Southern First Bancshares
SFST
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 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
57% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 11 | Existing positions closed: 7
16% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $211M [Q1] → $246M (+$34.8M) [Q2]
4% more funds holding
Funds holding: 97 [Q1] → 101 (+4) [Q2]
0.75% more ownership
Funds ownership: 78.33% [Q1] → 79.08% (+0.75%) [Q2]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q1] → 2 (+0) [Q2]
6% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 29 | Existing positions reduced: 31
100% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $0 | Put options by funds: $205K
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
1 analyst rating
Piper Sandler
Stephen Scouten
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$51
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Overweight
Maintained
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23 Jul 2025 |
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