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David G. Ellison

SFST
DIRECTOR · SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC · CIK 0001243357
FILING MIX · LIFETIME88%/12%
BUYS
44
SELLS
6
TOTAL VALUE
$1.08M
COMPANIES
1
ACTIVE SINCE
Feb 2020
HOLDINGS NOW
49,971
AVG SELL PX
$55.30
TRADE KIND
SHOWING 50 / 50
Trades · vs SPY
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Performance · forward returns vs SPY
41 backtested trades · 8 horizons · 6 pendingHow are these numbers computed? →
Forward-return performance of every backtestable P/S trade by David G. Ellison, measured at 8 horizons from 7 days to 2 years. Deduped per economic event so co-filings count once. Excess return = trade return minus SPY return over the same window.
HORIZONTRADESWIN RATEINSIDER RETURNSPY RETURNMEAN EXCESSMEDIAN EXCESST-STAT
7d41+75.61%+5.51%+4.03%+1.48%+0.87%1.89
14d41+68.29%+3.36%+4.98%-1.61%-2.38%-1.72
30d41+65.85%+5.04%+7.00%-1.95%-0.82%-1.34
60d41+63.41%+6.06%+9.41%-3.35%-1.69%-1.17
90d41+65.85%+4.23%+12.11%-7.88%-2.36%-2.31
180d41+63.41%+6.50%+19.05%-12.54%-18.86%-2.88
1y41(3 pending)+71.05%+27.17%+37.22%-10.05%-12.77%-2.55
2y41(3 pending)+73.68%+48.39%+60.28%-11.90%-1.31%-2.16
How to read this: Insider Returnis the average raw return of the filer's trades over the horizon. SPY Return is what SPY did over those same windows — reference only, not a comparison. The headline alpha number is Mean Excess = Insider − SPY; green means the filer beat SPY, red means they trailed it. Win rate is the share of individual trades where the filer beat SPY. T-statvalues above 2 mean the alpha is unlikely to be chance given the sample size. "Pending" counts trades where the horizon hasn't elapsed yet; their stats are not included in the row average.
Holdings over time
SFST · 49,971 shares · as of Jun 1, 2026
012,66525,33137,99650,661202120222023202420252026SHARES HELD
Trading cadence · quarterly flow
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FLOW · 44 buys / 6 sellsCOVERAGE · 26 quarters
Form 4 filings · all activity
COMPANYTYPESHARESPRICEVALUEHELD AFTERTRADE DATEFILEDDETAILS
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASEGRANT
Stock grant
310——49,971Jun 1, 2026Jun 2, 2026 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
SALE
1,000$53.29$53.3K49,661Dec 10, 2025Dec 10, 2025 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
200$43.50$8.7K50,661Nov 3, 2025Nov 6, 2025 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
100$44.00$4.4K50,461Oct 31, 2025Nov 3, 2025 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASEGRANT
Stock grant
485——50,361Jun 1, 2025Jun 3, 2025 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
200$34.50$6.9K49,876Dec 20, 2023Dec 21, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
200$29.25$5.8K49,676Nov 22, 2023Nov 24, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
200$27.00$5.4K49,476Oct 31, 2023Nov 1, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
200$27.21$5.4K49,276Oct 26, 2023Oct 26, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
250$25.49$6.4K49,076Oct 25, 2023Oct 25, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
150$26.96$4.0K48,826Sep 19, 2023Sep 20, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
150$29.35$4.4K48,676Aug 9, 2023Aug 11, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
100$29.42$2.9K48,526Aug 2, 2023Aug 3, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
100$25.00$2.5K48,426Jun 23, 2023Jun 23, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
100$25.56$2.6K48,126Jun 22, 2023Jun 23, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
23$25.58$58848,326Jun 22, 2023Jun 23, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
177$25.40$4.5K48,303Jun 22, 2023Jun 23, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
300$25.40$7.6K48,026Jun 21, 2023Jun 23, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
100$25.83$2.6K47,726Jun 20, 2023Jun 20, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
200$26.71$5.3K47,626Jun 6, 2023Jun 7, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
200$25.00$5.0K47,426Jun 5, 2023Jun 7, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
200$23.90$4.8K47,226Jun 1, 2023Jun 2, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
250$23.12$5.8K47,026May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
500$33.69$16.8K46,776Mar 13, 2023Mar 14, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
1,000$41.00$41.0K45,776Jan 30, 2023Jan 31, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
1,000$40.79$40.8K44,776Jan 30, 2023Jan 31, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
500$41.00$20.5K42,276Jan 30, 2023Jan 31, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
1,000$40.80$40.8K43,776Jan 30, 2023Jan 31, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
500$40.84$20.4K46,276Jan 30, 2023Jan 31, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
500$40.84$20.4K42,776Jan 30, 2023Jan 31, 2023 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
100$45.01$4.5K41,776Dec 22, 2022Dec 27, 2022 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASEGRANT
Stock grant
7$43.75$30641,676Dec 20, 2022Dec 22, 2022 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASEGRANT
Stock grant
1$43.73$4441,669Dec 20, 2022Dec 22, 2022 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
1,000$43.20$43.2K41,668Sep 21, 2022Sep 21, 2022 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
250$44.57$11.1K40,668May 9, 2022May 11, 2022 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
300$63.26$19.0K40,418Dec 23, 2021Dec 23, 2021 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
SALEGRANT
Gift
750$61.44$46.1K40,118Dec 21, 2021Dec 23, 2021 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
SALEGRANT
Gift
0——40,868Nov 22, 2021Dec 23, 2021 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
SALEGRANT
Gift
4,053$64.62$261.9K36,815Nov 22, 2021Nov 23, 2021 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
SALEGRANT
Gift
2,585$51.51$133.2K40,868Mar 17, 2021Mar 23, 2021 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
89$22.44$2.0K42,976Mar 23, 2020Mar 24, 2020 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
100$22.34$2.2K43,259Mar 23, 2020Mar 24, 2020 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
100$22.24$2.2K43,453Mar 23, 2020Mar 24, 2020 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
94$22.23$2.1K43,353Mar 23, 2020Mar 24, 2020 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
34$22.39$76142,887Mar 23, 2020Mar 24, 2020 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
100$22.42$2.2K43,076Mar 23, 2020Mar 24, 2020 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
83$22.40$1.9K43,159Mar 23, 2020Mar 24, 2020 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
400$22.35$8.9K42,853Mar 23, 2020Mar 24, 2020 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
PURCHASE
3,000$32.57$97.7K42,453Mar 12, 2020Mar 12, 2020 ↗View →
SFST
SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES INC
SALEGRANT
Gift
2,275$41.88$95.3K39,453Feb 14, 2020Feb 19, 2020 ↗View →
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About this filer
CIK 0001243357
ROLE
Director
PRIMARY
SFST
COMPANIES
1
ACTIVE SINCE
Feb 2020
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