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Southern First Bancshares

SFST

Market cap $588M

34 hedge funds and large institutions have $58.9M invested in Southern First Bancshares in 2015 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 6 funds opening new positions, 9 increasing their positions, 6 reducing their positions, and 2 closing their positions.

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200% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 6 | Existing positions closed: 2

50% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 9 | Existing positions reduced: 6

13% more funds holding

Funds holding: 30 → 34 (+4)

5% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $55.8M → $58.9M (+$3.02M)

Holders

Holders Change

Holders Change %

+13.33%

% of All Funds

0.92%

Holding in Top 10

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Holding in Top 10 Change

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Holding in Top 10 Change %

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% of All Funds

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Top Buyers

1	MCA Mendon Capital Advisors Key Largo, Florida	+$712K
2	EMFAT Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust Leola, Pennsylvania	+$443K
3	FCM FJ Capital Management Mclean, Virginia	+$353K
4	AllianceBernstein Nashville, Tennessee	+$259K
5	SIC Salem Investment Counselors Winston Salem, North Carolina	+$212K

Top Sellers

1	Wellington Management Group Boston, Massachusetts	-$2.09M
2	Morgan Stanley New York	-$119K
3	UBS Group Zurich, Switzerland	-$23.5K
4	BCM Basswood Capital Management New York	-$19.5K
5	TNB Thomasville National Bank Thomasville, Georgia	-$19K

#	Name	Holding	Trade Value	Shares Change	Change in Stake
1	BFC 1 Banc Funds Company Chicago, Illinois	$9.91M	–	–	–
2	EC 2 EJF Capital Arlington, Virginia	$9.08M	–	–	–
3	3 Wellington Management Group Boston, Massachusetts	$8.27M	-$2.09M	-118,204	-20%
4	CRC 4 Curi RMB Capital Chicago, Illinois	$3.84M	–	–	–
5	BCM 5 Basswood Capital Management New York	$3.51M	-$19.5K	-1,103	-0.6%
6	6 Dimensional Fund Advisors Austin, Texas	$3.36M	+$25.6K	+1,448	+0.8%
7	CCM 7 Castine Capital Management Boston, Massachusetts	$3.17M	+$130K	+7,372	+4%
8	8 Vanguard Group Malvern, Pennsylvania	$2.75M	–	–	–
9	SCA 9 Stieven Capital Advisors St. Louis, Missouri	$2.28M	-$7.06K	-400	-0.3%
10	FCM 10 FJ Capital Management Mclean, Virginia	$1.87M	+$353K	+20,000	+24%
11	SWITC 11 Stewart West Indies Trading Company Boulder, Colorado	$1.65M	–	–	–
12	ECA 12 Endeavour Capital Advisors Greenwich, Connecticut	$1.5M	–	–	–
13	PH 13 Pinnacle Holdings Tulsa, Oklahoma	$1.25M	–	–	–
14	RJA 14 Raymond James & Associates St Petersburg, Florida	$1.08M	+$176K	+10,000	+20%
15	15 AllianceBernstein Nashville, Tennessee	$1.06M	+$259K	+14,652	+33%
16	BL 16 Balentine LLC Atlanta, Georgia	$824K	–	–	–
17	EMFAT 17 Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust Leola, Pennsylvania	$824K	+$443K	+25,096	+120%
18	MCA 18 Mendon Capital Advisors Key Largo, Florida	$722K	+$712K	+40,332	New
19	BCM 19 Bridgeway Capital Management Houston, Texas	$577K	–	–	–
20	EVC 20 Eidelman Virant Capital Saint Louis, Missouri	$362K	–	–	–
21	SSWM 21 Sheets Smith Wealth Management Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$289K	+$7.94K	+450	+3%
22	SIC 22 Salem Investment Counselors Winston Salem, North Carolina	$215K	+$212K	+12,000	New
23	23 Royal Bank of Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada	$175K	+$14.1K	+800	+9%
24	24 US Bancorp Minneapolis, Minnesota	$139K	–	–	–
25	BBHC 25 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co New York	$46K	–	–	–

SFST Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2015 in Review

34 of the 3,711 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Southern First Bancshares (SFST) for Q2 2015, worth a combined $58.9M — up 5.4% from $55.8M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 6 funds opened new SFST positions and 2 closed out — a net gain of 4 holders — while 9 added to existing stakes and 6 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Mendon Capital Advisors, opening a new position worth an estimated $712K. The largest seller was Wellington Management Group, cutting an estimated $2.09M.

34 institutional investors held Southern First Bancshares (SFST) as of Q2 2015, up from 30 in Q1 2015.
Funds reported $58.9M of Southern First Bancshares stock for Q2 2015, up 5.4% quarter-over-quarter.
6 funds opened new Southern First Bancshares positions in Q2 2015 and 2 closed out, a net change of +4 holders.
The largest Southern First Bancshares buyer in Q2 2015 was Mendon Capital Advisors, an estimated $712K added.
The largest Southern First Bancshares seller in Q2 2015 was Wellington Management Group, an estimated $2.09M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2015.

Southern First Bancshares SFST Market cap $588M