Southern First Bancshares Inc expected to post earnings of $1.08 a share - Earnings Preview

Southern First Bancshares

22/04/2022 13:20

* Southern First Bancshares Inc  SFST.OQ   SFST.O  is
expected
to show a rise in quarterly revenue when it reports  results on
April 25 (estimated). 
    * The Greenville South Carolina-based  company is expected
to
report  a 7.0% increase in revenue to $22.771 million from
$21.27 million a year ago, according to the mean estimate from 3
analysts, based on Refinitiv data. 
    * ​Refinitiv's mean analyst estimate for Southern First
Bancshares
Inc is for earnings of $1.08 per share. For the same quarter
last year, the company reported earnings of $1.31 per share.
    * The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy"
and
the breakdown of recommendations is 2 "strong buy" or "buy," 1
"hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell."  
    * The mean earnings estimate of analysts was unchanged in
the last
three months. ​
    * Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Southern
First
Bancshares Inc is $61​, above​ its last closing price of $47.80.
​​​
    * Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings
measure
in US dollars). ​

 QUARTER       STARMINESM  REFINITIV  ACTUAL    BEAT,   SURPRI
 ENDING        ARTESTIMAT  IBES                 MET,    SE %
               E®          ESTIMATE             MISSED  
 Dec. 31 2021  1.24        1.19       1.49      Beat    24.9
 Sep. 30 2021  1.17        1.16       1.75      Beat    50.9
 Jun. 30 2021  1.16        1.14       1.29      Beat    12.7​
 Mar. 31 2021  1.31        1.10       1.31      Beat    19.1
 ​​Dec.        0.60        0.63       1.10      Beat    73.4
 31 2020                                                
 Sep. 30 2020  0.58        0.57       0.28      Missed  -50.6​
 Jun. 30 2020  0.38        0.55       0.38      Missed  -30.9
 Mar. 31 2020  0.86        0.87       0.36      Missed  -58.4
 This summary was machine generated April 22 at 12:20 GMT.  All
figures in US dollars  unless otherwise stated