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Southern First Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial SC FDIC cert 35295

Greenville, SC

12 branches across SC · NC · GA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 13 in SC
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Southern First Bank has 2 strengths but faces 2 concerns

Key Strengths include matched growth signatures, metrics ranked in the top 10%, and values meaningfully above the tier average.
Key Concerns include matched risk or decline signatures, metrics ranked in the bottom 10%, and values meaningfully below the tier average.

Key Strengths

Areas where this bank excels compared to peers

  • + Efficiency Ratio 2.33% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.60% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.45% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.93% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $4.6B
+6.8% YoY +4.0% QoQ
+$1.8B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$1.5B
+4.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
84%
Total Loans ? $3.9B
+7.1% YoY +2.6% QoQ
+$2.0B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$993.8M
+7.7% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Top 12.7% in tier
Total Deposits ? $3.9B
+6.7% YoY +4.3% QoQ
+$1.5B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$1.3B
+4.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
85%
Return on Assets ? 0.91%
+68.7% YoY +22.5% QoQ
-0.45% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.18%
+45.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
27%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.88%
+19.8% YoY +9.7% QoQ
-0.93% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.64%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 13.3% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 58.73%
-15.7% YoY -6.6% QoQ
-2.33% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
67.38%
-5.7% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
53%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.29%
-0.5% YoY -19.2% QoQ
-0.60% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.54%
+11.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
70%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 100.61%
+0.4% YoY -1.6% QoQ
+16.41% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
73.64%
+1.6% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 12.3% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 20.84%
+8.8% YoY +4.2% QoQ
-0.45% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
20.84%
-0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
56%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.26%
+1.4% YoY -18.6% QoQ
-0.41% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.34%
+10.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
68%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.56%
+1.6% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-3.60% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
17.50%
+3.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
25%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.08%
+4.5% YoY -75.1% QoQ
-0.18% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.17%
+48.2% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
21%

Signature Analysis

Composite behavioral patterns that combine multiple metrics to identify what stands out about this bank. Matched signatures only; metric-level callouts appear in the Key Strengths / Key Concerns summary above.

Strengths are growth signatures this bank matches (e.g. Revenue Diversifier, Profitability Leader).
Concerns are risk or decline signatures this bank matches (e.g. Margin Compression, Credit Quality Pressure).

Strengths (0)

No matched strength signatures this quarter

Concerns (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

Metric Rankings

See how this bank ranks across all tracked metrics compared to peers.

Strengths are metrics in the top 25% (75th percentile or higher).
Concerns are metrics in the bottom 25% (25th percentile or lower).
Comparing against 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

113
Total Loans
size
Value: $3.91B
Peer Median: $1.96B
#113 of 884 Top 12.7% in $1B-$10B
137
Total Deposits
size
Value: $3.89B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#137 of 884 Top 15.4% in $1B-$10B
144
Total Assets
size
Value: $4.58B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#144 of 884 Top 16.2% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

776
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 100.61%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#776 of 884 Bottom 12.3% in $1B-$10B
767
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.88%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#767 of 884 Bottom 13.3% in $1B-$10B
702
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.08%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#702 of 884 Bottom 20.7% in $1B-$10B
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