Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (SFST)

Southern First Bancshares Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 1 analyst with a 12-month price forecast for Southern First Bancshares stock has a target of 51, which predicts a 26.24% increase from the current stock price of 40.4.

Price Target: $51.00 (+26.24%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$51	$51	$51	$51
Change	+26.24%	+26.24%	+26.24%	+26.24%

Analyst Ratings

According to 1 stock analyst, the rating for Southern First Bancshares is "Buy". This means that the analyst believes this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Feb '25	Mar '25	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hold	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1	1	1	1	1	1

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Stephen Scouten Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Buy Maintains $43 → $51	Buy	Maintains	$43 → $51	+26.24%	Jul 23, 2025
Stephen Scouten Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Buy Initiates $43	Buy	Initiates	$43	+6.44%	Jun 10, 2025
Casey Orr Whitman Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold → Buy Upgrades $34 → $44	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$34 → $44	+8.91%	Jan 3, 2024
Casey Orr Whitman Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Initiates $51	Hold	Initiates	$51	+26.24%	Dec 5, 2022
Kevin Fitzsimmons DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Strong Buy → Hold Downgrades $52 → $50	Strong Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$52 → $50	+23.76%	Aug 1, 2022

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

98.90M

Increased by 6.08%

from 93.24M

Revenue Next Year

111.99M

Increased by 13.23%

from 98.90M

EPS This Year

2.54

Increased by 33.24%

from 1.91

EPS Next Year

3.81

Increased by 49.70%

from 2.54

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	77.56M	117.23M	101.05M	86.25M	93.24M	98.90M	111.99M
Revenue Growth	-4.77%	51.15%	-13.81%	-14.64%	8.10%	6.08%	13.23%
EPS	2.34	5.85	3.61	1.66	1.91	2.54	3.81
EPS Growth	-34.64%	150.00%	-38.29%	-54.02%	15.06%	33.24%	49.70%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	15.87	10.60
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	4	4

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026
High	103.7M	121.7M
Avg	98.9M	112.0M
Low	93.2M	101.6M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026
High	11.3%	23.0%
Avg	6.1%	13.2%
Low	-0.0%	2.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026
High	2.80	4.69
Avg	2.54	3.81
Low	2.27	2.94

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026
High	46.8%	84.4%
Avg	33.2%	49.7%
Low	19.0%	15.5%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.