Southern First Bancshares Inc expected to post earnings of $1.13 a share - Earnings Preview

Southern First Bancshares

27/10/2021 07:37

* Southern First Bancshares Inc  SFST.OQ   SFST.O  is expected
to show a rise in quarterly revenue when it reports results on
January 24 (estimated). 
* The Greenville, South Carolina-based company is expected to
report  a 3.4% increase in revenue to $22.038 million from $21.3
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 $1.13 per share. For the same
quarter last year, the company reported earnings of $1.10 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 had risen by about 3.5%
in the last three months. ​
* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Southern First
Bancshares Inc is $59​, about 8.1% above​ its last closing price
of $54.22. ​​​
* Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings
measure in US dollars). ​
 QUARTER       STARMINE    REFINITIV  ACTUAL    BEAT,   SURPRI
 ENDING        SMARTESTIM  IBES                 MET,    SE %
               ATE®        ESTIMATE             MISSED  
 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. 31 2020  0.60        0.63       1.10      Beat    73.4
 Sep.          0.58​       0.57       0.28      Missed  -50.6​
 30​ 2020​                                              
 Jun. 30 2020  0.38        0.55       0.38      Missed  -30.9​
 Mar. 31 2020  0.86        0.87       0.36      Missed  -58.4
 Dec. 31 2019  0.85        0.85       1.07      Beat    25.9
 This summary was machine generated October 27 at 06:37 GMT.  All
figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated