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Southern First Bancshares Inc

SFST
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
National Commercial Banks
SEC CIK
0001090009

In the last 90 days, Southern First Bancshares Inc insiders filed 1 open-market purchase and 8 sales; 165 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $522.1M in total; Soros Fund Management is the only superinvestor holding it.

13F holders, Q2 2025

Institutional positions in Southern First Bancshares Inc as of Jun 30, 2025. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
102
+5 vs. Q1 2025
Shares held
6.46M
+52.5K (+0.8%) vs. Q1 2025
Total value
$245.7M
+$34.8M (+16.5%) vs. Q1 2025
New holders
12
29 more added
Sold out
7
31 more reduced

Compare with Q1 2025: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting SFST on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ2 2025: 102 institutions
Q1 2021: 97 institutionsQ2 2021: 91 institutionsQ3 2021: 94 institutionsQ4 2021: 102 institutionsQ1 2022: 107 institutionsQ2 2022: 103 institutionsQ3 2022: 100 institutionsQ4 2022: 100 institutionsQ1 2023: 90 institutionsQ2 2023: 82 institutionsQ3 2023: 87 institutionsQ4 2023: 92 institutionsQ1 2024: 91 institutionsQ2 2024: 95 institutionsQ3 2024: 101 institutionsQ4 2024: 94 institutionsQ1 2025: 97 institutionsQ2 2025: 102 institutionsQ3 2025: 116 institutionsQ4 2025: 129 institutionsQ1 2026: 149 institutionsQ2 2026: 165 institutions
Value heldQ2 2025: $245.7M
Q1 2021: $288.9MQ2 2021: $317.6MQ3 2021: $333.9MQ4 2021: $396.5MQ1 2022: $320.2MQ2 2022: $275.2MQ3 2022: $263.3MQ4 2022: $291.4MQ1 2023: $191.6MQ2 2023: $157.3MQ3 2023: $168.9MQ4 2023: $235.2MQ1 2024: $201.1MQ2 2024: $184.1MQ3 2024: $216.3MQ4 2024: $257.5MQ1 2025: $210.9MQ2 2025: $245.7MQ3 2025: $288.6MQ4 2025: $343.2MQ1 2026: $372.8MQ2 2026: $522.1M
Institutions holding SFST and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026165$522.1M
Q1 2026149$372.8M
Q4 2025129$343.2M
Q3 2025116$288.6M
Q2 2025102$245.7M
Q1 202597$210.9M
Q4 202494$257.5M
Q3 2024101$216.3M
Q2 202495$184.1M
Q1 202491$201.1M
Q4 202392$235.2M
Q3 202387$168.9M
Q2 202382$157.3M
Q1 202390$191.6M
Q4 2022100$291.4M
Q3 2022100$263.3M
Q2 2022103$275.2M
Q1 2022107$320.2M
Q4 2021102$396.5M
Q3 202194$333.9M
Q2 202191$317.6M
Q1 202197$288.9M

Institutions, Q2 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Southern First Bancshares Inc; share changes are against Q1 2025.

