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Insider Ownership Percentage: 7.62%

Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $15,666.00

Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $397,901.53

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Southern First Bancshares Insider Trading History

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction	Shares Held After Transaction
9/16/2024	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Sell	2,515	$33.29	$83,724.35	54,303
9/12/2024	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Sell	1,744	$31.18	$54,377.92	58,818
9/9/2024	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Sell	1,290	$31.02	$40,015.80	60,562
5/21/2024	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Sell	812	$29.11	$23,637.32	61,852
5/15/2024	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Sell	1,771	$27.34	$48,419.14	62,664
5/9/2024	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Sell	780	$27.50	$21,450.00	66,152
4/24/2024	Anne S Ellefson	Director	Sell	600	$28.00	$16,800.00	6,712
3/21/2024	R Arthur Seavers, Jr.	CEO	Sell	996	$31.25	$31,125.00	83,470
3/19/2024	R Arthur Seavers, Jr.	CEO	Sell	17	$31.00	$527.00	88,733
3/14/2024	R Arthur Seavers, Jr.	CEO	Sell	2,500	$31.13	$77,825.00	90,970
3/13/2024	Anna T Locke	Director	Buy	90	$32.40	$2,916.00	2,222
12/20/2023	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	200	$34.50	$6,900.00	49,876
11/22/2023	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	200	$29.25	$5,850.00	49,676
10/31/2023	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	200	$27.00	$5,400.00	49,476
10/25/2023	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	250	$25.49	$6,372.50	49,076
9/19/2023	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	150	$26.96	$4,044.00	48,826
8/9/2023	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	150	$29.35	$4,402.50	48,676
8/1/2023	Anna T Locke	Director	Buy	1,300	$30.40	$39,520.00	2,132
7/28/2023	David Andrew Borrmann	CFO	Buy	1,900	$29.50	$56,050.00	11,500
6/23/2023	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	100	$25.00	$2,500.00	48,426
6/21/2023	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	300	$25.40	$7,620.00	48,026
6/5/2023	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	200	$25.00	$5,000.00	47,426
6/1/2023	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	200	$23.90	$4,780.00	47,226
5/25/2023	Silvia T King	Insider	Buy	500	$24.16	$12,080.00	1,700
5/22/2023	David Andrew Borrmann	CFO	Buy	500	$23.25	$11,625.00	9,600
5/17/2023	Anna T Locke	Director	Buy	115	$23.90	$2,748.50	832
5/16/2023	David Andrew Borrmann	CFO	Buy	200	$22.81	$4,562.00	9,100
5/9/2023	David Andrew Borrmann	CFO	Buy	200	$22.54	$4,508.00	8,900
5/8/2023	Calvin C Hurst	President	Buy	500	$22.06	$11,030.00	7,000
5/8/2023	R Arthur Seavers, Jr.	CEO	Buy	253	$22.50	$5,692.50	75,144
5/8/2023	R Arthur Seavers, Jr.	CEO	Buy	253	$22.50	$5,692.50	75,144
5/5/2023	William M Aiken III	Insider	Buy	400	$22.52	$9,008.00	8,200
5/4/2023	David Andrew Borrmann	CFO	Buy	200	$21.45	$4,290.00	8,700
5/4/2023	Terry Grayson-Caprio	Director	Buy	1,000	$21.16	$21,160.00	3,240
5/1/2023	David Andrew Borrmann	CFO	Buy	1,000	$27.20	$27,200.00	8,500
4/28/2023	David Andrew Borrmann	CFO	Buy	6,000	$27.62	$165,720.00	7,500
3/13/2023	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	500	$33.69	$16,845.00	46,776
3/10/2023	Anne S Ellefson	Director	Buy	250	$36.50	$9,125.00	6,812
3/10/2023	William M Aiken III	Insider	Buy	1,000	$38.21	$38,210.00	7,800
2/22/2023	Anna T Locke	Director	Buy	675	$40.70	$27,472.50	717
2/6/2023	Ray Lattimore	Director	Buy	128	$41.96	$5,370.88	2,635
2/2/2023	Ray Lattimore	Director	Buy	2,119	$41.96	$88,913.24	2,507
1/30/2023	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	4,500	$40.87	$183,915.00	46,276
12/22/2022	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	100	$45.01	$4,501.00	41,776
9/21/2022	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	1,000	$43.20	$43,200.00	41,668
8/1/2022	Terry Grayson-Caprio	Director	Buy	1,000	$43.74	$43,740.00	2,240
5/16/2022	Terry Grayson-Caprio	Director	Buy	1,000	$42.58	$42,580.00	1,240
5/9/2022	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	250	$44.57	$11,142.50	40,668
12/23/2021	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	300	$63.26	$18,978.00
12/13/2021	Terry Grayson-Caprio	Director	Buy	100	$59.67	$5,967.00

