Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFST – Get Free Report) Director Anna T. Locke bought 360 shares of Southern First Bancshares stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 10th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $37.01 per share, for a total transaction of $13,323.60. Following the purchase, the director now directly owns 2,582 shares in the company, valued at $95,559.82. This represents a 16.20 % increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.
Southern First Bancshares Trading Down 1.4 %
Shares of SFST stock opened at $35.68 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $291.15 million, a P/E ratio of 18.58 and a beta of 0.83. Southern First Bancshares, Inc. has a 12-month low of $24.98 and a 12-month high of $45.90. The company has a quick ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $38.17 and a 200 day moving average price of $36.84.
Southern First Bancshares (NASDAQ:SFST – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The bank reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.29. Southern First Bancshares had a return on equity of 4.85% and a net margin of 7.28%. Research analysts forecast that Southern First Bancshares, Inc. will post 1.85 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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Southern First Bancshares Company Profile
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.
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