secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC (SFST)
CIK:        0001090009
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001206774-24-000946
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Southern First Q3 net income $4.4M ($0.54 EPS); net interest margin expands 10 bps to 2.08%
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- Net income $4.4M, diluted EPS $0.54 vs $0.37 in Q2 2024 and $0.51 in Q3 2023.
- Net interest margin (tax-equivalent) 2.08%, up 10 bps from 1.98% in Q2 2024; net interest income $20.6M.
- Total loans $3.62B (flat QoQ); total deposits $3.52B, up $59M from Q2 2024.
- Nonperforming assets 0.28% of assets; net recoveries $9k; no provision for credit losses in Q3.
- Core checking accounts grew 21% annualized; CEO cites disciplined pricing and credit standards.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090009/000120677424000946/0001206774-24-000946-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090009/000120677424000946/sfst4395861_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-24-000946

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