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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for Southern First Bancshares (NASDAQ:SFST)

75.00% of Southern First Bancshares stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

Southern First Bancshares Institutional Trading History

Reporting Date	Hedge Fund	Shares Held	Market Value	% of Portfolio	Quarterly Change in Shares	Ownership in Company
11/13/2024	BNP Paribas Financial Markets	2,066	$70K	0.0%	+37.9%	0.025%
11/8/2024	Princeton Capital Management LLC	6,000	$0.20M	0.1%	N/A	0.074%
11/6/2024	Empowered Funds LLC	14,430	$0.49M	0.0%	+4.9%	0.177%
11/6/2024	Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc.	8,168	$0.28M	0.1%	-50.5%	0.100%
10/23/2024	Assenagon Asset Management S.A.	31,140	$1.06M	0.0%	+10.1%	0.382%
10/16/2024	SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC	71,260	$2.43M	0.3%	-23.9%	0.874%
10/15/2024	Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC	10,295	$0.35M	0.0%	+3.1%	0.126%
10/3/2024	SG Americas Securities LLC	2,976	$0.10M	0.0%	N/A	0.036%
8/15/2024	Long Focus Capital Management LLC	10,000	$0.29M	0.0%	N/A	0.123%
8/14/2024	Gabelli Funds LLC	33,468	$0.98M	0.0%	+31.5%	0.410%
8/9/2024	Renaissance Technologies LLC	92,293	$2.70M	0.0%	+9.2%	1.132%
8/9/2024	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	323,001	$9.44M	0.0%	+3.2%	3.960%
8/8/2024	American Century Companies Inc.	80,056	$2.34M	0.0%	-3.1%	0.982%
7/26/2024	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	32,654	$0.96M	0.0%	+9.9%	0.400%
7/22/2024	SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC	93,639	$2.74M	0.3%	-32.8%	1.148%
7/18/2024	Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC	9,983	$0.29M	0.0%	+19.3%	0.122%
7/18/2024	Assenagon Asset Management S.A.	28,280	$0.83M	0.0%	+2.9%	0.347%
5/16/2024	California State Teachers Retirement System	772	$25K	0.0%	-38.9%	0.009%
5/15/2024	Quadrature Capital Ltd	12,434	$0.39M	0.0%	N/A	0.152%
5/15/2024	Gabelli Funds LLC	25,443	$0.81M	0.0%	+181.4%	0.312%
5/15/2024	Teton Advisors Inc.	37,500	$1.19M	0.4%	-1.3%	0.460%
5/10/2024	Acadian Asset Management LLC	54,457	$1.73M	0.0%	+36.4%	0.668%
5/10/2024	Vanguard Group Inc.	413,259	$13.13M	0.0%	+4.0%	5.067%
5/7/2024	Empowered Funds LLC	12,860	$0.41M	0.0%	+7.3%	0.158%
5/1/2024	BNP Paribas Financial Markets	3,921	$0.13M	0.0%	+93.5%	0.048%
4/27/2024	Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC	8,369	$0.27M	0.0%	N/A	0.103%
4/23/2024	Godsey & Gibb Inc.	12,260	$0.39M	0.0%	-4.7%	0.150%
4/18/2024	SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC	139,310	$4.42M	0.5%	+1.3%	1.707%
3/5/2024	Wellington Management Group LLP	151,436	$5.62M	0.0%	+27.5%	1.872%
2/23/2024	Mendon Capital Advisors Corp	7,699	$0.29M	0.1%	N/A	0.095%
2/13/2024	Teton Advisors Inc.	38,000	$1.41M	0.5%	-7.3%	0.470%
2/13/2024	FinTrust Capital Advisors LLC	2,780	$0.10M	0.0%	+256.4%	0.034%
2/12/2024	rhino investment partners Inc	14,845	$0.55M	0.1%	N/A	0.183%
2/7/2024	Patton Albertson Miller Group LLC	5,637	$0.21M	0.0%	N/A	0.070%
2/6/2024	Sheets Smith Wealth Management	14,701	$0.55M	0.1%	-3.6%	0.182%
2/5/2024	Russell Investments Group Ltd.	61,800	$2.29M	0.0%	+16.9%	0.764%
2/1/2024	New York State Common Retirement Fund	2,764	$0.10M	0.0%	-47.4%	0.034%
1/30/2024	Strs Ohio	16,200	$0.60M	0.0%	-15.2%	0.200%
1/19/2024	Abacus Planning Group Inc.	31,854	$1.18M	0.2%	-3.1%	0.394%
1/19/2024	Wagner Wealth Management LLC	5,631	$0.21M	0.1%	N/A	0.070%
1/17/2024	Assenagon Asset Management S.A.	27,679	$1.03M	0.0%	-14.8%	0.342%
1/16/2024	Godsey & Gibb Inc.	12,860	$0.48M	0.1%	-3.7%	0.159%
1/12/2024	SG Americas Securities LLC	4,232	$0.16M	0.0%	N/A	0.052%
12/1/2023	Wellington Management Group LLP	118,815	$3.20M	0.0%	+4.7%	1.469%
11/15/2023	ELCO Management Co. LLC	7,699	$0.21M	0.1%	N/A	0.095%
11/15/2023	Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc.	459,458	$12.38M	5.0%	+0.2%	5.679%
11/8/2023	Teton Advisors Inc.	41,000	$1.11M	0.3%	-45.3%	0.507%
