---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-24-000128"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SFBS"
cik: "0001430723"
company_name: "ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T15:50:19.255859+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ServisFirst Bancshares Q4 EPS $0.77 ($0.91 adjusted); raises dividend 7% to $0.30; enters Memphis market

## Summary
- Diluted EPS of $0.77; adjusted diluted EPS of $0.91; book value per share $26.45, +10.7% YoY.
- Deposits grew 15% YoY; new deposit accounts up 12% YoY; non-performing assets 0.14% of total assets.
- Cash dividend increased 7% to $0.30 per share; CET1 ratio improved to 10.91% from 9.95%.
- Entering Memphis, TN market with hire of Joel Smith as President; $2.1B cash on hand, no FHLB or brokered deposits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-24-000128
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SFBS
- cik: 0001430723
- company_name: ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-29T23:59:59+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/1430723/000115752324000128/0001157523-24-000128-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1430723/000115752324000128/a53889032.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. reported the quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: EPS $0.77 per diluted share.
  - Period: the quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - EPS: $0.77 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. (NYSE: SFBS), today announced earnings and operating results for the quarter ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1430723/000115752324000128/0001157523-24-000128-index.htm

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