | 16,382 | New | +$520,292.00 | <0.0001 | |
| Ohio Strs | $495,000.00 | 0.19 | 15,600 | -3.7% | -$19,038.46 | <0.01 | |
| Sheets Smith Wealth Management, Inc. | $466,904.00 | 0.18 | 14,701 | 0% | +$0 | 0.05 | |
| JPMorgan Chase | $464,999.00 | 0.18 | 14,641 | +85% | +$213,649.91 | <0.0001 | |
| Empowered Funds Llc | $408,434.00 | 0.16 | 12,860 | +7.3% | +$27,790.03 | 0.01 | |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | $393,660.00 | 0.15 | 12,434 | New | +$393,660.00 | 0.01 | |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | $394,936.00 | 0.15 | 12,435 | New | +$394,936.00 | <0.0001 | |
| Newedge Advisors Llc | $393,983.00 | 0.15 | 12,405 | -3.69% | -$15,086.01 | <0.01 | |
| Godsey and Gibb | $389,378.00 | 0.15 | 12,260 | -4.67% | -$19,056.02 | 0.04 | |
| RhumbLine Advisers | $370,028.00 | 0.14 | 11,651 | +2.33% | +$8,416.22 | <0.0001 | |
| Gsa Capital Partners Llp | $348,000.00 | 0.13 | 10,956 | -45.55% | -$291,111.72 | 0.03 | |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | $333,480.00 | 0.13 | 10,500 | -31.82% | -$155,624.00 | <0.01 |