Southern First Bancshares Q3 EPS $1.30 Beats $1.25 Estimate, Sales $37.530M Beat $34.100M Estimate

Southern First Bancshares (NASDAQ:SFST) reported quarterly earnings of $1.30 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.25 by 4 percent. This is a 21.5 percent increase over earnings of $1.07 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $37.530 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $34.100 million by 10.06 percent. This is a 36.33 percent increase over sales of $27.529 million the same period last year.