secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC (SFST)
CIK:        0001090009
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001206774-25-000731
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Southern First Q3 diluted EPS $1.07, up 98% YoY; NIM expands to 2.62%
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- Net income $8.7M vs $4.4M in Q3 2024; diluted EPS $1.07 vs $0.54 (+98%).
- Net interest margin (tax-equivalent) 2.62%, up 54 bps YoY from 2.08%.
- Total loans $3.79B (+4% annualized QoQ); core deposits $2.88B (+2% annualized QoQ).
- Efficiency ratio improved to 60.86% from 75.90% a year ago.
- Nonperforming assets / total assets held at 0.27%; allowance 1.10% of loans.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090009/000120677425000731/0001206774-25-000731-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090009/000120677425000731/sfst4551931-8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-25-000731

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