Southern First Bancshares SFST
NASDAQ SFST
$60.98 +0.55 (+0.91%)
As of: Nov 11, 2026 · 12:49 PM EST

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

Updated

Southern First Bancshares' Gross Margin was 93.68% in Q1 2022, up 4.23 percentage points from 89.45% a year earlier and up 0.04 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 92.74% through Mar 31, 2022, up 2.49 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2021, it was 91.65%, up 0.89 percentage points from FY2020.

  • Gross Margin shows a three-year change of -2.45 percentage points (FY2018 to FY2021).
  • In earlier years, Gross Margin was 90.76% in FY2020 (-1.41 pp), 92.18% in FY2019 (-1.92 pp) and 94.10% in FY2018.
  • The Q1 2022 figure marks the highest quarterly Gross Margin in data going back to Q1 2020.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Gross Margin has increased for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.53 percentage points over the last five quarters.
  • Per Business Quant data, SFST's Gross Margin in the three quarters before Q1 2022 was 93.64% (Q4 2021), 92.59% (Q3 2021) and 90.96% (Q2 2021).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Jpmorgan Chase 909.02 Bn 886.77 Bn - -
2 Banco Santander Chile 406.67 Bn -7,110.43 Bn - -
3 Bank Of America 350.91 Bn -2,025.20 Bn - -
4 Hsbc Holdings 308.71 Bn -2,966.46 Bn - -
5 Morgan Stanley 293.66 Bn -249.15 Bn - -
6 Royal Bank Of Canada 283.56 Bn -546.44 Bn - -
7 Goldman Sachs 262.71 Bn -3,480.74 Bn - -
8 Wells Fargo & Company 257.44 Bn 92.87 Bn - -
9 Mitsubishi Ufj Financial 256.82 Bn -75.42 Bn 10.89 Bn 109.61%
10 Southern First Bancshares 573.54 Mn -556.77 Mn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2022 93.68%
Dec 31, 2021 93.64%
Sep 30, 2021 92.59%
Jun 30, 2021 90.96%
Mar 31, 2021 89.45%
Dec 31, 2020 89.06%
Sep 30, 2020 90.55%
Jun 30, 2020 91.83%
Mar 31, 2020 91.79%
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