Southern First Bancshares SFST
NASDAQ SFST
$59.25 -0.30 (-0.50%)
At close: Sep 30, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Southern First Bancshares (SFST) Gross Margin (2020 - 2022)

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Southern First Bancshares' Gross Margin was -10.37% in Q1 2022, down 48.49 percentage points from 38.12% a year earlier and down 24.05 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Southern First Bancshares (SFST) Gross Margin (2020 - 2022) Analysis & Trends

On a trailing twelve-month basis, Southern First Bancshares' Gross Margin was 8.51% through Mar 31, 2022, down 41.11 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2021, it was 23.06%, down 26.91 percentage points from FY2020.

  • Gross Margin shows a three-year change of -2.05 percentage points (FY2018 to FY2021).
  • In earlier years, Gross Margin was 49.97% in FY2020 (+14.83 pp), 35.14% in FY2019 (+10.03 pp) and 25.11% in FY2018.
  • Quarterly Gross Margin has moved between -14.17% (Q2 2021) and 59.00% (Q2 2020) over five years.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Gross Margin has declined for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -33.69 percentage points over the last five quarters.
  • Per Business Quant data, SFST's Gross Margin in the three quarters before Q1 2022 was 13.67% (Q4 2021), 30.86% (Q3 2021) and -14.17% (Q2 2021).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Jpmorgan Chase 890.60 Bn 920.07 Bn - -
2 Banco Santander Chile 421.74 Bn 541.68 Bn - -
3 Bank Of America 385.85 Bn -1,990.22 Bn - -
4 Hsbc Holdings 345.94 Bn 345.99 Bn - -
5 Morgan Stanley 303.15 Bn -205.95 Bn - -
6 Royal Bank Of Canada 279.82 Bn 130.57 Bn - -
7 Mitsubishi Ufj Financial 274.62 Bn -1,313.87 Bn 10.89 Bn -
8 Goldman Sachs 267.07 Bn -3,290.04 Bn - -
9 Wells Fargo & Company 243.79 Bn 245.93 Bn - -
10 Southern First Bancshares 563.85 Mn 537.56 Mn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2022 -10.37%
Dec 31, 2021 13.67%
Sep 30, 2021 30.86%
Jun 30, 2021 -14.17%
Mar 31, 2021 38.12%
Dec 31, 2020 39.63%
Sep 30, 2020 57.53%
Jun 30, 2020 59.00%
Mar 31, 2020 32.27%
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