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Southern First Bancshares SFST

US equityMarket cap rank #3660
$59.85 −$0.59 (-0.98%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $59.85 0.00%
Open$59.82
Prev close$60.44
Day range$59.28 – $59.98
Volume54.5K
Market cap$566.88M
P/E (TTM)12.9
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership91.2%-1.20 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding195+0 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)29 buys / 21 sellsNet buying
Short interest4.37% of floatDays to cover 5.1 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share16.7%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

9%13%17%21%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$563.4K (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$481.8KSuper−$81.5KBig+$175.3KMid+$276.8KSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 38.9% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • FJ Capital Management, LLC9.42%
  • T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.8.97%
  • BlackRock8.77%
  • Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc.7.00%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.77%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors4.09%
  • State Street Global Advisors3.94%
  • Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC2.61%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund55.68%
  • Hedge Fund27.96%
  • Individual/Insider4.93%
  • Public Company4.29%
  • VC/PE Fund1.72%
  • Private Company0.70%
  • Government Pension Fund0.42%
  • Family Office/Trust0.21%

Reported short interest has fallen from 4.62% to 4.37% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +205,558 3.9%
Walleye Capital LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +179,992 1.9%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +117,965 8.8%
Stieven Capital Advisors, L.P. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +94,114 1.0%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Public Company 2026/Q3 +92,824 1.0%
Manulife Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +87,448 0.9%
Maltese Capital Management, LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +86,974 1.3%
FJ Capital Management, LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +85,000 9.4%
Bank of America Corporation Public Company 2026/Q3 +73,765 1.0%
AllianceBernstein Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +65,027 1.1%
Geode Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +56,822 2.5%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +55,993 4.8%
Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +55,455 7.0%
EJF Capital LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +54,318 0.6%
Millennium Management LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +53,384 0.7%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
17 Sep 2026 James Orders Independent Chairperson Open Market Disposition -8,044 $62.05 49,447
13 Sep 2026 Anna Locke Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +300 $63.27 3,592
2 Sep 2026 Leighton Cubbage Independent Director Open Market Disposition -2,165 $62.79 45,926
27 Aug 2026 Leighton Cubbage Independent Director Open Market Disposition -400 $63.00 48,091
24 Aug 2026 Leighton Cubbage Independent Director Open Market Disposition -750 $63.05 48,491
19 Aug 2026 Leighton Cubbage Independent Director Open Market Disposition -800 $63.02 49,241
11 Aug 2026 R. Seaver Chief Executive Officer Open Market Disposition -21,000 $64.00 81,356
11 Aug 2026 R. Seaver Chief Executive Officer Derivative Exercise and Retained +10,429 $42.80 81,356
3 Aug 2026 Julie Fairchild Corporate Secretary Derivative Exercise and Retained +1,500 $35.65 5,825
2 Aug 2026 Julie Fairchild Corporate Secretary Open Market Disposition -1,500 $63.00 5,825
22 Jun 2026 Ray Lattimore Independent Director Open Market Disposition -253 $59.28 817
9 Jun 2026 Leighton Cubbage Independent Director Open Market Disposition -765 $60.60 50,041
31 May 2026 Leighton Cubbage Independent Director Other Acquisition +310 – 310
31 May 2026 James Orders Independent Chairperson Other Acquisition +310 – 310
31 May 2026 William Maner Independent Director Other Acquisition +310 – 310
31 May 2026 Tecumseh Hooper Independent Director Other Acquisition +310 – 310
31 May 2026 Rudolph Johnstone Independent Director Other Acquisition +310 – 310
31 May 2026 Andrew Cajka Independent Director Other Acquisition +310 – 310
31 May 2026 Mark Cothran Director Other Acquisition +310 – 310
31 May 2026 David Ellison Independent Director Other Acquisition +310 – 310

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 414,144 4.4% 5.1
31 Aug 2026 369,118 3.9% 3.5
14 Aug 2026 359,361 3.8% 3.7
31 Jul 2026 351,373 3.7% 2.9
15 Jul 2026 385,190 4.1% 3.5
30 Jun 2026 436,399 4.6% 2.1

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