Southern First Bancshares SFST
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At close: Sep 30, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

Updated

Southern First Bancshares' Operating Margin was -993.31% in Q1 2022, down 725.75 percentage points from -267.56% a year earlier and down 243.90 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 -682.93% through Mar 31, 2022, down 477.22 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2021, it was -472.99%, down 251.32 percentage points from FY2020.

  • Operating Margin shows a three-year change of +219.13 percentage points (FY2018 to FY2021).
  • In earlier years, Operating Margin was -221.67% in FY2020 (+191.37 pp), -413.04% in FY2019 (+279.08 pp) and -692.12% in FY2018.
  • The Q1 2022 figure marks the lowest quarterly Operating Margin in data going back to Q1 2020.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Operating Margin has declined for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -379.09 percentage points over the last five quarters.
  • Per Business Quant data, SFST's Operating Margin in the three quarters before Q1 2022 was -749.40% (Q4 2021), -465.39% (Q3 2021) and -694.70% (Q2 2021).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating 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 -993.31%
Dec 31, 2021 -749.40%
Sep 30, 2021 -465.39%
Jun 30, 2021 -694.70%
Mar 31, 2021 -267.56%
Dec 31, 2020 -247.61%
Sep 30, 2020 -168.42%
Jun 30, 2020 -159.90%
Mar 31, 2020 -431.45%
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