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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.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 21.30 | 31.40 | 27.33 | 30.86 | 20.89 | 34.50 | 41.05 | 20.75 | 24.98 | 29.14 |
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| 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 | |||||
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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% |
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.