Southern First Bancshares, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Micro Cap
  • Industry: Regional Banks
  • ISIN: US8428731017
USD
51.70
-1.17 (-2.21%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Southern First Bancshares, Inc.
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Why is Southern First Bancshares, Inc. ?

1
With a growth in Interest of NAN%, the company declared Outstanding results in Dec 25
  • The company has declared positive results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 30.33 MM
  • NII(Q) Highest at USD 28.74 MM
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 0.71%
2
With ROA of 0.29%, it has a fair valuation with a 1.00 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 61.29%, its profits have risen by 58.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.3
3
Market Beating Performance
  • The stock has generated a return of 61.29% in the last 1 year, much higher than market (S&P 500) returns of 19.17%
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Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Southern First Bancshares, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Regional Banks should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Regional Banks)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Southern First Bancshares, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Southern First Bancshares, Inc.
60.96%
2.94
34.79%
S&P 500
20.12%
0.99
19.34%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
17.40%
EBIT Growth (5y)
1.93%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
0
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
84.22%
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
0
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
16
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.00
EV to EBIT
13.19
EV to EBITDA
10.99
EV to Capital Employed
1.00
EV to Sales
1.51
PEG Ratio
0.27
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
7.57%
ROE (Latest)
6.33%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
No Trend
Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

27What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 30.33 MM

NII(Q)

Highest at USD 28.74 MM

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 0.71%

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 13.28 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 24.36 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 12.77 MM

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 52.42 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 9.86 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at USD 1.21

-2What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 0.71%

Here's what is working for Southern First Bancshares, Inc.

NII
Highest at USD 28.74 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The bank's income from core business is increasing

Net NPA

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 30.33 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at USD 13.28 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is quite positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 24.36 % and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at USD 12.77 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 12.77 MM has Grown at 85.23%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Highest at USD 9.86 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 9.86 MM has Grown at 75.17%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

EPS
Highest at USD 1.21
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 52.42 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

CASA
Highest at 11.44%
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The Bank's capital base vs its risk assets is improving. However, the bank may not be taking adequate risk in its lending book.

CAR (%)