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SFST — SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC

US Financials Banks equity mkt cap 597.0M
63.03 +0.33% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 41.15 · high 64.60

Anonymous view is capped at two years of history. A free account extends it to five, and Pro opens the whole archive back to 2016-01-04.

Performance

1 day+0.33%
1 week-1.79%
1 month+4.10%
3 months+10.44%
6 months+3.80%
Year to date+21.91%
1 year+50.21%
3 years+125.03%
5 years+23.30%

Technicals

RSI 1447.0
vs 50-day avg+2.18%
vs 200-day avg+11.67%
Volatility 1y29.7%
Max drawdown 1y-16.08%
Avg volume 30d114.4K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Measured signals that fired on SFST

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-06Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-04Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-12Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-11Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-12SEAVER R ARTHUR JR
Chief Executive Officer
Open-market sale6.0K64.00384.0K
2026-08-12SEAVER R ARTHUR JR
Chief Executive Officer
Open-market sale5.0K63.50317.5K
2026-08-12SEAVER R ARTHUR JR
Chief Executive Officer
Open-market sale5.0K63.00315.0K
2026-08-12SEAVER R ARTHUR JR
Chief Executive Officer
Open-market sale4.5K63.75286.9K
2026-08-12SEAVER R ARTHUR JR
Chief Executive Officer
Option exercise2.8K42.72120.8K
2026-08-12SEAVER R ARTHUR JR
Chief Executive Officer
Option exercise2.9K39.45114.5K
2026-08-12SEAVER R ARTHUR JR
Chief Executive Officer
Option exercise2.3K42.8096.5K
2026-08-12SEAVER R ARTHUR JR
Chief Executive Officer
Option exercise2.4K32.3279.0K
2026-08-12SEAVER R ARTHUR JR
Chief Executive Officer
Open-market sale50064.0032.0K
2026-08-04Fairchild Julie Ann
Chief Accounting Officer
Option exercise1.5K35.6553.5K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
FJ Capital Management LLC44.0M807.2K
BlackRock, Inc.38.8M712.4K
ENDEAVOUR CAPITAL ADVISORS INC33.1M607.4K
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP20.7M380.4K
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC18.8M344.9K
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC14.8M271.2K
Rhino Investment Partners, Inc11.5M210.1K
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC9.8M180.2K
BANC FUNDS CO LLC9.4M171.7K
STATE STREET CORP9.2M168.0K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
SCHEDULE 13G/A2026-08-14on EDGAR ↗
42026-08-132026-08-12on EDGAR ↗
4/A2026-08-132026-08-03on EDGAR ↗
1442026-08-12on EDGAR ↗
42026-08-042026-08-03on EDGAR ↗
1442026-08-03on EDGAR ↗
10-Q2026-08-032026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
42026-07-292026-06-23on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d60.9% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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