---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-000075"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SFBS"
cik: "0001430723"
company_name: "ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T11:39:19.513636+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ServisFirst Q4 EPS $1.24, +25% YoY; deposits up 18% annualized; dividend raised 22%

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $1.24 vs $0.99 in Q4 2021 (+25%); FY 2022 EPS $4.61 (+21% from FY 2021).
- Total loans $11.7B, up 23% YoY; deposits $11.5B, up 18% annualized linked quarter.
- Efficiency ratio improved to 29.45% from 35.47% a year ago; net interest margin 3.52%.
- Quarterly cash dividend increased to $0.28/share from $0.23, a 22% hike.
- Non-performing assets to total assets remained low at 0.12%; annualized net charge-offs 0.06%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-000075
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SFBS
- cik: 0001430723
- company_name: ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1430723/000115752323000075/0001157523-23-000075-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1430723/000115752323000075/a53289279.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. reported for the quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: net income $67.7 million, EPS $1.24.
  - Period: for the quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Net income: $67.7 million
  - EPS: $1.24
  - Result: reported results
  source text: ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. reported net income and net income available to common stockholders of $67.7 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2022, compared to net income and net income available to common stockholders of $53.8 million and $53.7 million, respectively, for the same quarter in 2021. Basic and diluted earnings per common share were $1.25 and $1.24, respectively, for the fourth quarter of 2022, compared to $0.99 for both in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1430723/000115752323000075/0001157523-23-000075-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.