11/7/2023	Barclays PLC	19,140	$0.52M	0.0%	+2.7%	0.237%
11/6/2023	Assenagon Asset Management S.A.	32,479	$0.88M	0.0%	+212.0%	0.401%
10/31/2023	Fifth Third Bancorp	30,024	$0.81M	0.0%	N/A	0.372%
10/27/2023	River Oaks Capital LLC	94,899	$2.56M	3.8%	-1.1%	1.174%
10/26/2023	Strs Ohio	19,100	$0.51M	0.0%	+4.9%	0.236%
10/23/2023	Sheets Smith Wealth Management	15,251	$0.41M	0.1%	+2.7%	0.189%
10/12/2023	SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC	137,631	$3.71M	0.5%	+0.8%	1.703%
8/11/2023	FJ Capital Management LLC	791,009	$19.58M	2.5%	+72.6%	9.790%
8/11/2023	Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC	99,639	$2.47M	0.0%	+44.2%	1.233%
8/11/2023	Banc Funds Co. LLC	418,573	$10.36M	1.2%	+10.6%	5.180%
8/10/2023	Gamco Investors INC. ET AL	24,405	$0.60M	0.0%	-17.8%	0.302%
8/10/2023	Russell Investments Group Ltd.	50,873	$1.26M	0.0%	+213.4%	0.630%
8/9/2023	Sheets Smith Wealth Management	14,854	$0.37M	0.1%	-2.6%	0.184%
7/31/2023	Strs Ohio	18,200	$0.45M	0.0%	+80.2%	0.226%
7/27/2023	EA Series Trust	10,235	$0.25M	0.0%	N/A	0.127%
7/17/2023	Wedge Capital Management L L P NC	83,231	$2.06M	0.0%	-7.5%	1.034%
7/14/2023	SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC	136,601	$3.38M	0.4%	+29.8%	1.697%
5/15/2023	Sheets Smith Wealth Management	31	$0.47M	0.1%	-99.8%	0.000%
5/12/2023	Greenwood Capital Associates LLC	9,013	$0.28M	0.0%	-18.6%	0.112%
5/12/2023	SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC	105,204	$3.23M	0.4%	+0.7%	1.307%
5/11/2023	Acadian Asset Management LLC	39,912	$1.22M	0.0%	+12.6%	0.496%
5/4/2023	Barclays PLC	18,461	$0.57M	0.0%	+9.4%	0.229%
5/2/2023	River Oaks Capital LLC	97,100	$2.98M	4.2%	-3.3%	1.206%
4/27/2023	Strs Ohio	10,100	$0.31M	0.0%	N/A	0.125%
4/18/2023	Assenagon Asset Management S.A.	10,409	$0.32M	0.0%	-30.0%	0.129%
4/11/2023	Wedge Capital Management L L P NC	89,996	$2.76M	0.0%	-3.1%	1.118%
3/23/2023	MetLife Investment Management LLC	3,760	$0.17M	0.0%	+16.7%	0.047%
2/13/2023	The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company	379,865	$17.38M	0.0%	-2.5%	4.748%
2/13/2023	Penn Capital Management Company LLC	51,175	$2.34M	0.2%	-2.7%	0.640%
2/13/2023	GSA Capital Partners LLP	6,007	$0.28M	0.0%	N/A	0.075%
2/9/2023	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	317,258	$14.52M	0.0%	+2.8%	3.966%
2/9/2023	FJ Capital Management LLC	287,539	$13.16M	1.6%	-12.6%	3.594%
2/3/2023	River Oaks Capital LLC	100,400	$4.59M	5.2%	-11.8%	1.255%
2/2/2023	SG Americas Securities LLC	3,002	$0.14M	0.0%	+8.8%	0.038%
2/2/2023	Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC	54,713	$2.50M	0.7%	+58.1%	0.684%
2/1/2023	Janney Montgomery Scott LLC	4,746	$0.22M	0.0%	N/A	0.059%
1/27/2023	Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC	6,536	$0.29M	0.0%	-5.8%	0.082%
1/26/2023	Comerica Bank	29,984	$1.30M	0.0%	+4.5%	0.375%
1/26/2023	Greenwood Capital Associates LLC	11,076	$0.51M	0.1%	-8.1%	0.139%
1/19/2023	Abacus Planning Group Inc.	32,881	$1.50M	0.4%	-1.9%	0.411%
1/18/2023	Godsey & Gibb Inc.	13,800	$0.63M	0.1%	N/A	0.173%
1/17/2023	Wedge Capital Management L L P NC	92,833	$4.25M	0.1%	-2.9%	1.160%
1/12/2023	Assenagon Asset Management S.A.	14,875	$0.68M	0.0%	-26.4%	0.186%
12/9/2022	Penn Capital Management Company LLC	52,621	$2.19M	0.2%	+658.3%	0.658%
11/16/2022	SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC	106,929	$4.46M	0.7%	+0.6%	1.337%
11/15/2022	Putnam Investments LLC	45,501	$1.90M	0.0%	-0.7%	0.569%
11/15/2022	EJF Capital LLC	162,487	$6.77M	1.0%	-5.4%	2.031%
11/15/2022	Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc.	428,707	$17.86M	4.1%	+16.9%	5.359%
11/14/2022	Teton Advisors Inc.	75,010	$3.13M	0.7%	+4.2%	0.938%
11/10/2022	Teton Advisors Inc.	75,010	$3.13M	0.8%	+4.2%	0.938%
11/10/2022	Sonen Capital LLC	13,000	$0.54M	0.9%	+30.0%	0.163%
11/7/2022	PL Capital Advisors LLC	13,000	$0.54M	0.2%	+30.0%	0.163%
11/4/2022	River Oaks Capital LLC	113,800	$4.74M	5.2%	-6.8%	1.424%

