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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
9/21/2022	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
11/5/2021	Michael D. Dowling	CFO	Sell	2,000	$57.44	$114,880.00
10/29/2021	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Sell	28	$52.93	$1,482.04
9/14/2021	Rudolph G. Johnstone, III	Director	Sell	2,000	$50.25	$100,500.00
3/12/2021	R Arthur Seavers, Jr.	CEO	Sell	12,100	$54.28	$656,788.00	90,991
3/5/2021	Anne S Ellefson	Director	Sell	1,250	$46.75	$58,437.50	7,498
2/26/2021	Michael D. Dowling	CFO	Sell	3,000	$45.01	$135,030.00	42,650
2/1/2021	Anne S Ellefson	Director	Sell	2,250	$40.01	$90,022.50	9,545
12/17/2020	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Sell	1,620	$35.00	$56,700.00	69,581
12/9/2020	Michael D. Dowling	CFO	Sell	3,000	$35.03	$105,090.00	45,150
11/25/2020	Anne S Ellefson	Director	Sell	500	$32.75	$16,375.00	11,545
11/12/2020	R Arthur Seavers, Jr.	CEO	Sell	6,462	$30.04	$194,118.48	83,353
9/21/2020	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Sell	2,300	$25.10	$57,730.00	71,201
6/16/2020	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Sell	1,985	$28.38	$56,334.30	73,501
5/27/2020	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Sell	1,546	$29.05	$44,911.30	75,486
3/23/2020	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	1,000	$22.35	$22,350.00	42,853
3/12/2020	David G. Ellison	Director	Buy	3,000	$32.57	$97,710.00	42,453
2/11/2020	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Sell	1,075	$40.90	$43,967.50	78,532
2/6/2020	Anne S Ellefson	Director	Sell	450	$40.37	$18,166.50
2/3/2020	Anne S Ellefson	Director	Sell	750	$39.50	$29,625.00	17,393
1/31/2020	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Sell	27	$39.89	$1,077.03	82,935
12/17/2019	Tecumseh Hooper Jr	Director	Sell	1,300	$43.62	$56,706.00	42,554
12/11/2019	Tecumseh Hooper Jr	Director	Sell	284	$43.42	$12,331.28	43,967
12/9/2019	Tecumseh Hooper Jr	Director	Sell	1,850	$43.16	$79,846.00	47,847

