Southern First Bancshares, Inc.

SFST Financial Banks Regional

Southern First Bancshares, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $224.6 million, up 5.28% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 10.8%, EPS grew 50.6%, free cash flow grew 66.0% and total debt fell 94.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for three consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

59.81 0.02 +0.03%
Market cap
$566.3M
P/E
12.6×
Fwd P/E
11.5×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.05
Total sells 2.94
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy 1 — — — 1 — — — — — 1 —
Sell 1 2 — 1 — — — 2 — 5 1 —
Insider Ownership 3.97%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 566.32
Revenue 236.00
Net Income 39.60
Free Cash Flow 39.79
Net Debt (348.23)
Current Ratio 1.04
Debt/Equity 0.03
P/E ratio 12.62
Fwd P/E 11.50
P/S ratio 2.33
P/B ratio 1.21
Past 5Y EPS Growth 9.89%
This Y EPS Growth 33.33% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 23.50% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth (34.82%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 20.74% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 37.74%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 38.48%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 38.48%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 156 163 270 362
Receivables — — — —
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
3,725 3,759 4,084 4,356
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 3,380 3,436 3,717 3,935
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
3,380 3,436 3,717 4,175

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 15.23% 12.95% 20.86%
Cash Flow 4.24% 8.11% (15.40%)
Earnings 11.56% 10.63% 1.41%
Book Value 14.61% 10.06% 7.77%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 58 62 — — —
’25 53 56 59 58 225
’24 51 54 54 54 213
’23 40 45 50 51 187
’22 27 30 34 37 127
’21 29 26 28 27 110
’20 28 33 31 30 122
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 11 18 — — —
’25 8 10 14 (2) 30
’24 (3) 4 26 (2) 26
’23 1 (7) 16 7 18
’22 8 7 22 13 50
’21 11 23 16 28 78
’20 (4) 6 (5) 24 21
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 10 17 — — —
’25 7 10 14 (2) 30
’24 (3) 4 26 (2) 25
’23 1 (7) 16 7 16
’22 2 3 18 13 36
’21 8 15 10 18 52
’20 (5) 4 (6) 23 16
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.19 1.20 — — —
’25 0.65 0.81 1.07 1.21 3.75
’24 0.31 0.37 0.54 0.70 1.91
’23 0.33 0.31 0.51 0.51 1.66
’22 0.98 0.90 1.04 0.68 3.61
’21 1.31 1.29 1.75 1.49 5.85
’20 0.36 0.60 0.28 1.10 2.34
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 21.30 31.40 27.33 30.86 20.89 34.50 41.05 20.75 24.98 29.14

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 36.85 43.20 48.75 44.43 43.00 65.59 65.38 45.98 45.91 56.73
People
People Employees 179 198 229 242 254 278 293 296 297 315
Revenue/emp, $m 0.35 0.36 0.38 0.44 0.48 0.40 0.43 0.63 0.72 0.71
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 62 71 87 108 122 110 127 187 213 225
Gross margin, % 86.79 85.35 81.00 76.42 87.72 95.07 84.25 46.68 43.76 52.57
EBT 20 24 29 35 24 61 38 17 20 40
EBT margin, % 32.83 33.54 33.03 32.96 19.50 55.14 29.95 9.30 9.33 17.63
Net income 13 13 22 28 18 47 29 13 16 30
Depreciation 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 9.82 10.07 11.76 14.30 15.83 14.06 15.99 23.30 26.40 27.76
Earnings 2.06 1.86 3.02 3.70 2.37 5.96 3.66 1.67 1.92 3.77
Cash flow 2.70 2.45 4.29 2.43 2.67 9.95 6.32 2.19 3.16 3.76
Capex (0.86) (0.77) (0.26) (1.12) (0.57) (3.37) (1.74) (0.15) (0.09) (0.07)
Free cash flow 1.85 1.69 4.03 1.31 2.10 6.58 4.58 2.04 3.07 3.69
Book value 17.39 21.37 23.55 27.35 29.58 35.43 37.01 38.83 40.89 45.56
Shares, m 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 17.27 21.93 10.62 11.48 14.85 10.50 12.31 22.05 20.70 13.67
P/S 3.64 4.07 2.73 2.97 2.23 4.45 2.82 1.58 1.51 1.86
P/B 2.06 1.92 1.36 1.55 1.20 1.76 1.22 0.95 0.97 1.13
EV/Sales 4.96 3.91 2.62 3.14 1.91 3.26 3.13 2.41 1.98 0.77
EV/FCF 26.41 23.34 7.64 34.21 14.36 6.96 10.94 27.51 17.07 5.76
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 17 17 32 18 21 78 50 18 26 30
Capex (5) (5) (2) (8) (4) (26) (14) (1) (1) (1)
Free cash flow 12 12 30 10 16 52 36 16 25 30
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 112 94 96 206 117 76 276 346 324 367
Total debt 129 81 63 146 61 36 211 311 265 265
Net debt 82 (12) (9) 18 (40) (131) 40 155 102 (5)
Shareholders’ equity 110 150 174 206 228 278 295 312 330 369
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 1.02 0.88 1.26 1.34 0.77 1.73 0.88 0.35 0.38 0.72
ROIC 6.63 10.71 10.90 9.90 7.89 25.89 7.11 2.33 2.88 6.80
ROE 12.77 10.05 13.78 14.67 8.44 18.46 10.17 4.42 4.83 8.69
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026 · fundamentals updated 8 Oct 2026

