Southern First Bancshares SFST Insider Ownership

NASDAQ SFST

$60.63 -0.30 (-0.49%)

As of: Oct 21, 2026 · 3:28 PM EDT

Insider Holdings by Owner

567.42K Shares

Insider Ownership Statistics

as of 30 Sep, 2026

Insider Ownership

5.36%

▼-0.237% pp QoQ

Shares Held by Insiders

507.87K

filed for Sep 2026

▼-4.23% QoQ

Shares Outstanding

9.47Mn

9,468,467 shares

Direct Holdings

499.65K

Indirect: 8.22K

Net Shares Traded (QoQ)

-22.43K

net selling in Sep 2026

Insiders Holding Shares

with Form 4 holdings on file

Shares Owned by Insiders

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Insider Ownership Summary

Updated Oct 10, 2026

Over the past year, SFST insiders bought $62,934 of stock (1.23K shares) and sold $3.07 million (50.56K shares) on the open market.

Counted by insider, open-market buying of SFST stock in the past 12 months came from 3 insiders and selling from 7 insiders.
Among Southern First Bancshares' insiders, Anna T. Locke (Director) was the largest open-market buyer over the past 12 months, purchasing $28,894 of stock (525 shares), most recently on September 14, 2026.
On the sell side, R. Arthur Seaver Jr. (Chief Executive Officer) led open-market sales of Southern First Bancshares stock over the past 12 months with $1.89 million (31K shares), most recently on August 12, 2026.
James B. Orders III (Director) made the most recent open-market trade by an insider of Southern First Bancshares, a sale of 8.04K shares for $499,171 on September 18, 2026.
Away from the open market, SFST insiders received 18.18K shares in stock awards, acquired 26.05K shares through option exercises and conversions and gave up 3.86K shares to cover taxes or exercise prices over the last 12 months.
Per Business Quant data, Southern First Bancshares insiders hold 507.63K shares in total based on their latest Form 4 filings, down 4.28% from 530.3K shares at the end of Q2 2026 and down 4.30% from 530.47K shares at the end of Q3 2025.
Direct holdings account for 499.65K shares (98.43%) of SFST's insider total, and indirect holdings through trusts, partnerships and family members for 7.98K shares (1.57%).
Per Business Quant, 23 insiders of SFST hold shares, counting officers, directors and 10% owners who have filed a Form 4 in the past two years.
Southern First Bancshares' three largest insider shareholders, based on their latest Form 4 filings, are Mark A. Cothran (Director, 100.39K shares), R. Arthur Seaver Jr. (Chief Executive Officer, 92.03K shares) and David G. Ellison (Director, 49.97K shares).
The largest insider, Mark A. Cothran, holds 19.78% of SFST's insider total.
Institutional holders reported 90.37% of Southern First Bancshares' outstanding shares for Q2 2026; insiders' latest Form 4 filings put their stake at about 5.36%, and other investors, including the public, hold the remaining 4.27%.
Over the trailing 12 months, 22 insiders reported transactions in SFST stock across 46 Form 4 filings.
The insider holdings and trades above for Southern First Bancshares reflect Form 4 filings through September 22, 2026.