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

79.38% 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
11/21/2022	California State Teachers Retirement System	2,991	$0.13M	0.0%	-7.7%	0.037%
11/16/2022	Captrust Financial Advisors	74,432	$3.10M	0.0%	+16.3%	0.930%
11/16/2022	SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC	106,929	$4.46M	0.7%	+0.6%	1.337%
11/16/2022	BNP Paribas Arbitrage SNC	2,284	$95K	0.0%	+22.7%	0.029%
11/15/2022	Alliancebernstein L.P.	173,247	$7.22M	0.0%	+4.2%	2.166%
11/15/2022	State Street Corp	149,005	$6.21M	0.0%	-0.8%	1.863%
11/15/2022	Two Sigma Advisers LP	21,600	$0.90M	0.0%	+27.1%	0.270%
11/15/2022	Two Sigma Investments LP	17,727	$0.74M	0.0%	+18.6%	0.222%
11/15/2022	Vanguard Group Inc.	380,916	$15.87M	0.0%	+1.9%	4.763%
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%
11/15/2022	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	28,806	$1.20M	0.0%	+9.2%	0.360%
11/15/2022	BlackRock Inc.	550,609	$22.94M	0.0%	+5.9%	6.883%
11/15/2022	Citadel Advisors LLC	10,821	$0.45M	0.0%	-33.5%	0.135%
11/14/2022	Teton Advisors Inc.	75,010	$3.13M	0.7%	+4.2%	0.938%
11/14/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	54,297	$2.26M	0.0%	-6.3%	0.679%
11/14/2022	Renaissance Technologies LLC	97,207	$4.05M	0.0%	-12.1%	1.216%
11/14/2022	Nuveen Asset Management LLC	23,795	$0.99M	0.0%	-1.8%	0.298%
11/10/2022	Teton Advisors Inc.	75,010	$3.13M	0.8%	+4.2%	0.938%
11/10/2022	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	308,568	$12.86M	0.0%	+4.9%	3.857%
11/10/2022	UBS Group AG	905	$37K	0.0%	+130.3%	0.011%
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%
11/3/2022	The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company	389,750	$16.24M	0.0%	-3.2%	4.878%
11/3/2022	Barclays PLC	14,510	$0.60M	0.0%	+8.7%	0.182%
11/1/2022	Sheets Smith Wealth Management	15,172	$0.63M	0.1%	-1.6%	0.190%
10/31/2022	SG Americas Securities LLC	2,758	$0.12M	0.0%	-8.9%	0.035%
10/28/2022	Comerica Bank	28,685	$1.20M	0.0%	-1.5%	0.359%
10/27/2022	Assenagon Asset Management S.A.	20,206	$0.84M	0.0%	-28.5%	0.253%
10/24/2022	Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC	6,936	$0.30M	0.0%	+3.6%	0.087%
10/19/2022	Abacus Planning Group Inc.	33,519	$1.40M	0.4%	+1.9%	0.420%
10/13/2022	Wedge Capital Management L L P NC	95,651	$3.99M	0.1%	-4.0%	1.197%
8/23/2022	Summit Global Investments	6,500	$0.28M	0.0%	+30.0%	0.081%
8/23/2022	Captrust Financial Advisors	63,975	$2.79M	0.0%	+3.9%	0.801%
8/18/2022	Goldman Sachs Group Inc.	48,999	$2.14M	0.0%	+15.2%	0.613%
8/16/2022	Captrust Financial Advisors	64,975	$2.83M	0.0%	+5.5%	0.813%
8/16/2022	Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD	645,858	$28.15M	0.0%	+4.1%	8.083%
8/16/2022	Penn Capital Management Company LLC	6,939	$0.30M	0.0%	N/A	0.087%
8/15/2022	State Street Corp	150,132	$6.54M	0.0%	-1.1%	1.879%
8/15/2022	Citadel Advisors LLC	16,264	$0.71M	0.0%	+208.4%	0.204%
8/15/2022	Millennium Management LLC	12,152	$0.53M	0.0%	-37.1%	0.152%
8/13/2022	NewEdge Advisors LLC	6,100	$0.27M	0.0%	N/A	0.076%
8/13/2022	Teton Advisors Inc.	72,010	$3.14M	0.7%	+7.5%	0.901%
8/13/2022	Gamco Investors INC. ET AL	28,705	$1.25M	0.0%	+5.5%	0.359%
8/13/2022	Renaissance Technologies LLC	110,546	$4.82M	0.0%	-6.8%	1.383%
8/12/2022	Northern Trust Corp	73,482	$3.20M	0.0%	-1.2%	0.919%
8/12/2022	Banc Funds Co. LLC	348,324	$15.18M	1.4%	+4.8%	4.359%
8/12/2022	BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA	1,862	$81K	0.0%	+80.4%	0.023%
8/12/2022	Rhumbline Advisers	10,870	$0.47M	0.0%	+20.9%	0.136%
8/11/2022	Wagner Wealth Management LLC	5,671	$0.25M	0.2%	-9.4%	0.071%
8/11/2022	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	46,558	$2.03M	0.0%	+272.5%	0.583%
8/5/2022	Salzhauer Michael	5,660	$0.25M	0.1%	+41.5%	0.071%
7/29/2022	SG Americas Securities LLC	3,029	$0.13M	0.0%	N/A	0.038%
7/27/2022	Bailard Inc.	7,300	$0.32M	0.0%	N/A	0.091%
7/27/2022	Assenagon Asset Management S.A.	28,260	$1.23M	0.0%	-11.0%	0.354%
7/20/2022	Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC	34,596	$1.51M	0.4%	-36.9%	0.434%
7/11/2022	Wedge Capital Management L L P NC	99,602	$4.34M	0.1%	-1.0%	1.248%
6/30/2022	Amalgamated Bank	1,002	$51K	0.0%	N/A	0.013%
6/7/2022	Bank of America Corp DE	5,629	$0.29M	0.0%	-17.1%	0.071%
5/24/2022	Reynolds Investment Management Inc.	12,107	$0.62M	0.2%	N/A	0.152%
5/20/2022	The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company	406,384	$20.66M	0.0%	+0.3%	5.093%
5/18/2022	BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA	1,032	$52K	0.0%	-61.4%	0.013%
5/17/2022	Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC	5,541	$0.28M	0.0%	N/A	0.069%
5/17/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	56,867	$2.89M	0.0%	+289.6%	0.713%
5/17/2022	Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc.	348,061	$17.70M	2.8%	+10.3%	4.362%
5/16/2022	California State Teachers Retirement System	3,194	$0.16M	0.0%	-21.0%	0.040%
5/16/2022	Goldman Sachs Group Inc.	42,521	$2.16M	0.0%	+27.3%	0.533%
5/16/2022	Wellington Management Group LLP	226,015	$11.49M	0.0%	-9.1%	2.833%
5/16/2022	State Street Corp	151,867	$7.72M	0.0%	-1.8%	1.904%
5/16/2022	Invesco Ltd.	10,441	$0.53M	0.0%	+3.4%	0.131%
5/16/2022	UBS Group AG	1,914	$98K	0.0%	-47.1%	0.024%
5/13/2022	Renaissance Technologies LLC	118,607	$6.03M	0.0%	+22.3%	1.487%
5/13/2022	Northern Trust Corp	74,347	$3.78M	0.0%	-3.5%	0.932%
5/13/2022	Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.	19,362	$0.99M	0.0%	+2.7%	0.243%
5/13/2022	Teton Advisors Inc.	67,010	$3.41M	0.6%	+1.5%	0.840%
5/13/2022	EJF Capital LLC	195,628	$9.95M	1.1%	+13.7%	2.452%
5/13/2022	First Trust Advisors LP	4,032	$0.21M	0.0%	+9.8%	0.051%
5/13/2022	American International Group Inc.	3,696	$0.19M	0.0%	-6.6%	0.046%
5/13/2022	Vanguard Group Inc.	363,854	$18.50M	0.0%	+0.9%	4.560%
5/13/2022	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	288,523	$14.67M	0.0%	+0.9%	3.616%
5/12/2022	BlackRock Inc.	501,734	$25.51M	0.0%	-2.9%	6.289%
5/12/2022	Rhumbline Advisers	8,990	$0.46M	0.0%	-6.7%	0.113%
5/12/2022	Panagora Asset Management Inc.	19,399	$0.99M	0.0%	+5.5%	0.243%
5/12/2022	MetLife Investment Management LLC	3,316	$0.17M	0.0%	+55.7%	0.042%
5/12/2022	FJ Capital Management LLC	597,723	$30.39M	2.6%	-0.4%	7.492%
5/12/2022	Acadian Asset Management LLC	37,795	$1.92M	0.0%	-2.8%	0.474%
5/11/2022	American Century Companies Inc.	30,285	$1.54M	0.0%	+28.6%	0.380%
5/11/2022	Banc Funds Co. LLC	332,514	$16.91M	1.3%	-4.6%	4.168%
5/11/2022	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	29,203	$1.49M	0.0%	+2.3%	0.366%
5/11/2022	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	12,500	$0.64M	0.0%	-30.4%	0.157%
5/10/2022	Greenwood Capital Associates LLC	12,286	$0.63M	0.2%	-27.3%	0.154%
5/6/2022	Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC	54,811	$2.79M	0.6%	-28.1%	0.687%
5/5/2022	New York State Common Retirement Fund	5,267	$0.27M	0.0%	-15.8%	0.066%
5/5/2022	Russell Investments Group Ltd.	16,234	$0.82M	0.0%	+22.4%	0.203%
5/2/2022	Signaturefd LLC	1,904	$97K	0.0%	-48.0%	0.024%
4/29/2022	Summit Global Investments	5,000	$0.25M	0.0%	N/A	0.063%
4/28/2022	Godsey & Gibb Associates	13,800	$0.70M	0.3%	N/A	0.173%
4/27/2022	Comerica Bank	29,183	$1.44M	0.0%	-41.2%	0.366%