Data available starting January 2016

Southern First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Southern First Bank that provides commercial, consumer, and mortgage loans to the general public in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. 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. Southern First Bancshares, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina.

Today's Range

Now: $42.62

$42.47

$44.16

50 Day Range

MA: $35.86

$31.07

$44.57

52 Week Range

Now: $42.62

$24.98

$44.92

Volume

14,333 shs

Average Volume

19,830 shs

Market Capitalization

$347.78 million

P/E Ratio

24.64

Dividend Yield

N/A

Beta

0.79

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Southern First Bancshares?: Southern First Bancshares' top insider shareholders include:
R Arthur Seaver Jr (CEO)
Leighton M Cubbage (Director)
David G Ellison (Director)
David Andrew Borrmann (CFO)
William M Aiken III (Insider)
Calvin C Hurst (President)
Anne S Ellefson (Director)
Terry Grayson-Caprio (Director)
Ray Lattimore (Director)
Anna T Locke (Director)
Silvia T King (Insider)
Learn More about top insider investors at Southern First Bancshares.
Who are the major institutional investors of Southern First Bancshares?: Southern First Bancshares' top institutional shareholders include:
SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC — 0.87%
Assenagon Asset Management S.A. — 0.38%
Empowered Funds LLC — 0.18%
Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC — 0.13%
Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc. — 0.10%
Princeton Capital Management LLC — 0.07%
Learn More about top institutional investors of Southern First Bancshares stock.
Which major investors are selling Southern First Bancshares stock?: In the previous quarter, SFST stock was sold by these institutional investors:
SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC
Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc.
In the last year, company insiders that have sold Southern First Bancshares company stock include:
R Arthur Seaver Jr (CEO)
Leighton M Cubbage (Director)
David G Ellison (Director)
Learn More investors selling Southern First Bancshares stock.
Which major investors are buying Southern First Bancshares stock?: Within the previous quarter, SFST stock was bought by institutional investors including:
Princeton Capital Management LLC
SG Americas Securities LLC
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.
Empowered Funds LLC
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC
Within the last year, these company insiders have bought Southern First Bancshares stock:
R Arthur Seaver Jr (CEO)
Leighton M Cubbage (Director)
David G Ellison (Director)
David Andrew Borrmann (CFO)
William M Aiken III (Insider)
Calvin C Hurst (President)
Anne S Ellefson (Director)
Terry Grayson-Caprio (Director)
Ray Lattimore (Director)
Anna T Locke (Director)
Learn More investors buying Southern First Bancshares stock.

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