Southern First Bancshares Inc (SFST) Interest Expense - Debt (2010 - 2026)
Southern First Bancshares (SFST) reported Interest Expense - Debt of $2.67 million for Q2 2026, down 2.1% from $2.72 million a year earlier but up 0.5% from the prior quarter.
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Southern First Bancshares Inc (SFST) Interest Expense - Debt (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Southern First Bancshares' Interest Expense - Debt came in at $10.81 million, down 2.1% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $10.91 million, down 2.8% from FY2024.
- Interest Expense - Debt has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 41.1% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Interest Expense - Debt came in at $11.22 million in FY2024 (+30.9%), $8.57 million in FY2023 (+342.0%), $1.94 million in FY2022 (+27.1%) and $1.53 million in FY2021 (-21.9%).
- Five-year quarterly Interest Expense - Debt spans a low of $379,000 in Q4 2021 and a high of $2.97 million in Q3 2023.
- Year over year, Interest Expense - Debt has now declined in each of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 3.1% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Interest Expense - Debt in five years was Q3 2023 (growth of 547.5%); the low point was Q4 2024 (a decline of 5.9%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at $2.66 million (Q1 2026), $2.73 million (Q4 2025) and $2.75 million (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.67 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.66 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.73 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.75 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.72 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.70 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.77 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.86 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.80 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.79 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.95 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.97 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.92 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 727,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 577,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 459,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 510,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 392,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 379,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 380,000.00 |
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Southern First Bancshares Inc Interest Expense - Debt API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=interest-expense-debt&ticker=SFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "interest-expense-debt", "ticker": "SFST", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=interest-expense-debt&ticker=SFST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();