Charts ten years each

Southern First Bancshares, Inc. vs peers in Banks Regional (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
FBIZ First Business Financial Services, Inc. $586.5M 10.7× 9.4× +7.37% (above 0%: growing) +36.30% (above 0%: growing) +181.48% (above 0%: growing) 63.47% 0.00% Compare
KRNY Kearny Financial $585.0M 15.7× 10.6× +2.23% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% +72.16% (above 0%: growing) 52.34% 0.00% Compare
GCBC Greene County Bancorp, Inc. $583.1M 14.3× — +7.97% (above 0%: growing) +21.82% (above 0%: growing) +40.48% (above 0%: growing) 67.04% 0.00% Compare
BWB Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc. $568.0M 10.9× 9.5× +2.96% (above 0%: growing) +23.68% (above 0%: growing) +287.44% (above 0%: growing) 54.53% 0.00% Compare
SFST Southern First Bancshares, Inc. $566.3M 12.6× 11.5× +10.76% (above 0%: growing) +50.62% (above 0%: growing) +66.02% (above 0%: growing) 58.21% 0.00%
UNTY Unity Bancorp, Inc. $563.0M 9.6× 9.5× +0.29% (above 0%: growing) −12.20% (below 0%: shrinking) −57.88% (below 0%: shrinking) 69.50% 0.00% Compare
SUPV Grupo Supervielle S.A. $559.2M — (loss-making) — −1.93% (below 0%: shrinking) −28.57% (below 0%: shrinking) −129.06% (below 0%: shrinking) 64.28% 0.00% Compare
CIVB Civista Bancshares, Inc. $558.0M 9.9× 9.4× +4.29% (above 0%: growing) −2.82% (below 0%: shrinking) +44.49% (above 0%: growing) 72.61% 0.00% Compare
NRIM Northrim BanCorp Inc $543.4M 7.6× 9.5× +3.99% (above 0%: growing) +29.58% (above 0%: growing) +934.70% (above 0%: growing) 84.32% 0.00% Compare
Median of peers $565.5M 10.7× 9.5× +3.48% +10.91% +58.33% 65.66% 0.00%

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Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (SFST) key facts

  • Strength: Southern First Bancshares, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $224.6 million, up 5.28% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $30.4 million, or $3.77 per share (basic), a net margin of 13.5%.
  • Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (SFST) is a Banks Regional company in the Financial sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, SFST traded at $59.81, a market capitalization of $566.3 million.
  • At that price the stock trades at 12.6× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.3× sales; its P/E is higher than 38% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Return on equity was 8.69% and debt-to-equity 0.03.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Oct 8, 2026.

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