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Southern First Bancshares
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63 hedge funds and large institutions have $137M invested in Southern First Bancshares in 2017 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 7 funds opening new positions, 22 increasing their positions, 22 reducing their positions, and 4 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

75% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 7 | Existing positions closed: 4

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 1 (0)

0% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 22 | Existing positions reduced: 22

1.17% less ownership

Funds ownership: 66.11% → 64.94% (-1.2%)

2% less funds holding

Funds holding: 64 → 63 (-1)

10% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $152M → $137M (-$14.7M)

Holders
63
Holders Change
-1
Holders Change %
-1.56%
% of All Funds
1.57%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.02%
New
7
Increased
22
Reduced
22
Closed
4
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

1
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
+$8.25M
2
Manulife (Manufacturers Life Insurance)
Manulife (Manufacturers Life Insurance)
Ontario, Canada
+$1.57M
3
CCM
Castine Capital Management
Massachusetts
+$1.47M
4
Geode Capital Management
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
+$1.27M
5
Wellington Management Group
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
+$1.07M

Top Sellers

1
BCM
Basswood Capital Management
New York
-$1.98M
2
EC
EJF Capital
Virginia
-$1.32M
3
BCM
Bridgeway Capital Management
Texas
-$926K
4
CRC
Curi RMB Capital
Illinois
-$566K
5
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$304K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
BFC
1
Banc Funds Company
Illinois
$17.9M – – –
EC
2
EJF Capital
Virginia
$15.6M -$1.32M -38,727 -8%
Wellington Management Group
3
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$13.6M +$1.07M +31,186 +8%
Manulife (Manufacturers Life Insurance)
4
Manulife (Manufacturers Life Insurance)
Ontario, Canada
$12.9M +$1.57M +45,860 +13%
MCA
5
Mendon Capital Advisors
Florida
$9.46M +$54.8K +1,605 +0.6%
BlackRock
6
BlackRock
New York
$7.89M +$8.25M +241,533 +93,982%
CRC
7
Curi RMB Capital
Illinois
$6.59M -$566K -16,583 -8%
Vanguard Group
8
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$6.14M +$135K +3,958 +2%
ROC
9
River Oaks Capital
Minnesota
$5.84M +$13.8K +404 +0.2%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
10
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$5.62M -$201K -5,898 -3%
CCM
11
Castine Capital Management
Massachusetts
$5.12M +$1.47M +43,034 +38%
SCA
12
Stieven Capital Advisors
Missouri
$4.12M -$34.2K -1,000 -0.8%
AllianceBernstein
13
AllianceBernstein
Tennessee
$3.14M – – –
State Street
14
State Street
Massachusetts
$2.46M +$41.9K +1,228 +2%
RJA
15
Raymond James & Associates
Florida
$2.31M -$14.2K -416 -0.6%
PH
16
Pinnacle Holdings
Oklahoma
$2.1M – – –
Geode Capital Management
17
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$1.89M +$1.27M +37,277 +181%
Northern Trust
18
Northern Trust
Illinois
$1.87M +$195K +5,713 +11%
EMFAT
19
Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust
Pennsylvania
$1.5M – – –
Renaissance Technologies
20
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$1.33M +$99.7K +2,919 +8%
EM
21
ELCO Management
New York
$1.08M +$131K +3,834 +13%
Deutsche Bank
22
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$783K -$256K -7,498 -24%
BCM
23
Basswood Capital Management
New York
$751K -$1.98M -58,017 -72%
BCM
24
Bridgeway Capital Management
Texas
$693K -$926K -27,100 -56%
Bank of New York Mellon
25
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$608K +$106K +3,112 +20%
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SFST Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2017 in Review

63 of the 4,017 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Southern First Bancshares (SFST) for Q1 2017, worth a combined $137M — down 9.7% from $152M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 7 funds opened new SFST positions and 4 closed out — a net gain of 3 holders — while 22 added to existing stakes and 22 trimmed.

The largest buyer was BlackRock, adding an estimated $8.25M. The largest seller was Basswood Capital Management, cutting an estimated $1.98M.

  • 63 institutional investors held Southern First Bancshares (SFST) as of Q1 2017, down from 64 in Q4 2016.
  • Funds reported $137M of Southern First Bancshares stock for Q1 2017, down 9.7% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 7 funds opened new Southern First Bancshares positions in Q1 2017 and 4 closed out, a net change of +3 holders.
  • The largest Southern First Bancshares buyer in Q1 2017 was BlackRock, an estimated $8.25M added.
  • The largest Southern First Bancshares seller in Q1 2017 was Basswood Capital Management, an estimated $1.98M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2017.