Form 4 Holdings

Insiders Holding SFST

Insiders 25

Shares held 567.42K

Of outstanding 5.99%

#	Insider	Position	Direct	Indirect	Total	Share of Insiders	Last Filed
1	Mark A Cothran	Director	100,386	0	100,386	17.7%	02 Jun, 2026
2	R Arthur Jr Seaver	Chief Executive Officer	92,026	0	92,026	16.2%	13 Aug, 2026
3	Michael D Dowling	Cfo/Coo	50,870	0	50,870	9.0%	16 May, 2023
4	David G Ellison	Director	49,971	0	49,971	8.8%	02 Jun, 2026
5	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	46,600	0	46,600	8.2%	03 Sep, 2026
6	James B Iii Orders	Director	46,481	0	46,481	8.2%	22 Sep, 2026
7	Tecumseh Jr Hooper	Director	43,192	0	43,192	7.6%	02 Jun, 2026
8	Rudolph G Iii Johnstone	Director	30,676	0	30,676	5.4%	02 Jun, 2026
9	Calvin C Hurst	President	18,383	0	18,383	3.2%	03 Feb, 2026
10	William M. Iii Aiken	Chief Risk Officer	13,819	0	13,819	2.4%	04 Feb, 2025
11	David Andrew Borrmann	Chief Financial Officer	13,500	0	13,500	2.4%	18 Jan, 2024
12	Andrew B Jr Cajka	Director	12,696	0	12,696	2.2%	02 Jun, 2026
13	Christian J Zych	Chief Financial Officer	7,078	0	7,078	1.2%	22 May, 2026
14	Anne S Ellefson	Director	7,007	0	7,007	1.2%	02 Jun, 2026
15	Julie Ann Fairchild	Chief Accounting Officer	6,700	0	6,700	1.2%	13 Aug, 2026
16	Wesley Clark Wilbanks	Chief Credit Officer	6,254	0	6,254	1.1%	03 Feb, 2026
17	Terry Grayson-Caprio	Director	2,795	3,400	6,195	1.1%	02 Jun, 2026
18	Silvia T King	Chief Human Resources Officer	3,963	0	3,963	0.7%	27 Feb, 2026
19	Anna T Locke	Director	3,902	0	3,902	0.7%	15 Sep, 2026
20	William Iv Maner	Director	3,895	0	3,895	0.7%	02 Jun, 2026
21	Ray Lattimore	Director	1,127	0	1,127	0.2%	29 Jul, 2026
22	Jennifer S Cluverius	Director	795	0	795	0.1%	02 Jun, 2026
23	Darrin Sr. Goss	Director	795	0	795	0.1%	02 Jun, 2026
24	William M. Jr Mcclatchey	Director	795	0	795	0.1%	02 Jun, 2026
25	Iii Bryan F Kennedy,	Director	310	0	310	0.1%	02 Jun, 2026

Each row is that insider’s most recently reported position, from Form 4 filings over the last 60 months — which is why this total does not tie to the quarterly series above, where a quarter counts only the insiders who filed in it. Shares held through a fund or institutional portfolio are counted on the institutional ownership page instead.

Form 4 Filings

1,168 Insider Transactions

Source SEC Form 4

Latest quarter Sep 2026

Date	Insider	Position	Transaction	Shares	Price	Value	Shares Held After	Ownership
18 Sep, 2026	James B Iii Orders	Director	Disposed S	8,045	$62.05	$499.17K	46,481	Direct
14 Sep, 2026	Anna T Locke	Director	Acquired P	300	$63.27	$18.98K	3,902	Direct
01 Sep, 2026	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Disposed S	465	$60.75	$28.25K	48,300	Direct
02 Sep, 2026	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Disposed S	300	$62.50	$18.75K	48,000	Direct
02 Sep, 2026	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Disposed S	400	$62.40	$24.96K	47,600	Direct
02 Sep, 2026	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Disposed S	500	$62.00	$31.00K	47,100	Direct
03 Sep, 2026	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Disposed S	500	$62.79	$31.40K	46,600	Direct
28 Aug, 2026	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Disposed S	400	$63.00	$25.20K	48,765	Direct
24 Aug, 2026	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Disposed S	400	$63.00	$25.20K	49,515	Direct
25 Aug, 2026	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Disposed S	350	$63.05	$22.07K	49,165	Direct
20 Aug, 2026	Leighton M Cubbage	Director	Disposed S	800	$63.02	$50.41K	49,915	Direct
03 Aug, 2026	Julie Ann Fairchild	Chief Accounting Officer	Disposed S	1,500	$63.00	$94.50K	5,200	Direct
12 Aug, 2026	R Arthur Jr Seaver	Chief Executive Officer	Disposed S	5,000	$63.00	$315.00K	97,597	Direct
04 Aug, 2026	Julie Ann Fairchild	Chief Accounting Officer	Acquired M	1,500	$35.65	$53.48K	6,700	Direct
12 Aug, 2026	R Arthur Jr Seaver	Chief Executive Officer	Disposed S	5,000	$63.50	$317.50K	92,597	Direct
04 Aug, 2026	Julie Ann Fairchild	Chief Accounting Officer	Disposed M	1,500	$0.00	$0	0	Direct
12 Aug, 2026	R Arthur Jr Seaver	Chief Executive Officer	Disposed S	6,000	$64.00	$384.00K	86,597	Direct
12 Aug, 2026	R Arthur Jr Seaver	Chief Executive Officer	Disposed S	500	$64.00	$32.00K	86,097	Direct
12 Aug, 2026	R Arthur Jr Seaver	Chief Executive Officer	Disposed S	4,500	$63.75	$286.88K	81,597	Direct
12 Aug, 2026	R Arthur Jr Seaver	Chief Executive Officer	Acquired M	2,903	$39.45	$114.52K	84,500	Direct

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