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Insider Ownership Percentage: 7.72%

Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $756,389.12

Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $0.00

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Southern First Bancshares Share Price & Price History

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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
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
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

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

79.08% 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
5/22/2023	Putnam Investments LLC	48,902	$1.50M	0.0%	+7.0%	0.607%
5/22/2023	Ameriprise Financial Inc.	251,207	$7.71M	0.0%	+19.9%	3.121%
5/18/2023	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	29,692	$0.91M	0.0%	-21.2%	0.369%
5/16/2023	Penn Capital Management Company LLC	47,266	$1.45M	0.1%	-7.6%	0.587%
5/16/2023	State Street Corp	151,668	$4.66M	0.0%	+1.5%	1.885%
5/16/2023	Geode Capital Management LLC	139,686	$4.29M	0.0%	+4.3%	1.736%
5/16/2023	Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC	69,119	$2.12M	0.0%	+34.7%	0.859%
5/15/2023	Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio	1,877	$58K	0.0%	+154.7%	0.023%
5/15/2023	Two Sigma Advisers LP	21,300	$0.65M	0.0%	-3.6%	0.265%
5/15/2023	Two Sigma Investments LP	16,709	$0.51M	0.0%	-15.0%	0.208%
5/15/2023	Deutsche Bank AG	4,687	$0.14M	0.0%	+51.8%	0.058%
5/15/2023	Sheets Smith Wealth Management	31	$0.47M	0.1%	-99.8%	0.000%
5/12/2023	Renaissance Technologies LLC	71,807	$2.20M	0.0%	-21.0%	0.892%
5/12/2023	Gamco Investors INC. ET AL	29,705	$0.91M	0.0%	+3.5%	0.369%
5/12/2023	BlackRock Inc.	668,797	$20.53M	0.0%	-4.4%	8.310%
5/12/2023	BNP Paribas Arbitrage SNC	4,095	$0.13M	0.0%	+319.6%	0.051%
5/12/2023	Bank of America Corp DE	10,522	$0.32M	0.0%	-36.1%	0.131%
5/12/2023	NewEdge Advisors LLC	6,805	$0.21M	0.0%	+7.6%	0.085%
5/12/2023	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	337,520	$10.36M	0.0%	+6.4%	4.194%
5/12/2023	Greenwood Capital Associates LLC	9,013	$0.28M	0.0%	-18.6%	0.112%
5/12/2023	Wellington Management Group LLP	95,515	$2.93M	0.0%	-42.1%	1.187%
5/12/2023	SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC	105,204	$3.23M	0.4%	+0.7%	1.307%
5/12/2023	Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.	20,441	$0.63M	0.0%	+2.5%	0.254%
5/11/2023	Acadian Asset Management LLC	39,912	$1.22M	0.0%	+12.6%	0.496%
5/11/2023	American Century Companies Inc.	61,464	$1.92M	0.0%	+17.7%	0.764%
5/9/2023	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	35,750	$1.10M	0.0%	-3.2%	0.444%
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%
2/16/2023	Alliancebernstein L.P.	143,740	$6.58M	0.0%	-17.0%	1.786%
2/15/2023	MetLife Investment Management LLC	3,760	$0.17M	0.0%	+16.7%	0.047%
2/15/2023	State of Wisconsin Investment Board	12,700	$0.58M	0.0%	+35.0%	0.159%
2/15/2023	SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC	104,504	$4.78M	0.7%	-2.3%	1.307%
2/15/2023	T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc.	799,080	$36.56M	0.0%	+17.2%	9.992%
2/15/2023	Morgan Stanley	31,313	$1.43M	0.0%	-1.5%	0.392%
2/15/2023	Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc.	429,870	$19.67M	5.3%	+0.3%	5.375%
2/14/2023	Two Sigma Investments LP	19,669	$0.90M	0.0%	+11.0%	0.246%
2/13/2023	Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.	19,948	$0.91M	0.0%	+1.8%	0.249%
2/13/2023	Panagora Asset Management Inc.	12,787	$0.59M	0.0%	-26.7%	0.160%
2/13/2023	Barclays PLC	16,869	$0.77M	0.0%	+16.3%	0.211%
2/13/2023	Renaissance Technologies LLC	90,902	$4.16M	0.0%	-6.5%	1.136%
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	Geode Capital Management LLC	133,915	$6.13M	0.0%	+2.2%	1.674%
2/13/2023	American Century Companies Inc.	52,201	$2.39M	0.0%	+25.7%	0.653%
2/13/2023	GSA Capital Partners LLP	6,007	$0.28M	0.0%	N/A	0.075%
2/13/2023	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	37,669	$1.73M	0.0%	-7.8%	0.471%
2/10/2023	Bank of America Corp DE	16,479	$0.75M	0.0%	+39.1%	0.206%
2/9/2023	First Trust Advisors LP	6,526	$0.30M	0.0%	N/A	0.082%
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%
2/8/2023	UBS Group AG	2,741	$0.13M	0.0%	+202.9%	0.034%
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%
12/8/2022	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	28,806	$1.20M	0.0%	+9.2%	0.360%
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%

Data available starting January 2016

Southern First Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company, which engages in the business of accepting demand deposits and savings deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the provision of commercial, consumer, and mortgage loans to the general public. The company was founded in March 1999 and is headquartered in Greenville, SC.

Today's Range

Now: $27.87

$26.25

$28.31

50 Day Range

MA: $26.39

$21.33

$32.33

52 Week Range

Now: $27.87

$20.75

$49.96

Volume

46,270 shs

Average Volume

35,693 shs

Market Capitalization

$224.35 million

P/E Ratio

9.45

Dividend Yield

N/A

Beta

0.8

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)
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)
Silvia T King (Insider)
Anna T Locke (Director)
Leighton M Cubbage (Director)
Michael D Dowling (CFO)
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. — 8.31%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP — 4.19%
Ameriprise Financial Inc. — 3.12%
State Street Corp — 1.88%
Geode Capital Management LLC — 1.74%
SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC — 1.31%
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:
Wellington Management Group LLP
BlackRock Inc.
Renaissance Technologies LLC
Sheets Smith Wealth Management
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Bank of America Corp DE
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.
Penn Capital Management Company LLC
Which major investors are buying Southern First Bancshares stock?: Within the last quarter, SFST stock was acquired by institutional investors including:
Ameriprise Financial Inc.
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC
Strs Ohio
American Century Companies Inc.
Geode Capital Management LLC
Acadian Asset Management LLC
Putnam Investments LLC
Within the previous year, these company insiders have bought Southern First Bancshares stock:
R Arthur Seaver Jr (CEO)
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)
Silvia T King (Insider)
Anna T Locke (Director)
Learn More investors buying Southern First Bancshares stock.

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