Data available starting January 2016

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.

Today's Range

Now: $46.77

$46.66

$48.06

50 Day Range

MA: $44.94

$41.46

$49.50

52 Week Range

Now: $46.77

$41.05

$65.38

Volume

23,775 shs

Average Volume

20,234 shs

Market Capitalization

$374.02 million

P/E Ratio

10.61

Dividend Yield

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Beta

0.85

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)
Michael D Dowling (CFO)
David G Ellison (Director)
Anne S Ellefson (Director)
Terry Grayson-Caprio (Director)
Rudolph G Johnstone III (Director)
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:
BlackRock Inc. — 6.88%
Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc. — 5.36%
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company — 4.88%
Vanguard Group Inc. — 4.76%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP — 3.86%
Alliancebernstein L.P. — 2.17%
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:
Renaissance Technologies LLC
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
EJF Capital LLC
River Oaks Capital LLC
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.
Citadel Advisors LLC
Wedge Capital Management L L P NC
Royal Bank of Canada
Which major investors are buying Southern First Bancshares stock?: Within the last quarter, SFST stock was acquired by institutional investors including:
Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc.
BlackRock Inc.
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
Captrust Financial Advisors
Vanguard Group Inc.
Alliancebernstein L.P.
Two Sigma Advisers LP
Teton Advisors Inc.
Within the previous year, these company insiders have bought Southern First Bancshares stock:
R Arthur Seaver Jr (CEO)
Leighton M Cubbage (Director)
Learn More investors buying Southern First Bancshares stock.

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Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

Southern First Bancshares Institutional Trading History

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