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R Arthur Seaver Jr sold $1.3M of SFST

Chief Executive Officer at SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC. 21,000 shares at an average of $63.59, traded Aug 12, 2026, filed Aug 13, 2026.

Warning score
55
Value
$1.3M
21,000 shares
Holdings after
81,597
-20% from before
From 52-week low
+56%
low $41.15, close $64.10
From 52-week high
-0%
high $64.18, as of Aug 12, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $1.3M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 20% of holdings
    +5
  • Cluster
    3 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

SFSTOct 12, 2026 · close 60.19
Since filing Aug 13, 2026: -6.8%SPY +0.3% · excess -7.1%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001090009-26-000094, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 12, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-5,000$63.00$315k97,597Aug 13, 2026
Aug 12, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-5,000$63.50$318k92,597Aug 13, 2026
Aug 12, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-6,000$64.00$384k86,597Aug 13, 2026
Aug 12, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-500$64.00$32k86,097Aug 13, 2026
Aug 12, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-4,500$63.75$287k81,597Aug 13, 2026
Aug 12, 2026MOption exercise
Common Stock
+2,903$39.45$115k84,500Aug 13, 2026
Aug 12, 2026MOption exercise
Common Stock
+2,827$42.72$121k87,327Aug 13, 2026
Aug 12, 2026MOption exercise
Common Stock
+2,254$42.80$96k89,581Aug 13, 2026
Aug 12, 2026MOption exercise
Common Stock
+2,445$32.32$79k92,026Aug 13, 2026
Aug 12, 2026MOption exercise
Stock Options (Right to Buy)derivative
-2,903$0.00$012,097Aug 13, 2026
Aug 12, 2026MOption exercise
Stock Options (Right to Buy)derivative
-2,827$0.00$05,173Aug 13, 2026
Aug 12, 2026MOption exercise
Stock Options (Right to Buy)derivative
-2,254$0.00$05,746Aug 13, 2026
Aug 12, 2026MOption exercise
Stock Options (Right to Buy)derivative
-2,445$0.00$05,555Aug 13, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
38Weak
SFSTsell
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
James B Orders III
director
$499k
8,045 shares
-15%
18Weak
SFSTbuy
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
Anna T Locke
director
$19k
300 shares
+8%
26Weak
SFSTsell
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
Leighton M Cubbage
director
$134k
2,165 shares
-4%
20Weak
SFSTsell
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
Leighton M Cubbage
director
$25k
400 shares
-1%
29Weak
SFSTsell 2
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
Leighton M Cubbage
director
$47k
750 shares
-2%
30Weak
SFSTsell 2
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
Leighton M Cubbage
director
$50k
800 shares
-2%
23Weak
SFSTsell 2
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
Julie Ann Fairchild
Chief Accounting Officer
$95k
1,500 shares
-22%
23Weak
SFSTsell 2
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
Julie Ann Fairchild
Chief Accounting Officer
$95k
1,500 shares
-22%
28Weak
SFSTsell 2
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
Ray Lattimore
director
$15k
253 shares
-18%
29Weak
SFSTsell 2
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
Leighton M Cubbage
director
$46k
765 shares
-1%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

R Arthur Seaver Jr sold $1.3M of SFST | InsiderTell