Southern First Bancshares SFST
NASDAQ SFST
$60.86 +0.43 (+0.71%)
As of: Nov 11, 2026 · 10:22 AM EST

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

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Southern First Bancshares' Operating Margin was 37.40% in Q1 2022, up 0.06 percentage points from 37.34% a year earlier and up 0.01 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

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

On a trailing twelve-month basis, Southern First Bancshares' Operating Margin was 37.84% through Mar 31, 2022, down 2.96 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2021, it was 37.82%, down 2.79 percentage points from FY2020.

  • Operating Margin shows a three-year change of +0.24 percentage points (FY2018 to FY2021).
  • In earlier years, Operating Margin was 40.61% in FY2020 (+2.51 pp), 38.11% in FY2019 (+0.53 pp) and 37.58% in FY2018.
  • Quarterly Operating Margin has moved between 35.59% (Q1 2020) and 48.20% (Q2 2020) over five years.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Operating Margin was higher in three of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.96 percentage points.
  • Per Business Quant data, SFST's Operating Margin in the three quarters before Q1 2022 was 37.38% (Q4 2021), 39.44% (Q3 2021) and 37.09% (Q2 2021).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating 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 - 48.15%
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 51.45%
10 Southern First Bancshares 573.54 Mn -556.77 Mn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2022 37.40%
Dec 31, 2021 37.38%
Sep 30, 2021 39.44%
Jun 30, 2021 37.09%
Mar 31, 2021 37.34%
Dec 31, 2020 37.02%
Sep 30, 2020 40.30%
Jun 30, 2020 48.20%
Mar 31, 2020 35.59%
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