Southern First Bancshares is a banks - regional business based in the US. Southern First Bancshares shares (SFST) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $44.01 – an increase of 2.18% over the previous week. Southern First Bancshares employs 296 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $90.2 million.
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| Latest market close | $44.01 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $24.98 - $44.92 |
| 50-day moving average | $37.04 |
| 200-day moving average | $31.88 |
| Wall St. target price | $30.50 |
| PE ratio | 25.0173 |
| Dividend yield | N/A |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $1.73 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $43.04 from 2024-11-20
| 1 week (2024-11-15) | -0.07% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-10-23) | 12.00% |
| 3 months (2024-08-22) | 38.21% |
| 6 months (2024-05-22) | 50.17% |
| 1 year (2023-11-22) | 46.05% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-11-22) | -10.48% |
| 3 years (2021-11-22) | 64.62 |
| 5 years (2019-11-22) | 0.96% |
Valuing Southern First Bancshares stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Southern First Bancshares's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Southern First Bancshares's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 25x. In other words, Southern First Bancshares shares trade at around 25x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Southern First Bancshares's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.31. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Southern First Bancshares's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
| Revenue TTM | $90.2 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 28.41% |
| Gross profit TTM | $101 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 0.34% |
| Return on equity TTM | 4.46% |
| Profit margin | 15.61% |
| Book value | $40.04 |
| Market Capitalization | $353.2 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
We're not expecting Southern First Bancshares to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Southern First Bancshares's shares were split on a 11:10 basis on 29 January 2013 . So if you had owned 10 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 11 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Southern First Bancshares shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 9.1% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Southern First Bancshares shares which in turn could have impacted Southern First Bancshares's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Southern First Bancshares's shares have ranged in value from as little as $24.9801 up to $44.92. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Southern First Bancshares's is 0.798. This would suggest that Southern First Bancshares's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
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. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial real estate loans; construction real estate loans; commercial business loans for various lines of businesses, such as the manufacturing, service industry, and professional service areas; consumer real estate and home equity loans; and other consumer loans, including secured and unsecured installment loans and revolving lines of credit. In addition, the company provides other bank services, such as internet banking, cash management, safe deposit boxes, direct deposit, automatic drafts, bill payment, and mobile banking services. Southern First Bancshares, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina.
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