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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, Q4 2025

Institutional positions in Southern First Bancshares Inc as of Dec 31, 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
129
+13 vs. Q3 2025
Shares held
6.66M
+115.6K (+1.8%) vs. Q3 2025
Total value
$343.2M
+$54.6M (+18.9%) vs. Q3 2025
New holders
16
44 more added
Sold out
3
38 more reduced

Compare with Q3 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 holdersQ4 2025: 129 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 heldQ4 2025: $343.2M
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, Q4 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Southern First Bancshares Inc; share changes are against Q3 2025.

Institutions holding SFST in Q4 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Avion Wealth16$00.00%00.0%Unchanged
Clearstead Advisors, LLC1$520.00%−12−92.3%Reduced
Huntington National Bank1$520.00%00.0%Unchanged
MAI Capital Management6$3100.00%+6New
Rothschild Investment LLC8$4120.00%+8New
Farther Finance Advisors, LLC9$4640.00%+9New
True Wealth Design, LLC11$5670.00%−2−15.4%Reduced
International Assets Investment Management, LLC11$5670.00%+11New
Torren Management, LLC13$6700.00%+13New
Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC15$7730.00%00.0%Unchanged
IFP Advisors, Inc17$8760.00%+11+183.3%Added
Chilton Capital Management LLC23$1.19K0.00%+23New
SRS Capital Advisors, Inc.34$1.75K0.00%−883−96.3%Reduced
Allworth Financial LP54$2.78K0.00%+1+1.9%Added
Smartleaf Asset Management LLC63$3.26K0.00%+1+1.6%Added
Comerica Bank67$3.45K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc68$3.50K0.00%+68New
Optiver Holding B.V.72$3.71K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC92$4.74K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Jones Financial Companies LLLP100$5.15K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Essential Partners LLC124$6.39K0.00%+5+4.2%Added
Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.170$8.76K0.00%−7,000−97.6%Reduced
GAMMA Investing LLC195$10.0K0.00%+58+42.3%Added
Anchor Investment Management, LLC218$11.2K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Amalgamated Bank244$13.0K0.00%−15−5.8%Reduced
Versant Capital Management, Inc262$13.5K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
ORG Partners LLC268$13.8K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
State of Alaska, Department of Revenue337$17.0K0.00%+337New
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co397$20.5K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Sterling Capital Management LLC446$23.0K0.00%−91−16.9%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System479$24.7K0.00%−81−14.5%Reduced
Ronald Blue Trust, Inc.600$30.9K0.00%+162+37.0%Added
Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc.613$31.6K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)621$32.0K0.00%+326+110.5%Added
Legal & General Group Plc658$33.9K0.00%−68−9.4%Reduced
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.666$34.3K0.00%+191+40.2%Added
Pinnacle Wealth Planning Services, Inc.1,103$56.8K0.01%+1,103New
Colonial Trust Co1,205$62.1K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
FMR LLC1,494$77.0K0.00%+47+3.2%Added
CWM, LLC1,895$98.0K0.00%+181+10.6%Added
Signaturefd, LLC1,938$99.8K0.00%+34+1.8%Added
Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey2,232$115.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
SG Americas Securities, LLC2,223$115.0K0.00%+2,223New
New York State Common Retirement Fund2,763$142.3K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board2,900$149.4K0.00%+2,900New
Deutsche Bank AG3,028$156.0K0.00%−77−2.5%Reduced
Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd.3,586$184.8K0.00%+61+1.7%Added
Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP4,267$219.8K0.01%+4,267New
MetLife Investment Management4,294$221.2K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Citigroup Inc4,349$224.1K0.00%+3,694+564.0%Added
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.4,446$229.1K0.00%−20.0%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc4,693$242.0K0.00%+4,693New
Colonial Trust Advisors4,786$246.6K0.02%−62−1.3%Reduced
Franklin Resources Inc4,990$257.1K0.00%−1,626−24.6%Reduced
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA5,297$272.9K0.00%+3,112+142.4%Added
ELCO Management Co., LLC5,582$287.6K0.18%00.0%Unchanged
Mendon Capital Advisors Corp5,582$287.6K0.11%00.0%Unchanged
Two Sigma Investments, LP5,662$291.7K0.00%−8,854−61.0%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co5,876$302.7K0.00%−1,884−24.3%Reduced
Panagora Asset Management Inc6,004$309.3K0.00%−78−1.3%Reduced
Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC5,899$310.5K0.00%−10,855−64.8%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC6,043$311.3K0.00%−8,180−57.5%Reduced
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.6,556$337.8K0.00%+580+9.7%Added
Sentinel Trust Co Lba7,100$366.0K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Colton Groome Financial Advisors, LLC7,675$395.4K0.11%00.0%Unchanged
Wagner Wealth Management, LLC7,764$400.0K0.09%00.0%Unchanged
SeaCrest Wealth Management, LLC8,038$419.7K0.04%−1,296−13.9%Reduced
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co8,235$424.3K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Royal Bank of Canada9,163$472.0K0.00%−226−2.4%Reduced
Foster Victor Wealth Advisors, LLC9,294$517.7K0.03%−750−7.5%Reduced
Quantinno Capital Management LP10,075$519.1K0.00%+5,111+103.0%Added
Rhumbline Advisers10,141$522.5K0.00%−1,628−13.8%Reduced
Bank of America Corp10,216$526.3K0.00%+2,023+24.7%Added
STRS Ohio10,700$551.3K0.00%−2,100−16.4%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company11,025$568.0K0.00%+1,858+20.3%Added
Invesco Ltd.11,057$569.7K0.00%−2,736−19.8%Reduced
GWM Advisors LLC11,186$576.3K0.00%−3,744−25.1%Reduced
Godsey & Gibb Associates11,660$600.7K0.05%00.0%Unchanged
Azora Capital LP12,526$645.3K0.04%+12,526New
De Lisle Partners LLP12,591$649.2K0.08%00.0%Unchanged
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.12,950$667.2K0.00%−1,568−10.8%Reduced
SEI Investments Co14,033$723.0K0.00%+14,033New
Nuveen, LLC14,635$754.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
UBS Group AG15,201$783.2K0.00%+3,131+25.9%Added
State of Wisconsin Investment Board15,361$791.4K0.00%+3,461+29.1%Added
Squarepoint Ops LLC16,131$831.1K0.00%+4,281+36.1%Added
Sheets Smith Wealth Management16,321$840.9K0.09%00.0%Unchanged
Jane Street Group, LLC16,962$873.9K0.00%+1,396+9.0%Added
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC20,341$893.8K0.00%+5,235+34.7%Added
Teton Advisors, LLC17,500$901.6K0.63%−500−2.8%Reduced
Trexquant Investment LP20,784$1.07M0.01%+12,218+142.6%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp20,854$1.07M0.00%−1,864−8.2%Reduced
EAM Investors, LLC21,475$1.11M0.12%+21,475New
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc22,344$1.15M0.00%−230−1.0%Reduced
AQR Capital Management LLC23,034$1.19M0.00%+2,719+13.4%Added
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd23,679$1.22M0.00%+13,315+128.5%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.23,832$1.23M0.00%+14,394+152.5%Added
Captrust Financial Advisors28,229$1.45M0.00%−1,349−4.6%Reduced
Maltese Capital Management LLC28,644$1.48M0.26%+3,144+12.3%Added
Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al29,400$1.51M0.01%+3,900+15.3%Added