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Profile - SouthFirst Bancshares Inc (AMEX:SZB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 15Dividend payment of $0.15
Location
126 North Norton Avenue
Sylacauga, AL 35150
Phone: (256) 245-4365
Fax: (256) 245-6341
Employees (last reported count): 60
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 46%
·Institutional: 9% (18% of float)
(one institution)
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Business Summary
SouthFirst Bancshares, Inc.'s business primarily involves directing, planning and coordinating the business activities of its wholly owned subsidiary, First Federal of the South, a regional bank located in Alabama, along with First Federal's two wholly owned operating subsidiaries, Pension & Benefit Financial Services, Inc., d/b/a Pension & Benefit Trust Company, an employee benefit plan consulting firm and trust company located in Montgomery, Alabama, and SouthFirst Mortgage, Inc., a subsidiary through which First Federal conducts a residential mortgage and construction lending operation. Further, SouthFirst has recently organized, as a wholly owned subsidiary, SouthFirst Financial Services, Inc., through which SouthFirst intends to provide insurance products and other financial services to the customers of First Federal.
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Financial Summary
SouthFirst Bancshares, Inc. is a stock holding company for First Federal of the South. For the nine months ended 6/30/01, total interest income fell 5% to $8.4 million. Net interest income after loan loss provision fell 17% to $3 million. Net income fell 40% to $429 thousand. Net interest income reflects lower earning asset balances and increased interest paid on deposits. Earnings also suffered from reduced gains on the sale of real estate and higher compensation costs.
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Officers
FY2000 Pay

Joe McArthur, 49
CFO, Chief Operating Officer, Exec. VP, Sec., Director
$149K
Dollar amounts are as of 30-Sep-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- AMEX:SZBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 1-Dec-2000
$8.438
Recent Price$11.00 
52-Week High
on 4-May-2001
$11.80 
Beta0.35 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)682 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+11.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+49.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$10.2M
Shares Outstanding929.0K
Float500.0K
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.60 
Dividend Yield5.46%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$16.45 
Earnings (ttm)$0.74 
Earnings (mrq)$0.11 
Sales (ttm)$12.55 
Cash (mrq)$6.44 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.67 
Price/Earnings (ttm)14.87 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.88 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$11.5M
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$676.0K
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)5.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)36.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsSep 30
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)0.43%
Return on Equity (ttm)4.49%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$5.98M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short3,000 
Percent of Float0.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
3,000 
Daily Volume0 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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