Institutions holding SFST in Q2 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Avion Wealth16$00.00%00.0%Unchanged
True Wealth Design, LLC2$770.00%−11−84.6%Reduced
Essential Partners LLC4$1520.00%+4New
IFP Advisors, Inc3$1900.00%+3New
Clearstead Advisors, LLC12$4570.00%+12New
Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC15$5700.00%00.0%Unchanged
Huntington National Bank34$1.29K0.00%+34New
Allworth Financial LP35$1.33K0.00%+35New
Smartleaf Asset Management LLC62$2.36K0.00%+51+463.6%Added
Comerica Bank67$2.55K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC86$3.27K0.00%+12+16.2%Added
GAMMA Investing LLC112$4.26K0.00%−101−47.4%Reduced
Sterling Capital Management LLC207$7.87K0.00%+74+55.6%Added
Anchor Investment Management, LLC218$8.29K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Versant Capital Management, Inc262$9.96K0.00%−32−10.9%Reduced
Amalgamated Bank259$10.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
ORG Partners LLC268$10.5K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co397$15.1K0.00%−211−34.7%Reduced
Ronald Blue Trust, Inc.438$16.7K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.469$17.8K0.00%+469New
California State Teachers Retirement System559$21.3K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc.613$23.3K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Legal & General Group Plc726$27.6K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
CWM, LLC811$31.0K0.00%+202+33.2%Added
Colonial Trust Co1,205$45.8K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA1,380$52.5K0.00%+308+28.7%Added
FMR LLC1,463$55.6K0.00%−7−0.5%Reduced
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)1,633$62.1K0.00%+990+154.0%Added
Signaturefd, LLC1,904$72.4K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Raymond James Financial Inc1,962$74.6K0.00%+1,962New
Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey2,232$84.9K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
New York State Common Retirement Fund2,763$105.1K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Deutsche Bank AG3,105$118.1K0.00%−2,463−44.2%Reduced
Citigroup Inc3,115$118.5K0.00%−2,712−46.5%Reduced
MetLife Investment Management4,294$163.3K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.4,448$169.2K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Colonial Trust Advisors4,848$184.4K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Millennium Management LLC5,882$223.7K0.00%−2,422−29.2%Reduced
Panagora Asset Management Inc6,082$231.3K0.00%+6,082New
Trexquant Investment LP6,130$233.1K0.00%−9,090−59.7%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co6,137$233.4K0.00%−6,816−52.6%Reduced
UBS Group AG6,850$260.5K0.00%−445−6.1%Reduced
ELCO Management Co., LLC6,949$264.3K0.14%00.0%Unchanged
Colton Groome Financial Advisors, LLC7,675$291.9K0.10%00.0%Unchanged
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.7,695$292.6K0.00%−687−8.2%Reduced
Long Focus Capital Management, LLC7,964$302.9K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Bank of America Corp7,996$304.1K0.00%−1,168−12.7%Reduced
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co8,235$313.2K0.00%−300−3.5%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company8,245$313.5K0.00%+612+8.0%Added
Wagner Wealth Management, LLC8,744$332.5K0.08%+438+5.3%Added
State of Wisconsin Investment Board9,300$353.7K0.00%+1,200+14.8%Added
Squarepoint Ops LLC9,457$359.6K0.00%+9,457New
Jane Street Group, LLC9,458$359.7K0.00%+268+2.9%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC9,478$360.4K0.00%+9,478New
Susquehanna International Group, LLP10,190$387.5K0.00%−3,145−23.6%Reduced
GWM Advisors LLC10,257$390.1K0.00%−2,198−17.6%Reduced
Foster Victor Wealth Advisors, LLC10,287$408.8K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Godsey & Gibb Associates11,660$443.4K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Rhumbline Advisers12,085$459.6K0.00%+51+0.4%Added
Invesco Ltd.12,425$472.5K0.00%−2,493−16.7%Reduced
De Lisle Partners LLP12,591$479.7K0.07%00.0%Unchanged
STRS Ohio13,900$528.6K0.00%+300+2.2%Added
Nuveen, LLC14,635$556.6K0.00%−4,079−21.8%Reduced
Sheets Smith Wealth Management16,097$612.2K0.07%+292+1.8%Added
Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC16,368$653.9K0.00%+16,368New
Teton Advisors, Inc.18,000$684.5K0.42%−3,000−14.3%Reduced
SeaCrest Wealth Management, LLC19,071$725.3K0.08%−38,600−66.9%Reduced
Empowered Funds, LLC20,173$767.2K0.01%+1,536+8.2%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp22,091$840.1K0.00%+1,025+4.9%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc22,574$858.5K0.00%+898+4.1%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC22,795$866.9K0.00%+14,869+187.6%Added
Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al25,500$969.8K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.30,984$1.18M0.00%−12,322−28.5%Reduced
Barclays PLC31,095$1.18M0.00%+5,318+20.6%Added
Abacus Planning Group, Inc.31,123$1.18M0.18%00.0%Unchanged
Captrust Financial Advisors31,190$1.19M0.00%+67+0.2%Added
Royal Bank of Canada32,717$1.24M0.00%−2,193−6.3%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP35,981$1.37M0.00%+1,872+5.5%Added
Gabelli Funds LLC41,850$1.59M0.01%+5,200+14.2%Added
Koss-Olinger Consulting, LLC42,397$1.61M0.13%00.0%Unchanged
Zacks Investment Management45,058$1.71M0.01%+45,058New
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.50,721$1.93M0.00%−8,071−13.7%Reduced
Acadian Asset Management LLC52,014$1.98M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC52,058$1.98M0.05%+3,383+7.0%Added
Morgan Stanley56,060$2.13M0.00%+3,033+5.7%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc58,311$2.22M0.00%−8,292−12.4%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp74,566$2.84M0.00%−3,975−5.1%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC96,407$3.67M0.00%−2,900−2.9%Reduced
American Century Companies Inc98,571$3.75M0.00%−2,890−2.8%Reduced
Fourthstone LLC129,174$4.91M0.96%+62,993+95.2%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.157,376$5.99M0.00%+18,045+13.0%Added
State Street Corp159,910$6.08M0.00%−1,454−0.9%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC180,585$6.87M0.00%+3,825+2.2%Added
rhino investment partners, Inc210,121$7.99M2.19%00.0%Unchanged
Ameriprise Financial Inc279,811$10.6M0.00%−1100.0%Reduced
Banc Funds Co LLC286,704$10.9M1.65%−13,216−4.4%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP370,067$14.1M0.00%+9,167+2.5%Added
Vanguard Group Inc421,073$16.0M0.00%+312+0.1%Added
Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc589,016$22.4M7.71%00.0%Unchanged
BlackRock, Inc.736,638$28.0M0.00%−22,541−3.0%Reduced