Southern First Bancshares Inc expected to post earnings of 90  cents a share - Earnings Preview

Southern First Bancshares

23/04/2021 12:06

* Southern First Bancshares Inc  SFST.OQ   SFST.O  is expected
to show a rise in quarterly revenue when it reports results on
April 26 (estimated).
* The Greenville, South Carolina-based company is expected to
report  a 13.8% increase in revenue to $20.599 million from
$18.1 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 90 cents per share. For the
same quarter last year, the company reported earnings of 36
cents 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 $57.5​, about 14.2% above​ its last closing
price of $49.32. ​​​
* Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings
measure in US dollars). ​
 QUARTER       STARMINE    REFINITIV  ACTUAL    BEAT,   SURPRI
 ENDING        SMARTESTIM  IBES                 MET,    SE %
               ATE®        ESTIMATE             MISSED  
 Dec. 31 2020  0.60        0.63       1.10      Beat    73.4
 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
 Dec.          0.85​       0.85       1.07      Beat    25.9​
 31​ 2019​                                              
 Sep. 30 2019  0.86        0.87       0.95      Beat    9.8​
 Jun. 30 2019  0.80        0.80       0.93      Beat    16.3
 Mar. 31 2019  0.72        0.72       0.78      Beat    8.3
 This summary was machine generated April 23 at 11:06 GMT.  All
figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated