7Baggers

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc
(NYSE:SFBS) 

SFBS stock logo

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for ServisFirst Bank that provides various banking services to individual and corporate customers. The company accepts demand, time, savings, and other deposits; checking, money market, and IRA accounts; and certificates of deposit. I...

Founded: 2005
Full Time Employees: 496
Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Banks-Regional

Share this website to your friends
• Market Cap:
• Exchange:
• Shs Outstanding:
• Employees:
• Beta:
• Return on Equity (ROE) ttm:
• Return on Assets (ROA) ttm:
• EPS ttm:
• Book value per Share:
• Cash per Share:
• Current ast per Share:
• P/E ttm:
• P/E forward:
• P/E ttm high:
• P/E ttm low:
• P/S ttm:
• P/B ttm:
• P/FCF ttm:
• PEG ratio:
• Cash Ratio ttm:
• Quick Ratio ttm:
• Current Ratio ttm:
• Gross Mgn ttm:
• EBITDA Mgn ttm:
• Operating Mgn ttm:
• Net Income Mgn ttm:
• Trailing Div yield:
• Forward Div yield:
• Payout Ratio ttm:
• Ex-Dividend date:
• Target Price High:
• Target Price Low:
• Target Price Mean:
• Number of Analysts:
• Debt Ratio ttm:
• Debt to Equity ttm:
• Total Net Debt:
At a glance:
Bull Thesis:
Bear Thesis:
Main Competitors:
Moat:
Income Statements:
Quarterly
Annual
    Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2018-12-31 2017-12-31 2014-03-31 
                                   
      interest income:
                                   
      interest and fees on loans
    210,066,000 214,252,000 210,987,000 206,521,000 196,936,000 200,875,000 205,952,000 194,300,000 186,978,000 184,897,000 178,754,000 171,718,000 163,732,000 153,924,000 131,375,000 111,287,000 103,105,000 100,348,000 96,119,000 95,451,000 93,803,000 94,332,000 89,564,000 89,383,000 89,385,000 89,407,000 90,767,000 88,610,000   32,252,000 
      investment securities
    16,099,000                               
      federal funds sold and securities purchased with agreement to resell
    5,561,000 1,584,000 4,724,000 1,592,000                            
      other interest and dividends
    9,754,000 14,261,000 18,254,000 21,955,000 28,111,000 26,088,000 24,496,000 16,535,000 23,203,000 27,623,000 17,930,000 6,124,000 6,060,000 4,609,000 6,173,000 4,623,000 1,804,000 1,794,000 1,507,000 863,000 676,000 581,000 506,000 360,000 1,718,000 2,751,000 3,912,000 2,593,000   19,000 
      total interest income
    241,480,000 251,388,000 251,308,000 246,635,000 241,096,000 243,892,000 247,979,000 227,540,000 226,710,000 229,062,000 213,206,000 189,656,000 181,322,000 170,273,000 149,299,000 126,555,000 113,188,000 108,954,000 104,236,000 102,719,000 100,396,000 101,065,000 96,110,000 95,080,000 96,767,000 98,187,000 101,130,000 97,787,000   34,281,000 
      interest expense:
                                   
      deposits
    78,285,000 86,920,000 98,735,000 93,488,000 94,745,000 98,702,000 113,211,000 104,671,000 104,066,000 108,155,000 95,901,000 71,971,000 55,713,000 33,471,000 13,655,000 6,427,000 5,843,000 6,271,000 6,581,000 6,836,000 6,881,000 7,853,000 9,876,000 10,756,000 16,745,000 19,786,000 24,787,000 24,240,000   3,014,000 
      borrowed funds
    15,047,000 17,947,000 19,125,000 21,460,000 22,798,000 22,022,000 19,647,000 16,994,000 20,149,000 19,220,000 17,607,000 16,434,000 17,308,000 14,418,000 9,226,000 3,760,000 1,623,000 1,533,000 1,335,000 1,215,000 1,150,000 1,131,000 1,152,000 1,090,000 2,382,000 2,624,000 3,338,000 3,462,000   418,000 
      total interest expense
    93,332,000 104,867,000 117,860,000 114,948,000 117,543,000 120,724,000 132,858,000 121,665,000 124,215,000 127,375,000 113,508,000 88,405,000 73,021,000 47,889,000 22,881,000 10,187,000 7,466,000 7,804,000 7,916,000 8,051,000 8,031,000 8,984,000 11,028,000 11,846,000 19,127,000 22,410,000 28,125,000 27,702,000   3,432,000 
      net interest income
    148,148,000 146,521,000 133,448,000 131,687,000 123,553,000 123,168,000 115,121,000 105,875,000 102,495,000 101,687,000 99,698,000 101,251,000 108,301,000 122,384,000 126,418,000 116,368,000 105,722,000 101,150,000 96,320,000 94,668,000 92,365,000 92,081,000 85,082,000 83,234,000 77,640,000 75,777,000 73,005,000 70,085,000   30,849,000 
      provision for credit losses
    10,637,000 7,922,000 9,463,000 11,296,000 6,630,000 5,704,000 5,659,000 5,353,000 4,368,000 3,582,000 4,282,000 6,654,000 4,197,000 7,135,000 15,603,000 9,507,000 5,362,000 8,451,000 5,963,000 9,652,000 7,451,000           
      net interest income after provision for credit losses
    137,511,000 138,599,000 123,985,000 120,391,000 116,923,000 117,464,000 109,462,000 100,522,000 98,127,000 98,105,000 95,416,000 94,597,000 104,104,000 115,249,000 110,815,000 106,861,000 100,360,000 92,699,000 90,357,000 85,016,000 84,914,000           
      noninterest income:
                                   
      service charges on deposit accounts
    3,296,000 3,339,000 3,316,000 2,671,000 2,558,000 2,650,000 2,341,000 2,293,000 2,150,000 2,181,000 2,163,000 2,142,000 1,934,000 1,866,000 1,892,000 2,133,000 2,142,000 1,297,000 1,727,000 1,907,000 1,908,000 1,971,000 1,818,000 1,823,000 1,916,000 1,806,000 1,735,000 1,786,000   868,000 
      mortgage banking
    1,892,000 1,664,000 1,864,000 1,323,000 613,000 1,513,000 1,352,000 1,379,000 678,000 792,000 825,000 696,000 442,000 514,000 784,000 614,000 526,000 471,000 1,423,000 2,699,000 2,747,000 3,050,000 2,519,000 2,107,000 1,071,000 1,366,000 1,333,000 1,087,000   284,000 
      credit card income
    2,202,000 1,835,000 2,405,000 2,119,000 1,968,000 1,867,000 1,925,000 2,333,000 2,155,000 2,004,000 2,532,000 2,406,000 1,689,000 2,261,000 2,612,000 2,672,000 2,372,000 2,200,000 2,043,000 1,912,000 1,192,000 913,000 1,840,000 1,398,000  1,891,000 1,868,000 1,741,000    
      bank-owned life insurance income
    2,822,000 8,149,000 2,405,000 2,126,000 2,137,000 2,131,000 2,113,000 2,058,000 3,231,000 1,483,750 1,818,000 2,496,000                    
      other operating income
    628,000 704,000 655,000 745,000 1,001,000 642,000 818,000 828,000 599,000 763,000 797,000 842,000 635,000 725,000 2,014,000 5,287,000 4,635,000 1,767,000 1,162,000 777,000 958,000 643,000 262,000 241,000 469,000 571,000 453,000 392,000   487,000 
      total noninterest income
    10,840,000 15,691,000 2,833,000 421,000 8,277,000 8,803,000 8,549,000 8,891,000 8,813,000 7,379,000 8,135,000 8,582,000 6,321,000 6,966,000 8,939,000 9,506,000 7,948,000 7,365,000 8,026,000 9,598,000 8,463,000 8,237,000 8,172,000 7,033,000 6,674,000 7,052,000 6,210,000 5,778,000   2,175,000 
      noninterest expenses:
                                   
      salaries and employee benefits
    26,853,000 23,838,000 25,522,000 22,576,000 22,879,000 24,062,000 25,057,000 24,213,000 22,986,000 23,024,000 20,080,000 18,795,000 19,066,000 19,230,000 19,687,000 20,734,000 18,301,000 17,303,000 17,995,000 16,887,000 15,543,000 14,970,000 14,994,000 15,792,000 15,658,000 13,680,000 15,499,000 14,339,000   7,697,000 
      equipment and occupancy expense
    3,948,000 3,737,000 3,615,000 3,523,000  3,600,000 3,795,000 3,567,000  3,860,000 3,579,000 3,421,000  3,263,000 3,140,000 2,983,000  2,910,000 2,996,000 2,844,000  2,680,000 2,556,000 2,434,000  2,339,000 2,387,000 2,287,000   1,366,000 
      third party processing and other services
    7,525,000 7,779,000 8,095,000 8,005,000 7,738,000 8,515,000 8,035,000 7,465,000 7,166,000 7,841,000 6,549,000 6,198,000 7,284,000 8,170,000 7,213,000 6,345,000 5,605,000 4,856,000 4,144,000 3,946,000 3,416,000 3,418,000 3,281,000 3,513,000 3,345,000       
      professional services
    1,943,000 1,481,000 1,857,000 1,904,000 1,933,000 1,981,000 1,715,000 1,741,000 1,464,000 1,417,000 1,265,000 1,580,000 1,654,000 922,000 1,036,000 1,327,000 992,000 913,000 948,000 1,107,000 923,000 1,248,000 955,000 1,091,000 948,000 1,163,000 887,000 1,191,000   516,000 
      fdic and other regulatory assessments
    2,745,000 2,641,000 2,742,000 2,753,000 2,854,000 2,225,000 2,355,000 2,202,000 3,905,000 9,509,000 2,346,000 2,242,000 1,517,000 1,311,000 975,000 1,147,000 1,132,000 1,042,000 1,630,000 1,425,000 1,582,000 1,366,000 1,061,000 595,000 1,332,000   1,081,000   517,000 
      other real estate owned expense
    20,000 13,000 82,000 27,000  58,000 103,000 7,000                        
      other operating expenses
    4,350,000 7,194,000 6,083,000 5,416,000  6,455,000 4,572,000 3,623,000  12,590,000 7,826,000 6,224,000  4,957,000 10,613,000 7,253,000  11,417,000 6,541,000 4,560,000  4,380,000 3,607,000 4,088,000  7,163,000 6,606,000 6,912,000    
      total noninterest expenses
    47,384,000 46,683,000 47,996,000 44,204,000  46,896,000 45,632,000 42,818,000  58,258,000 41,663,000 38,466,000  38,092,000 42,685,000 39,821,000  38,489,000 34,377,000 31,309,000  28,202,000 26,573,000 28,816,000  25,619,000 25,161,000 26,022,000    
      income before income taxes
    100,967,000 107,607,000 78,822,000 76,608,000 79,093,000 79,371,000 72,379,000 66,595,000 60,637,000 47,226,000 61,888,000 64,713,000 70,761,000 84,123,000 77,069,000 76,546,000 71,090,000 61,575,000 64,006,000 63,305,000 64,463,000 65,833,000 54,397,000 51,168,000 42,810,000 51,326,000 47,069,000 44,957,000   16,987,000 
      provision for income taxes
    17,996,000 21,223,000 13,251,000 15,184,000 15,869,000 14,198,000 12,472,000 14,459,000 10,611,000 5,152,000 8,548,000 11,245,000 12,790,000 16,399,000 13,038,000 14,410,000 13,477,000 7,822,000 11,507,000 13,278,000 13,008,000 14,852,000 11,035,000   6,832,250 9,506,000 9,324,000    
      net income
    82,971,000 86,384,000 65,571,000 61,424,000 63,224,000 65,173,000 59,907,000 52,136,000 50,026,000 42,074,000 53,340,000 53,468,000 57,971,000 67,724,000 64,031,000 62,136,000 57,613,000 53,753,000 52,499,000 50,027,000 51,455,000 50,981,000 43,362,000 40,448,000 34,778,000 41,037,000 37,563,000 35,633,000   11,758,000 
      yoy
    31.23% 32.55% 9.45% 17.81% 26.38% 54.90% 12.31% -2.49% -13.71% -37.87% -16.70% -13.95% 0.62% 25.99% 21.97% 24.20% 11.97% 5.44% 21.07% 23.68% 47.95% 24.23% 15.44% 13.51%   219.47%     
      qoq
    -3.95% 31.74% 6.75% -2.85% -2.99% 8.79% 14.91% 4.22% 18.90% -21.12% -0.24% -7.77% -14.40% 5.77% 3.05% 7.85% 7.18% 2.39% 4.94% -2.78% 0.93% 17.57% 7.20% 16.30% -15.25% 9.25% 5.42%     
      dividends on preferred stock
     31,000  31,000  31,000  31,000                        
      net income available to common stockholders
    82,971,000 86,353,000 65,571,000 61,393,000 63,224,000 65,142,000 59,907,000 52,105,000 50,026,000 42,043,000 53,340,000 53,437,000 57,971,000 67,693,000 64,031,000 62,105,000 57,613,000 53,722,000 52,499,000 49,996,000 51,455,000 50,949,000 43,362,000 40,417,000 34,778,000 41,005,000 37,563,000 35,602,000   11,656,000 
      basic earnings per common share
    1,520 1,580 1,200 1,120 1,160 1,200 1,100 960 920 770 980 980 1,070 1,250 1,180 1,140 1,060 990 970 920 950 950 800 750 650 770 700 670   1,580 
      diluted earnings per common share
    1,520 1,580 1,200 1,120 1,160 1,190 1,100 950 920 770 980 980 1,060 1,240 1,170 1,140 1,060 990 960 920 950 940 800 750 640 760 690 660   1,520 
      taxable securities
     17,199,000 17,338,000 16,562,000 16,023,000 16,905,000 17,493,000 16,158,000 15,979,000 15,512,000 15,522,000 11,570,000 10,895,000 10,895,000 11,089,000 10,515,000 8,223,000 6,747,000 6,544,000 6,315,000 5,807,000 6,018,000 5,858,000 5,092,000 5,154,000 4,702,000 4,367,000 4,193,000    
      nontaxable securities
     5,000 5,000 5,000 6,000 6,000 7,000 9,000 9,000 12,000 15,000 17,000 21,000 27,000 30,000 37,000 43,000 47,000 62,000 86,000 107,000 129,000 166,000 211,000 233,000 274,000 316,000 393,000    
      securities losses
      -7,812,000 -8,563,000             -3,335,000               
      federal funds sold
        20,000 18,000 31,000 538,000 541,000 1,018,000 985,000 227,000 614,000 818,000 632,000 93,000 13,000 18,000 4,000 4,000 3,000 5,000 16,000 34,000 277,000 1,053,000 1,768,000 1,998,000   42,000 
      noninterest expense:
                                   
      equipment and occupancy
        3,722,000    3,557,000    3,435,000    2,933,000    2,654,000    2,400,000       
      other real estate owned
        33,000    30,000    6,000    3,000    157,000    601,000       
      other operating expense
        6,948,000    7,195,000    6,702,000    8,252,000    4,639,000    3,636,000      3,140,000 
      total noninterest expense
        46,107,000    46,303,000    39,664,000    37,218,000    28,914,000    27,920,000      13,723,000 
      see notes to consolidated financial statements.
                                   
      oreo expense
             7,500 18,000 6,000  14,000 21,000 32,000  205,000 123,000 540,000  505,750 119,000 1,303,000  78,000 78,000 212,000   487,000 
      preferred stock dividends
             7,750  31,000  7,750  31,000  7,750  31,000  7,750  31,000  7,750  31,000   100,000 
      increase in cash surrender value life insurance
                1,621,000 1,600,000 1,637,000 1,633,000 1,608,000 1,630,000 1,671,000 1,683,000 1,658,000 1,660,000 1,733,000 1,464,000 1,453,000 1,419,000 787,000 778,000    
      securities gains
                   -2,833,000    620,000      -1,000 34,000 -6,000    
      provision for loan losses
                         9,037,750 12,284,000   4,188,500 6,985,000 4,884,000    
      net interest income after provision for loan losses
                         52,451,250 72,798,000   48,778,500 66,020,000 65,201,000    
      benefit from loan losses
                           10,283,000 13,584,000      2,314,000 
      net interest income after benefit from loan losses
                           72,951,000 64,056,000      28,535,000 
      benefit from income taxes
                           10,720,000 8,032,000      5,229,000 
      credit cards
                            1,765,000       
      fdic and other regulatory (credits) assessments
                             451,000 -296,000     
      taxable debt securities
                                  1,097,000 
      nontaxable debt securities
                                  871,000 
      increase in cash surrender value of life insurance
                                  536,000 
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                  -2,000 
      net income attributable to servisfirst bancshares, inc.
                                  11,756,000 
    Balance Sheets:
    Quarterly
    Annual
      Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2005-12-31 
                                                                            
        assets
                                                                            
        cash and due from banks
      100,561,000 95,127,000 144,089,000 140,659,000 121,645,000 116,394,000 142,372,000 135,711,000 78,708,000 123,430,000 112,150,000 107,251,000 139,175,000 106,317,000 249,051,000 252,638,000 103,439,000 56,934,000 102,313,000 72,599,000 70,107,000 93,655,000 70,472,000 102,282,000 80,461,000 78,618,000 108,804,000 68,841,000 71,058,000 97,516,000 77,692,000 68,344,000 64,912,000 86,213,000 79,431,000 71,181,000 54,993,000 56,855,000 57,221,000 54,985,000 56,714,000 46,614,000 50,481,000 49,731,000 63,816,000 48,519,000 59,483,000 76,893,000 77,542,000 71,833,000 60,251,000 33,844,000 40,312,000 42,332,000 37,819,000 35,624,000 27,963,000 20,871,000 27,454,000 30,371,000 26,570,000 20,449,000 17,925,000 20,918,000 18,474,000 22,844,000 28,434,000 26,994,000 19,155,000 4,188,000 
        interest-bearing balances due from depository institutions
      1,218,296,000 1,026,607,000 1,191,447,000 1,236,485,000 3,218,753,000 2,259,195,000 1,614,317,000 1,129,922,000 1,201,566,000 1,907,083,000 1,861,924,000 852,483,000 725,318,000 708,221,000 156,959,000 1,334,511,000 3,315,312,000 4,106,790,000 4,297,473,000 3,100,677,000 2,738,046,000 2,115,985,000 1,551,597,000 1,444,293,000 297,943,000 451,509,000 463,625,000 409,052,000 547,036,000 360,534,000 59,096,000 81,742,000 53,311,000 151,849,000 86,719,000 134,694,000 283,181,000 566,707,000 553,392,000 417,703,000 440,513,000 270,836,000 165,982,000 69,104,000 232,627,000 248,054,000 277,984,000 199,990,000 134,415,000 185,657,000 129,767,000 11,914,000 204,361,000 29,002,000 99,762,000 57,739,000 74,951,000 16,309,000  119,470,000 100,532,000 5,313,000 1,019,000 165,924,000 1,016,000      
        securities purchased with agreement to resell
      499,087,000 498,910,000 427,767,000 327,760,000                                                                   
        federal funds sold
      18,678,000 6,052,000 10,002,000 6,000,000 9,322,000 1,045,000 3,542,000 11,132,000 170,625,000 100,575,000 91,035,000 17,958,000 6,478,000 1,515,000 82,316,000 101,447,000 24,638,000 58,372,000 44,700,000 7,500,000 1,577,000 1,771,000 1,302,000 2,352,000 306,127,000 100,473,000 474,298,000 408,289,000 181,435,000 223,845,000 229,033,000 15,585,000 197,882,000 239,524,000 182,841,000 49,443,000 127,390,000 160,435,000 181,644,000 116,038,000 28,410,000 34,785,000 26,229,000 17,622,000 3,236,000 891,000 6,566,000 3,044,000 10,535,000 7,923,000 2,590,000 1,545,000 10,672,000 84,468,000 90,892,000 91,315,000 94,541,000   2,213,000 148,000 110,000 88,751,000 384,000 76,978,000 19,300,000 30,022,000 72,000 83,455,000  
        cash and cash equivalents
      1,836,622,000 1,626,696,000 1,773,305,000 1,710,904,000 3,349,720,000 2,376,634,000 1,760,231,000 1,276,765,000 1,450,899,000 2,131,088,000 2,065,109,000 977,692,000 870,971,000 816,053,000 488,326,000 1,688,596,000 3,443,389,000 4,222,096,000 4,444,486,000 3,180,776,000 2,809,730,000 2,211,411,000 1,623,371,000 1,548,927,000 684,531,000 630,600,000 1,046,727,000 886,182,000 799,529,000 681,895,000 365,821,000 165,671,000 316,105,000 477,586,000 348,991,000 255,318,000 465,564,000 783,997,000 792,257,000 588,726,000 525,637,000 352,235,000 242,692,000 136,457,000 299,679,000 297,464,000 344,033,000 279,927,000 222,492,000 265,413,000 192,608,000 47,303,000 255,345,000 155,802,000 228,473,000 184,678,000 197,455,000 117,954,000  152,054,000 127,250,000 25,872,000 107,695,000 187,226,000 96,468,000 72,918,000 58,788,000 27,121,000 102,694,000  
        available-for-sale debt securities, at fair value
      1,037,151,000 1,068,825,000 1,178,144,000 1,227,851,000 1,203,837,000 1,161,400,000 1,139,007,000 1,174,386,000 1,073,929,000 900,183,000 834,802,000 990,921,000                                                           
        held-to-maturity debt securities
      647,270,000 660,076,000 671,595,000 686,652,000 701,713,000 714,853,000 728,580,000 767,255,000 867,696,000 982,664,000 1,043,899,000 1,057,306,000                                                           
        restricted equity securities
      12,466,000 12,203,000 12,203,000 12,156,000 12,156,000 11,300,000 11,300,000 11,300,000 11,300,000 10,226,000 10,226,000 7,307,000 7,307,000 7,734,000 7,734,000 7,734,000 7,734,000 7,311,000                 1,038,000 1,037,000   5,668,000 5,671,000  4,954,000 4,954,000 4,954,000  3,921,000 3,418,000 3,418,000 3,738,000 3,738,000 3,738,000 3,738,000 3,941,000 4,018,000 4,288,000 3,708,000 3,899,000 4,053,000 3,510,000 3,510,000 3,510,000 3,510,000 3,241,000 3,241,000 3,241,000 2,659,000 2,659,000 2,658,000 2,659,000 230,000 
        mortgage loans held for sale
      12,893,000 11,744,000 9,433,000 22,131,000 11,386,000 9,211,000 8,453,000 11,174,000 7,592,000 5,074,000 6,333,000 3,981,000 1,651,000 1,607,000 2,003,000 3,451,000 403,000 1,114,000 578,000 6,147,000 15,834,000 14,425,000 21,472,000 14,491,000 6,747,000 6,312,000 8,691,000 9,446,000 1,223,000 120,000 5,277,000 4,605,000 4,522,000 4,459,000 4,971,000 5,673,000 6,599,000 4,675,000 6,026,000 7,933,000 5,090,000 8,249,000 5,387,000 11,722,000 12,384,000 5,984,000 9,037,000 11,675,000 6,704,000 11,592,000 16,374,000 15,804,000 28,558,000 15,000,000 12,611,000 9,114,000 4,092,000 2,588,000 7,875,000 8,708,000 4,462,000 4,521,000 5,785,000 5,087,000 8,023,000 3,320,000 4,060,000 3,869,000 4,768,000 1,778,000 
        loans
      13,945,913,000 13,696,912,000 13,311,967,000 13,232,560,000 12,886,831,000 12,605,836,000 12,338,226,000 12,332,780,000 11,880,696,000 11,658,829,000 11,641,130,000 11,604,894,000 11,629,802,000 11,687,968,000 11,278,614,000 10,617,320,000 9,898,957,000 9,532,934,000 8,812,811,000 8,649,694,000 8,504,980,000 8,465,688,000 8,508,554,000 8,315,375,000 7,568,836,000 7,261,451,000 7,022,069,000 6,967,886,000 6,659,908,000 6,533,499,000 6,363,531,000 6,129,649,000 5,928,327,000 5,851,261,000 5,628,765,000 5,343,688,000 5,151,984,000 4,911,770,000 4,657,284,000 4,539,338,000 4,340,900,000 4,216,375,000 4,044,242,000 3,863,734,000 3,607,852,000 3,359,858,000 3,159,772,000 3,053,989,000 2,937,797,000 2,731,973,000 2,590,192,000 2,462,154,000 2,161,130,000 2,022,589,000 1,918,636,000 1,695,476,000 1,560,974,000 1,470,472,000 1,376,741,000 1,345,502,000 1,288,410,000 1,235,504,000 1,023,893,000 1,154,090,000 1,111,744,000 968,233,000 898,826,000 836,520,000 755,534,000 246,140,000 
        less allowance for credit losses
      -173,905,000 -171,683,000 -170,235,000 -169,959,000 -165,034,000 -164,458,000 -160,755,000 -158,092,000 -155,892,000 -153,317,000 -152,247,000 -152,272,000 -148,965,000 -146,297,000 -140,967,000 -128,387,000 -119,463,000 -116,660,000 -108,950,000 -104,670,000 -94,906,000 -87,942,000                                                 
        premises and equipment
      62,056,000 60,396,000 60,704,000 59,993,000 59,431,000 59,185,000 61,328,000 59,200,000 59,302,000 59,324,000 59,516,000 59,655,000 60,093,000 59,850,000 59,080,000 59,482,000 59,908,000 60,300,000 60,953,000 67,738,000 56,472,000 54,969,000 55,273,000 55,588,000 55,992,000 56,496,000 56,570,000 57,195,000 57,664,000 57,822,000 57,882,000 58,299,000 58,624,000 58,900,000 55,104,000 51,797,000 46,407,000 40,314,000 25,033,000 23,221,000 20,989,000 19,434,000 18,989,000 15,563,000 16,082,000 7,815,000 7,958,000 7,745,000 8,015,000 8,518,000 8,756,000 8,845,000 5,875,000 6,032,000 4,435,000 4,499,000 4,673,000 4,673,000 4,450,000 4,484,000 4,701,000 4,892,000 3,778,000 5,223,000 4,353,000 3,884,000 3,884,000 3,965,000 4,070,000 1,400,000 
        accrued interest and dividends receivable
      70,084,000 61,956,000 63,639,000 61,839,000 70,459,000 62,794,000 61,578,000 62,936,000 61,407,000 59,181,000 56,500,000 50,183,000 50,500,000 48,422,000 39,946,000 36,557,000 34,388,000 34,831,000 33,815,000 33,130,000 36,348,000 36,841,000 36,607,000 30,928,000 25,314,000 26,262,000 25,423,000 26,635,000 26,998,000 24,070,000 24,755,000 21,375,000 20,261,000 20,661,000 20,334,000 16,770,000 16,051,000 15,801,000 14,648,000 13,487,000 13,416,000 13,698,000 12,566,000 11,905,000 11,991,000 11,214,000 10,882,000 9,686,000 10,370,000 9,604,000 9,101,000 9,154,000 9,188,000 8,057,000 7,975,000 7,529,000 6,847,000 7,358,000  6,834,000 6,144,000 6,664,000 3,934,000 5,163,000 4,363,000 4,026,000 4,068,000 3,979,000 3,936,000  
        deferred tax asset
      47,218,000 49,705,000 49,715,000 55,735,000 58,924,000 61,748,000 57,290,000 62,321,000 60,292,000 62,918,000 66,029,000 65,635,000 60,666,000 60,448,000 54,599,000 48,874,000 44,021,000 37,772,000    31,072,000    25,566,000    27,277,000    13,022,000    27,132,000    23,425,000    15,716,000                         
        other real estate owned and repossessed assets
      3,072,000 2,583,000 611,000 311,000 756,000 2,531,000 2,723,000 1,458,000 490,000 995,000 690,000 832,000 248,000 248,000 1,245,000 1,207,000 1,989,000 1,208,000 2,068,000 2,039,000 2,067,000 6,497,000 6,976,000 6,537,000 7,448,000 8,178,000 5,337,000 5,649,000 5,480,000 5,169,000 5,714,000 5,937,000 5,748,000 6,701,000 3,888,000 3,891,000 5,102,000 4,988,000 3,035,000 4,260,000 4,044,000 5,392,000 6,068,000 8,235,000 8,638,000 6,840,000 6,940,000 6,739,000 9,752,000 14,258,000                     
        bank owned life insurance contracts
      436,272,000 435,328,000 431,455,000 304,050,000 301,924,000 299,787,000 297,656,000 296,042,000 294,786,000 292,759,000 291,521,000 290,979,000 289,374,000 287,752,000 286,152,000 286,315,000 284,682,000 283,074,000 281,399,000 279,728,000 278,045,000 276,387,000 254,045,000 212,312,000 210,847,000 209,395,000 152,976,000 132,189,000 131,411,000 130,649,000 129,869,000 129,082,000 128,296,000 127,519,000 126,722,000 125,896,000 115,112,000 114,388,000 113,643,000 102,873,000 92,218,000 91,594,000 90,964,000 90,281,000 89,621,000 86,288,000 85,639,000 70,090,000 69,544,000 68,460,000 57,969,000 57,485,000 41,551,000 41,165,000 40,780,000 40,000,000               
        goodwill
      13,615,000 13,615,000 13,615,000 13,615,000 13,615,000 13,615,000 13,615,000 13,615,000 13,615,000 13,615,000 13,615,000                                                            
        other assets
      220,560,000 198,834,000 178,048,000 160,790,000 131,048,000 137,207,000 129,946,000 138,672,000 95,518,000 106,129,000 107,209,000 102,080,000 84,360,000 79,417,000 85,080,000 69,335,000 51,819,000 65,661,000 45,230,000 33,951,000 30,708,000 22,460,000 26,977,000 25,816,000 25,715,000 26,149,000 37,568,000 29,056,000 26,294,000 9,954,000 25,918,000 23,146,000 23,871,000 27,598,000 16,912,000 21,276,000 14,301,000 18,317,000 19,394,000 22,974,000 15,741,000 17,878,000 17,050,000 20,003,000 12,931,000 11,543,000 11,591,000 14,150,000 14,820,000 12,849,000 9,613,000 6,391,000 8,947,000 7,728,000 7,688,000 6,678,000 7,338,000 9,007,000  9,980,000 11,776,000 11,451,000 1,772,000 2,438,000 1,904,000 1,437,000 582,000 895,000 3,916,000  
        total assets
      18,171,287,000 17,727,190,000 17,584,199,000 17,378,628,000 18,636,766,000 17,351,643,000 16,449,178,000 16,049,812,000 15,721,630,000 16,129,668,000 16,044,332,000 15,072,808,000 14,566,559,000 14,595,753,000 13,890,030,000 14,494,317,000 15,339,419,000 15,448,806,000 14,602,228,000 13,207,319,000 12,647,374,000 11,932,654,000 11,394,874,000 11,012,195,000 9,364,882,000 8,947,653,000 9,005,112,000 8,740,237,000 8,310,836,000 8,007,382,000 7,517,833,000 7,084,562,000 7,011,735,000 7,082,384,000 6,712,103,000 6,329,599,000 6,336,165,000 6,370,448,000 6,002,621,000 5,646,055,000 5,378,599,000 5,095,509,000 4,772,601,000 4,492,539,000 4,393,342,000 4,098,679,000 3,952,799,000 3,762,684,000 3,572,914,000 3,396,153,000 3,140,626,000 2,861,758,000 2,763,234,000 2,570,243,000 2,531,484,000 2,257,330,000 2,024,597,000 1,862,949,000 1,935,166,000 1,776,524,000 1,681,884,000 1,527,564,000 1,255,562,000 1,502,205,000 1,342,343,000 1,162,272,000 1,064,908,000 973,110,000 960,215,000 277,963,000 
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                                            
        liabilities:
                                                                            
        deposits:
                                                                            
        non-interest-bearing demand
      2,836,622,000 2,684,272,000 2,598,895,000 2,632,058,000 2,647,577,000 2,619,687,000 2,576,329,000 2,475,415,000 2,627,639,000 2,643,101,000 2,621,072,000 2,855,102,000  3,321,347,000 3,661,936,000 4,686,511,000  4,799,767,000    2,788,772,000    1,749,879,000    1,557,341,000    1,440,326,000    1,281,605,000                                 
        interest-bearing
      11,649,742,000 11,534,762,000 11,508,027,000 11,230,261,000 11,781,484,000 10,923,772,000 10,570,200,000 10,783,977,000 10,123,809,000 10,630,410,000 10,521,304,000 9,433,117,000 8,716,581,000 8,225,458,000 7,389,979,000 7,085,826,000 7,519,260,000 7,653,069,000 7,712,016,000 7,661,807,000 7,532,999,000 7,186,952,000 6,910,969,000 6,664,025,000 5,907,029,000 5,780,554,000 6,045,486,000 5,827,835,000 5,510,963,000 5,358,367,000 5,000,904,000 4,604,235,000 4,569,795,000 4,651,348,000 4,390,936,000 4,021,457,000 4,069,092,000 4,138,706,000 3,811,402,000 3,482,127,000 3,269,472,000 3,170,421,000 3,015,280,000 2,802,555,000 2,772,020,000 2,587,700,000 2,558,213,000 2,428,479,000 2,368,207,000 2,284,064,000 2,112,781,000 1,915,887,000 1,896,559,000 1,773,558,000 1,756,958,000 1,629,186,000 1,519,906,000 1,430,866,000  1,377,020,000 1,326,247,000 1,176,492,000 1,004,504,000 1,186,394,000 1,067,316,000  844,854,000 750,359,000 774,158,000  
        total deposits
      14,486,364,000 14,219,034,000 14,106,922,000 13,862,319,000 14,429,061,000 13,543,459,000 13,146,529,000 13,259,392,000 12,751,448,000 13,273,511,000 13,142,376,000 12,288,219,000 11,615,317,000 11,546,805,000 11,051,915,000 11,772,337,000 12,408,755,000 12,452,836,000 12,078,670,000 10,958,236,000 10,577,610,000 9,975,724,000 9,673,783,000 9,342,918,000 7,832,655,000 7,530,433,000 7,724,158,000 7,404,794,000 7,083,666,000 6,915,708,000 6,505,351,000 6,085,682,000 5,977,387,000 6,091,674,000 5,796,901,000 5,394,810,000 5,361,532,000 5,420,311,000 5,081,128,000 4,667,795,000 4,339,747,000 4,223,888,000 4,044,634,000 3,729,132,000 3,638,763,000 3,398,160,000 3,352,766,000 3,157,642,000 3,031,041,000 2,919,217,000 2,674,977,000 2,423,534,000 2,409,521,000 2,240,902,000 2,189,376,000 2,011,281,000 1,803,874,000 1,692,500,000  1,601,557,000 1,514,904,000 1,350,560,000 1,127,147,000 1,361,483,000 1,206,485,000 1,037,319,000 950,738,000 847,425,000 862,771,000  
        federal funds purchased
      1,546,987,000 1,471,628,000 1,488,150,000 1,599,135,000 2,358,326,000 1,993,728,000 1,542,623,000 1,097,154,000 1,345,328,000 1,256,724,000 1,370,289,000 1,298,066,000 1,480,160,000 1,618,798,000 1,466,322,000 1,389,167,000 1,639,238,000 1,711,777,000 1,286,756,000 1,059,474,000 911,558,000 851,545,000 669,350,000 635,606,000 543,623,000 470,749,000 370,231,000 459,449,000 373,378,000 288,725,000 246,094,000 262,659,000 326,399,000 301,797,000 254,880,000 300,226,000 358,241,000 355,944,000 344,390,000 420,430,000 497,885,000 352,360,000 228,415,000 273,095,000 280,900,000 264,315,000 178,230,000 181,070,000 195,762,000 170,090,000 175,475,000 153,930,000 91,317,000 80,205,000 93,385,000 16,400,000      17,350,000      26,302,000   
        other borrowings
      34,750,000 34,750,000 64,750,000 64,747,000 64,745,000 64,743,000 64,741,000 64,739,000 64,737,000 64,735,000 64,751,000 64,737,000 65,417,000 64,726,000 64,721,000 64,716,000 64,711,000 64,706,000 64,701,000 64,696,000 64,691,000 64,748,000 64,719,000 64,715,000 64,707,000 64,703,000 64,693,000 64,684,000 64,675,000 64,666,000 64,657,000 64,648,000 64,739,000 64,832,000 54,975,000 55,075,000 55,169,000 55,262,000 55,356,000 55,450,000 55,543,000 55,637,000 55,728,000 21,016,000 21,278,000 19,973,000 19,965,000 19,957,000 19,949,000 19,932,000 19,924,000 19,916,000   4,958,000 4,949,000 4,945,000 14,941,000 24,937,000 24,933,000 24,929,000 24,925,000 20,000,000 24,918,000 24,915,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,320,000 20,275,000  
        accrued interest and dividends payable
      29,134,000 29,990,000 28,272,000 27,374,000 29,055,000 28,026,000 26,581,000 25,293,000 26,822,000 27,545,000 24,683,000 23,061,000  18,615,000 14,881,000 13,515,000  13,619,000    12,321,000    11,934,000    10,381,000    4,971,000    4,401,000            4,553,000                     
        other liabilities
      161,515,000 121,441,000 114,458,000 103,270,000 86,679,000 104,915,000 98,435,000 92,658,000 57,259,000 66,748,000 40,849,000 35,254,000 45,307,000 48,913,000 49,602,000 42,664,000 39,555,000 53,853,000 45,111,000 39,540,000 50,165,000 35,464,000 25,518,000 42,658,000 29,613,000 27,152,000 24,017,000 21,423,000 32,055,000 12,699,000 11,659,000 9,237,000 6,090,000 11,506,000 10,781,000 8,889,000 11,861,000 11,641,000 10,255,000 10,407,000 10,841,000 12,108,000 9,683,000 12,469,000 8,338,000 7,078,000 6,498,000 21,995,000 11,758,000 6,061,000 4,156,000 5,677,000 6,009,000 2,819,000 6,851,000 3,670,000 3,104,000 1,781,000 3,993,000 2,559,000 1,769,000 1,444,000 916,000 2,286,000 1,822,000 1,803,000 1,170,000 2,857,000 1,626,000 273,000 
        total liabilities
      16,258,750,000 15,876,843,000 15,802,552,000 15,656,845,000 16,967,866,000 15,734,871,000 14,878,909,000 14,539,236,000 14,245,594,000 14,689,263,000 14,642,948,000 13,709,337,000 13,226,742,000 13,297,857,000 12,647,441,000 13,282,399,000 14,166,444,000 14,296,791,000 13,487,935,000 12,134,035,000 11,616,889,000 10,939,802,000 10,445,285,000 10,097,607,000 8,482,997,000 8,104,971,000 8,194,575,000 7,961,280,000 7,565,250,000 7,292,179,000 6,836,323,000 6,429,448,000 6,382,438,000 6,474,780,000 6,121,890,000 5,762,513,000 5,791,017,000 5,847,559,000 5,494,755,000 5,156,958,000 4,907,659,000 4,646,362,000 4,341,407,000 4,038,052,000 3,951,884,000 3,691,466,000 3,559,663,000 3,382,610,000 3,260,631,000 3,119,853,000 2,875,437,000 2,604,211,000 2,538,228,000 2,355,375,000 2,326,100,000  1,843,396,000 1,740,541,000  1,660,347,000 1,572,838,000 1,425,530,000 1,164,336,000 1,404,984,000 1,249,451,000 1,075,489,000 988,150,000 898,240,000 885,572,000  
        stockholders' equity:
                                                                            
        preferred stock, par value 0.001 per share...
                                                                            
        common stock, par value 0.001 per share...
      55,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000 53,000 53,000 53,000 53,000 53,000 53,000 53,000 53,000 53,000 53,000    26,000    25,000                         
        additional paid-in capital
      238,644,000 237,839,000 237,236,000 236,716,000 235,840,000 235,781,000 235,649,000 234,495,000 233,560,000 232,605,000 231,588,000 230,659,000 229,631,000 229,693,000 228,738,000 227,906,000 227,127,000 226,397,000 225,648,000 225,127,000 224,302,000 223,856,000 223,280,000 222,437,000 221,901,000 219,766,000 219,234,000 218,658,000 218,147,000 218,521,000 218,062,000 217,765,000 217,536,000 217,693,000 217,483,000 217,271,000 217,195,000 215,932,000 215,262,000 214,525,000 215,948,000 211,546,000 210,331,000 209,074,000 207,374,000 185,397,000 184,797,000 183,765,000 127,218,000 113,441,000 109,874,000 109,022,000 89,614,000 89,324,000 88,525,000 87,043,000 86,591,000 76,139,000  75,637,000 75,392,000 75,213,000 74,402,000 74,877,000 74,688,000 70,729,000 64,076,000 63,479,000 63,320,000  
        retained earnings
      1,676,013,000 1,613,746,000 1,548,098,000 1,500,767,000 1,457,614,000 1,412,616,000 1,365,701,000 1,322,048,000 1,288,514,000 1,254,841,000 1,229,080,000 1,190,920,000 1,152,681,000 1,109,902,000 1,057,387,000 1,005,815,000 956,169,000 911,008,000 869,731,000 828,048,000 788,875,000 748,224,000 706,924,000 672,984,000 641,980,000 616,611,000 584,968,000 555,425,000 527,853,000 500,868,000 472,681,000 443,972,000 416,311,000 389,554,000 371,127,000 348,517,000 327,029,000 307,151,000 287,568,000 268,765,000 249,704,000 234,150,000 215,982,000 201,303,000 188,507,000 177,091,000 163,414,000 150,769,000 140,538,000 118,391,000 111,217,000 101,631,000 87,170,000 77,968,000 69,737,000 55,095,000 49,059,000 43,214,000  33,798,000 28,999,000 24,978,000 15,808,000 18,974,000 17,366,000 15,087,000 13,127,000 11,402,000 9,652,000  
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -2,675,000 -1,792,000 -4,241,000 -16,254,000 -25,108,000 -32,179,000 -31,635,000 -46,521,000 -46,592,000 -47,595,000 -59,838,000 -58,662,000 -43,049,000                -969,000 -4,741,000 -9,788,000  -5,105,000 -198,000                                     
        total stockholders' equity attributable to servisfirst bancshares, inc.
      1,912,037,000 1,849,847,000 1,781,147,000 1,721,283,000 1,668,400,000 1,616,272,000 1,569,769,000 1,510,076,000 1,475,536,000 1,439,905,000 1,400,884,000 1,362,971,000 1,339,317,000 1,297,396,000 1,242,089,000 1,211,418,000 1,172,475,000 1,151,515,000 1,113,793,000 1,072,784,000 1,029,985,000 992,352,000 949,089,000 914,086,000 881,383,000 842,180,000 810,035,000 778,455,000 745,084,000 714,701,000 681,008,000 654,612,000 628,795,000 607,102,000 589,711,000 566,584,000 544,646,000 522,512,000 507,489,000 488,720,000 470,563,000 448,770,000 430,817,000 454,110,000 441,081,000 406,961,000  379,822,000                       
        noncontrolling interest
      500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 502,000 502,000 502,000 502,000 502,000 502,000 502,000 502,000 502,000 502,000 502,000 502,000 502,000 502,000 377,000 377,000 377,000 377,000 377,000 377,000 377,000 377,000 252,000 252,000 252,000 252,000                      
        total stockholders' equity
      1,912,537,000 1,850,347,000 1,781,647,000 1,721,783,000 1,668,900,000 1,616,772,000 1,570,269,000 1,510,576,000 1,476,036,000 1,440,405,000 1,401,384,000 1,363,471,000 1,339,817,000 1,297,896,000 1,242,589,000 1,211,918,000 1,172,975,000 1,152,015,000 1,114,293,000 1,073,284,000 1,030,485,000 992,852,000 949,589,000 914,588,000 881,885,000 842,682,000 810,537,000 778,957,000 745,586,000 715,203,000 681,510,000 655,114,000 629,297,000 607,604,000 590,213,000 567,086,000 545,148,000 522,889,000 507,866,000 489,097,000 470,940,000 449,147,000 431,194,000 454,487,000 441,458,000 407,213,000 393,136,000 380,074,000 312,283,000 276,300,000 265,189,000 257,547,000 225,006,000 214,868,000 205,384,000 189,473,000 181,201,000 122,408,000  116,177,000 109,046,000 102,034,000  97,221,000 92,892,000      
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
      18,171,287,000 17,727,190,000 17,584,199,000 17,378,628,000 18,636,766,000 17,351,643,000 16,449,178,000 16,049,812,000 15,721,630,000 16,129,668,000 16,044,332,000 15,072,808,000 14,566,559,000 14,595,753,000 13,890,030,000 14,494,317,000 15,339,419,000 15,448,806,000 14,602,228,000 13,207,319,000 12,647,374,000 11,932,654,000 11,394,874,000 11,012,195,000 9,364,882,000 8,947,653,000 9,005,112,000 8,740,237,000 8,310,836,000 8,007,382,000 7,517,833,000 7,084,562,000 7,011,735,000 7,082,384,000 6,712,103,000 6,329,599,000 6,336,165,000 6,370,448,000 6,002,621,000 5,646,055,000 5,378,599,000 5,095,509,000 4,772,601,000 4,492,539,000 4,393,342,000 4,098,679,000 3,952,799,000 3,762,684,000 3,572,914,000 3,396,153,000 3,140,626,000  2,763,234,000 2,570,243,000      1,776,524,000    1,502,205,000 1,342,343,000      
        derived from audited financial statements.
                                                                            
        see notes to consolidated financial statements.
                                                                            
        goodwill and other identifiable intangible assets
                 13,615,000 13,615,000 13,615,000 13,615,000 13,615,000  13,638,000 13,705,000 13,773,000 13,841,000 13,908,000 13,976,000 14,043,000 14,111,000 14,179,000 14,246,000 14,314,000 14,381,000 14,449,000 14,517,000 14,584,000 14,652,000 14,719,000 14,787,000 14,855,000 14,924,000 14,996,000 15,073,000 15,154,000 15,239,000  17,756,000 18,060,000 18,069,000                          
        available for sale debt securities, at fair value
                  624,948,000 644,815,000 665,763,000 724,463,000 784,673,000 842,570,000 723,324,000 1,013,533,000 961,879,000 886,688,000 913,049,000 856,128,000 826,782,000 759,399,000 688,021,000 657,971,000 631,696,000 590,184,000 578,021,000 583,549,000 560,635,000 538,080,000 435,325,000 438,808,000 453,956,000 422,375,000 351,417,000 321,044,000 334,567,000 342,938,000 306,666,000 305,985,000 307,379,000 298,310,000 302,303,000 294,254,000 277,501,000 256,385,000 227,770,000 229,434,000 236,582,000 296,508,000 296,224,000 296,826,000               
        held to maturity debt securities
                  1,021,989,000 1,034,121,000 1,048,840,000 1,065,755,000 833,304,000 462,957,000 261,276,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000  250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 87,399,000 79,257,000 72,057,000 62,564,000 25,853,000 26,662,000   27,969,000 29,023,000 29,126,000 29,355,000 30,048,000 31,178,000 31,974,000 33,130,000 33,808,000  20,791,000 21,011,000 16,214,000                
        noninterest-bearing
                  2,898,736,000    4,889,495,000  4,366,654,000 3,296,429,000 3,044,611,000  2,762,814,000 2,678,893,000 1,925,626,000  1,678,672,000 1,576,959,000 1,572,703,000  1,504,447,000 1,481,447,000 1,407,592,000  1,405,965,000 1,373,353,000 1,292,440,000  1,269,726,000 1,185,668,000 1,070,275,000 1,053,467,000 1,029,354,000 926,577,000 866,743,000 810,460,000 794,553,000 729,163,000 662,834,000 635,153,000 562,196,000 507,647,000 512,962,000 467,344,000 432,418,000 382,095,000 283,968,000 261,634,000  224,537,000 188,657,000 174,068,000 122,643,000 175,089,000 139,169,000 121,459,000 105,884,000 97,066,000 88,613,000  
        accrued interest payable
                  20,541,000    14,185,000  12,697,000 12,089,000 12,865,000  11,915,000 11,710,000 12,399,000  11,476,000 10,930,000 11,476,000  8,562,000 7,222,000 7,823,000  4,353,000 3,513,000 4,214,000  3,626,000 2,876,000 3,643,000 2,369,000 2,947,000 2,340,000 2,605,000 1,940,000 2,204,000 1,946,000 2,121,000  905,000 1,154,000 867,000 935,000 1,016,000 1,043,000 983,000 864,000  914,000 887,000 937,000 1,150,000 1,103,000 1,071,000 1,280,000 1,190,000 1,336,000 900,000  
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                   -42,253,000 -44,090,000 -22,357,000 -10,875,000 14,056,000 18,360,000 19,555,000 16,754,000 20,218,000 18,831,000 18,611,000 17,448,000 5,749,000 5,779,000 4,318,000    -7,178,000   1,048,000 743,000 369,000 -624,000 4,633,000 5,404,000 4,885,000 3,048,000 4,478,000 3,749,000 5,216,000 4,490,000 4,690,000 5,305,000 4,309,000 4,503,000 4,133,000 6,929,000 8,258,000 7,612,000 7,158,000 7,371,000 5,587,000 3,049,000  6,736,000 4,649,000 1,837,000 1,010,000 3,364,000 832,000 962,000 -450,000 -16,000 1,666,000  
        goodwill and other identifiable intangible assets
                      13,615,000                                                      
        deferred tax assets
                        31,533,000 31,230,000 32,126,000  26,764,000 23,307,000 23,723,000  24,426,000 24,850,000 26,209,000  12,268,000 11,661,000 11,468,000  26,326,000 26,392,000 26,966,000  22,223,000 21,710,000 22,697,000  19,872,000 16,637,000 11,993,000  15,620,000 12,817,000 11,935,000 9,160,000 10,383,000 8,384,000 6,289,000 5,738,000 6,185,000 4,889,000 7,338,000 7,306,000  2,347,000 4,104,000 4,357,000 4,528,000 3,256,000 4,761,000 3,585,000 4,075,000 3,566,000 2,515,000  
        less allowance for loan losses
                            -92,440,000 -91,507,000 -85,414,000 -76,584,000 -77,192,000 -71,386,000 -70,207,000 -68,600,000 -66,879,000 -64,239,000 -62,050,000 -59,406,000 -58,459,000 -55,059,000 -53,892,000 -51,893,000 -48,933,000 -46,998,000 -45,145,000 -43,419,000 -42,574,000 -40,020,000 -37,356,000 -35,629,000 -34,442,000 -32,984,000 -31,728,000 -28,927,000 -28,757,000 -27,679,000 -24,604,000 -23,239,000 -23,662,000 -21,466,000 -19,516,000 -19,226,000  -16,903,000 -15,713,000 -15,671,000 -12,412,000 -14,596,000 -13,567,000 -10,602,000 -10,384,000 -9,438,000 -8,852,000  
        equity securities
                                   894,000 889,000 993,000 1,026,000 1,034,000   1,034,000 1,024,000   5,667,000    4,953,000                          
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value 0.001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; no shares authorized or outstanding at december 31, 2017 and december 31, 2016
                                                                            
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value 0.001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; no shares authorized or outstanding at september 30, 2017 and december 31, 2016
                                                                            
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value 0.001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; no shares authorized or outstanding at june 30, 2017 and december 31, 2016
                                                                            
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value 0.001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; no shares authorized or outstanding at march 31, 2017 and december 31, 2016
                                                                            
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value 0.001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; no shares authorized or outstanding at december 31, 2016, and 40,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at december 31, 2015
                                                                            
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value .001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; no shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at september 30, 2016; 40,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at december 31, 2015
                                                                            
        preferred stock, par value .001 per share; 1,000,000 shares authorized and undesignated at september 30, 2016, and 1,000,000 shares authorized and 960,000 shares undesignated at december 31, 2015
                                                                            
        common stock
                                            26,000 26,000 26,000  26,000 26,000 26,000  25,000 25,000 8,000 7,000 7,000   6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000   6,000 6,000  6,000 6,000  5,000 5,000    
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value .001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; no shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding at june 30, 2016; 40,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding at december 31, 2015
                                                                            
        preferred stock, par value .001 per share; 1,000,000 shares authorized and undesignated at june 30, 2016, and 1,000,000 shares authorized and 960,000 shares undesignated at december 31, 2015
                                                                            
        held to maturity debt securities (fair value of 28,409 and 27,910 at
                                                                            
        march 31, 2016 and december 31, 2015, respectively)
                                              27,539,000                              
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value .001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; 40,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at march 31, 2016 and december 31, 2015
                                                                            
        preferred stock, par value .001 per share; 1,000,000 shares authorized and 960,000 currently undesignated
                                                                            
        held to maturity debt securities (fair value of 27,910 and 29,974 at
                                                                            
        december 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively)
                                               27,426,000                             
        goodwill and other indentifiable intangible assets
                                               15,330,000                             
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value 0.001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; 40,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at december 31, 2015 and 40,000 shares issued and outstanding at december 31, 2014
                                                                            
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value .001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; 40,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at september 30, 2015 and 40,000 shares issued and outstanding at december 31, 2014
                                                                            
        preferred stock, par value .001 per share; 1,000,000 authorized and 960,000 currently undesignated
                                                                            
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value .001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; 40,000 shares authorized, 40,000 shares issued and outstanding at june 30, 2015 and at december 31, 2014
                                                 39,958,000                           
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value .001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; 40,000 shares authorized, 40,000 shares issued and outstanding at march 31, 2015 and december 31, 2014
                                                  39,958,000                          
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value 0.001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; 40,000 shares authorized, 40,000 shares issued and outstanding at december 31, 2014 and at december 31, 2013
                                                   39,958,000                         
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value .001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; 40,000 shares authorized, 40,000 shares issued and outstanding at september 30, 2014 and at december 31, 2013
                                                    39,958,000                        
        total stockholders' equity attributable to servisfirst banchsares, inc.
                                                    392,884,000                        
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value .001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; 40,000 shares authorized, 40,000 shares issued and outstanding at june 30, 2014 and at december 31, 2013
                                                     39,958,000                       
        deposits
                                                                1,758,716,000           244,048,000 
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value .001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; 40,000 shares authorized, 40,000 shares issued and outstanding at march 31, 2014 and december 31, 2013
                                                      39,958,000                      
        preferred stock, undesignated, par value .001 per share; 1,000,000 shares authorized and 960,000 currently undesignated
                                                                            
        trust preferred securities
                                                          30,514,000 30,514,000 30,514,000 30,514,000 30,490,000 30,455,000 30,420,000 30,384,000 30,349,000 30,314,000 15,123,000 15,194,000 15,158,000 15,087,000     
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value .001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; 40,000 shares authorized, 40,000 shares issued and outstanding at september 30, 2013 and at december 31, 2012
                                                       39,958,000                     
        other real estate owned
                                                        9,071,000 8,076,000 9,641,000 9,834,000 11,637,000 10,044,000 6,931,000 7,223,000  8,170,000 10,773,000 12,344,000 8,088,000 13,453,000 9,239,000 10,473,000 8,211,000 8,202,000   
        subordinated debentures
                                                                        15,052,000    
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value .001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; 40,000 shares authorized, 40,000 shares issued and outstanding at june 30, 2013 and at december 31, 2012
                                                        39,958,000                    
        held to maturity debt securities (fair value of 33,692 and 27,350 at
                                                                            
        march 31, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively)
                                                         32,669,000                   
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value .001
                                                                            
        (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; 40,000 shares authorized,
                                                                            
        40,000 shares issued and outstanding at march 31, 2013 and
                                                                            
        december 31, 2012
                                                         39,958,000                   
        preferred stock, undesignated, par value .001 per share; 1,000,000
                                                                            
        shares authorized and 960,000 currently undesignated
                                                                            
        6,897,812 shares issued and outstanding at march 31, 2013 and
                                                                            
        6,268,812 shares issued and outstanding at december 31, 2012
                                                         7,000                   
        total liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                         2,861,758,000   2,531,484,000 2,257,330,000 2,024,597,000 1,862,949,000   1,681,884,000          
        40,000 shares issued and outstanding at march 31, 2012 and at
                                                                            
        december 31, 2011
                                                          39,958,000                  
        preferred stock, par value .001 per share; 1,000,000 authorized and
                                                                            
        960,000 currently undesignated
                                                                            
        6,006,218 shares issued and outstanding at september 30, 2012 and
                                                                            
        5,932,182 shares issued and outstanding at december 31, 2011
                                                          6,000                  
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value .001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; 40,000 shares authorized, 40,000 shares issued and outstanding at june 30, 2012 and at december 31, 2011
                                                           39,958,000                 
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value .001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; 40,000 shares authorized,40,000 shares issued and outstanding at march 31, 2012 and december 31, 2011
                                                            39,958,000                
        held to maturity debt securities (fair value of 16,141 and 4,963 at
                                                                            
        september 30, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively)
                                                             15,355,000               
        total liabilities total liabilities
                                                             2,067,857,000               
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual, par value .001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; 40,000 shares authorized, 40,000 shares issued and outstanding at september 30, 2011 and no shares authorized, issued and outstanding at december 31, 2011
                                                             39,958,000               
        preferred stock, undesignated, par value .001 per share; 1,000,000shares authorized; no shares outstanding
                                                                            
        debt securities:
                                                                            
        available for sale
                                                              230,671,000 237,602,000  249,207,000 234,808,000 232,975,000         
        held to maturity
                                                              13,895,000 13,939,000  2,631,000 1,659,000 1,145,000         
        preferred stock, series a senior non-cumulative perpetual participating, par value .001 (liquidation preference 1,000), net of discount; 40,000 shares authorized, 40,000 shares issued and outstanding at june 30, 2011 and no shares authorized, issued and outstanding at december 31, 2010
                                                              39,958,000              
        preferred stock, undesignated, par value .001 per share; 1,000,000 shares authorized; no shares outstanding
                                                                            
        federal funds sold and other investments
                                                               80,774,000             
        5,527,482 shares issued and outstanding at march 31, 2011
                                                                            
        and december 31, 2010
                                                               6,000             
        preferred stock, par value .001 per share; 1,000,000 shares authorized;
                                                                            
        no shares outstanding
                                                                            
        selected balance sheet data:
                                                                            
        total loans
                                                                1,394,818,000           249,250,000 
        securities available for sale
                                                                276,959,000    105,260,000 137,624,000 111,814,000 102,339,000 90,139,000 91,773,000 88,975,000 924,000 
        securities held to maturity
                                                                5,234,000            
        interest-bearing balances with banks
                                                                204,278,000            
        fed funds sold
                                                                246,000           20,725,000 
        stockholders’ equity
                                                                117,100,000           33,469,000 
        selected income statement data:
                                                                            
        interest income
                                                                78,146,000           6,580,000 
        interest expense
                                                                15,260,000           2,325,000 
        net interest income
                                                                62,886,000           4,255,000 
        benefit from loan losses
                                                                10,350,000           3,521,000 
        net interest income after benefit from loan losses
                                                                52,536,000           734,000 
        noninterest income
                                                                5,169,000           101,000 
        noninterest expense
                                                                30,969,000           3,161,000 
        income before income taxes
                                                                26,736,000           -2,326,000 
        income taxes expenses
                                                                9,358,000           -840,000 
        net income
                                                                17,378,000           -1,486,000 
        per common share data:
                                                                            
        net income, basic
                                                                3,150           -420 
        net income, diluted
                                                                2,840           -420 
        book value
                                                                21,190           9,560 
        weighted-average shares outstanding:
                                                                            
        basic
                                                                5,519,151,000           3,500,000,000 
        diluted
                                                                6,294,604,000           3,500,000,000 
        actual shares outstanding
                                                                5,527,482,000           3,500,000,000 
        preferred stock, par value .001 per share; 1,000,000 shares authorized; no shares outstanding
                                                                            
        5,513,482 shares issued and outstanding
                                                                   6,000         
        total liabilities and shareholders' equity total liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                                   1,527,564,000         
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                            
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                            
        total stockholders’ equity
                                                                    91,226,000     74,870,000   
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                    1,255,562,000     973,110,000   
        5,513,482 and 5,374,022 shares issued and outstanding
                                                                      6,000      
        interest bearing balances due from depository institutions
                                                                       30,774,000 332,000 55,000 84,000  
        liabilties and stockholders’ equity
                                                                            
        interest bearing
                                                                       915,860,000     
        total shareholders’ equity
                                                                       86,783,000 76,758,000  74,643,000  
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                       1,162,272,000 1,064,908,000  960,215,000  
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                            
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                            
        5,113,482 shares issued and outstanding
                                                                         5,000 5,000  
        preferred stock, par value .001 per share; 1,000,000 shares authorized; no shares outstanding.
                                                                            
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 
                                            
          operating activities
                                            
          net income
        86,384,000 65,571,000 61,424,000 63,224,000 65,173,000 59,907,000 52,136,000 50,026,000 42,074,000 53,340,000 53,468,000 57,971,000 67,724,000 64,031,000 62,136,000 57,613,000 53,753,000 52,499,000 50,027,000 51,455,000 50,981,000 43,362,000 40,448,000 34,778,000 41,037,000 37,563,000 35,633,000 35,010,000 36,237,000 34,560,000 33,540,000 32,603,000 21,150,000 25,259,000 24,164,000 22,519,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities
                                            
          deferred tax expense
        -817,000 1,968,000 222,000 455,000 -1,636,000                    -3,928,000 424,000 1,359,000 1,068,000 -15,009,000 -607,000 -193,000 1,554,000     
          provision for credit losses
        7,922,000 9,463,000 11,296,000 6,630,000 5,704,000 6,162,000 5,353,000 4,368,000 3,582,000 4,282,000 6,654,000 4,197,000 7,135,000 15,603,000 9,507,000 5,362,000 8,451,000 5,963,000 9,652,000 7,451,000                 
          depreciation
        1,340,000 1,126,000 1,039,000 1,223,000 1,090,000 1,456,000 1,140,000 1,099,000 1,195,000 1,099,000 1,071,000 1,071,000 945,000 1,057,000 1,040,000 1,058,000 1,044,000 1,044,000 1,015,000 1,015,000 1,044,000 946,000 921,000 921,000 908,000 929,000 928,000 917,000 830,000 869,000 847,000 832,000 287,000 780,000 749,000 752,000 
          accretion on acquired loans
        48,000 49,000 52,000 51,000 45,000 45,000 47,000 49,000 49,000 50,000 49,000 49,000 49,000 38,000          1,000 -91,000 -16,000 -22,000 -53,000 -72,000 -90,000 -107,000 -124,000 -143,000 
          amortization of investments in tax credit partnerships
        9,685,000 25,278,000 340,000 2,904,000 5,640,000 2,118,000 1,970,000 2,837,000 5,239,000 2,574,000 3,195,000 3,345,000  2,929,000                       
          net amortization of debt securities
        -28,000 106,000                                   
          decrease in accrued interest and dividends receivable
                   -2,078,000 -8,476,000 -3,389,000 -2,169,000 443,000 -1,016,000           -2,928,000    400,000     
          stock-based compensation expense
        627,000 629,000 837,000 864,000 640,000 1,013,000 878,000 958,000 881,000 929,000 982,000 808,000 816,000 804,000 797,000 790,000 545,000 461,000 558,000 291,000 363,000 339,000 353,000 277,000 319,000 293,000 206,000 282,000 167,000 202,000 244,000 238,000 254,000 294,000 285,000 337,000 
          increase in accrued interest and dividends payable
        1,718,000   1,029,000 1,445,000 1,288,000 -1,529,000 -723,000 2,862,000 1,622,000 2,520,000 1,926,000                         
          proceeds from sale of mortgage loans held for sale
        76,455,000 78,094,000 59,427,000 39,104,000 55,933,000 59,011,000 51,825,000 37,635,000 35,955,000 40,073,000 35,354,000 16,320,000 12,358,000 20,729,000 8,880,000 8,955,000 12,538,000 49,956,000 81,365,000 90,227,000 90,323,000 89,377,000 68,873,000 36,308,000 45,171,000 44,645,000 29,962,000 15,581,000 25,487,000 25,977,000 30,622,000 24,720,000 30,319,000 34,422,000 39,017,000 32,501,000 
          originations of mortgage loans held for sale
        -77,102,000 -63,531,000 -68,849,000 -40,666,000 -55,180,000 -54,938,000 -54,027,000 -39,475,000 -33,903,000 -41,601,000 -36,988,000 -15,922,000 -11,448,000 -18,497,000 -11,314,000 -7,718,000 -12,603,000 -42,964,000 -68,979,000 -88,889,000 -80,226,000 -93,839,000 -74,510,000 -35,672,000 -41,426,000 -42,557,000 -37,098,000 -16,109,000 -19,642,000 -25,860,000 -29,916,000 -24,265,000 -28,913,000 -32,742,000 -37,027,000 -33,526,000 
          gain on sale of mortgage loans held for sale
        -1,664,000 -1,864,000 -1,323,000 -613,000 -1,512,000 -1,352,000 -1,380,000 -678,000 -793,000 -824,000 -696,000 -442,000 -514,000 -784,000 -614,000 -526,000 -471,000 -1,423,000 -2,699,000 -2,747,000 -3,050,000 -2,519,000 -2,107,000 -1,071,000 -1,366,000 -1,333,000 -1,087,000 -575,000 -688,000 -789,000 -789,000 -518,000 -894,000 -978,000 -1,064,000 -899,000 
          loss on sale of securities available for sale
        7,812,000           2,833,000 3,335,000                     
          net loss on sale of other real estate owned and repossessed assets
            -6,000       -262,000 -238,000 -1,000 6,000 -52,000 334,000      -8,000 2,000 18,000        
          write down of other real estate owned and repossessed assets
                   218,000 1,000 6,000 -31,000 115,000 614,000 147,000 25,000 1,249,000 587,000 -1,000 66,000 202,000 20,000 176,000 235,000 -1,000 254,000 18,000 1,000   
          increase in cash surrender value of life insurance contracts
        -3,873,000 -2,405,000 -2,126,000 -2,137,000 -3,356,000 -1,614,000 1,173,000 -3,231,000 -1,639,000 -1,818,000 -2,496,000 -1,621,000 -1,600,000 -1,637,000 -1,633,000 -1,608,000 -1,630,000 -1,671,000 -1,683,000 -1,658,000 -1,660,000 -1,733,000 -1,464,000 -1,453,000 -1,419,000 -787,000 -778,000 -762,000 -780,000 -787,000 -786,000 -777,000 -797,000 -825,000 -785,000 -724,000 
          net change in other assets, liabilities, and other operating activities
        -3,621,000 19,500,000 -10,313,000 -16,125,000 -5,630,000 11,748,000 -5,662,000 500,000 33,860,000 -34,826,000 -25,442,000 -10,652,000 3,094,000 -9,807,000 -21,188,000 1,921,000 7,134,000 -2,516,000 -10,341,000 6,462,000 12,748,000 -27,897,000 13,167,000 2,814,000 15,611,000 -7,126,000 -15,190,000 2,550,000 15,775,000 -370,000 1,552,000 -3,790,000 -11,784,000 8,828,000 -12,581,000 3,202,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        98,757,000 140,897,000 67,596,000 47,954,000 67,168,000 84,023,000 48,251,000 53,473,000 91,084,000 12,719,000 38,344,000 55,149,000 73,842,000 72,786,000 56,734,000 69,265,000 70,845,000 66,033,000 62,693,000 66,760,000 73,790,000 12,866,000 52,402,000 52,232,000 61,441,000 41,533,000 19,627,000 41,674,000 52,255,000 38,973,000 38,188,000 38,885,000  34,906,000 17,051,000 29,214,000 
          capital expenditures
         
          free cash flows
        98,757,000 140,897,000 67,596,000 47,954,000 67,168,000 84,023,000 48,251,000 53,473,000 91,084,000 12,719,000 38,344,000 55,149,000 73,842,000 72,786,000 56,734,000 69,265,000 70,845,000 66,033,000 62,693,000 66,760,000 73,790,000 12,866,000 52,402,000 52,232,000 61,441,000 41,533,000 19,627,000 41,674,000 52,255,000 38,973,000 38,188,000 38,885,000  34,906,000 17,051,000 29,214,000 
          investment activities
                                            
          purchases of debt securities available-for-sale
        -115,571,000 -125,260,000 -129,678,000 -114,929,000 -500,589,000 -443,078,000 -198,269,000 -375,083,000 -212,672,000                           
          proceeds from maturities, calls and paydowns of debt securities available-for-sale
        206,300,000 107,676,000 47,134,000 82,077,000 477,606,000 59,102,000 342,735,000 24,724,000 309,875,000 390,320,000                           
          proceeds from sale of debt securities available-for-sale
        22,000,000 75,602,000                                   
          purchases of debt securities held-to-maturity
          -35,536,000 -9,936,000                           
          proceeds from maturities, calls and paydowns of debt securities held-to-maturity
        11,409,000 14,895,000 17,877,000 13,001,000 13,588,000 38,174,000 135,977,000 124,904,000 61,235,000 13,790,000                           
          purchases of restricted equity securities
        -47,000 -856,000 -1,074,000 -33,732,000 -12,750,000 -423,000                     
          proceeds from sale of restricted equity securities
                30,813,000 13,177,000                         
          investment in tax credit partnerships and sbic
        -22,271,000 -50,792,000 -4,165,000 1,201,000 -4,105,000 -466,000 -8,775,000 -25,000 -2,000,000 -1,486,000 -5,279,000 -538,000                         
          return of capital from tax credit partnerships and sbic
          135,000                              
          net increase in loans
        -393,746,000 -89,219,000 -352,363,000 -287,124,000                                 
          purchases of premises and equipment
        -1,032,000 -1,837,000 -1,601,000 -1,469,000 1,053,000 -3,584,000 -1,038,000 -1,077,000 -1,003,000 -960,000 -633,000 -1,314,000 -1,715,000 -655,000 -614,000 -666,000                     
          purchase of bank owned life insurance contracts
                           -20,682,000                
          proceeds from death benefit of bank owned life insurance contracts
                   353,000                        
          proceeds from sale of other real estate owned and repossessed assets
        307,000 273,000 639,000 2,117,000 1,181,000 1,063,000 90,000 690,000   1,042,000 149,000 1,047,000 44,000 1,784,000 150,000 177,000 584,000 1,073,000 928,000 398,000 454,000 710,000 679,000 48,000 1,700,000 320,000 378,000 874,000 4,000 -18,000 1,121,000 426,000 
          net cash from investing activities
        -292,604,000 -193,709,000 -362,196,000 -305,982,000 -281,895,000 83,051,000 -465,828,000 -283,862,000 -27,541,000 148,346,000 -407,213,000 85,976,000 -380,995,000 -629,898,000 -912,504,000 -718,820,000 -1,081,676,000 -150,125,000 -209,585,000 -119,708,000 39,301,000 -303,506,000 -780,995,000 -365,871,000 -376,527,000 -111,392,000 -332,454,000 -167,976,000 -180,929,000 -236,174,000 -229,835,000 -107,536,000  -295,151,000 -201,684,000 -290,011,000 
          financing activities
                                            
          net increase in non-interest-bearing deposits
          -15,519,000 27,890,000        -422,611,000 -340,589,000 -1,024,575,000 -202,984,000 89,728,000 433,113,000 1,070,225,000 251,818,000 255,839,000 25,958,000 83,921,000 753,267,000 175,747,000 71,207,000 101,713,000 4,256,000 15,362,000 52,894,000 23,000,000 73,855,000 -32,734,000 34,361,000 32,612,000 80,913,000 10,835,000 
          net increase in interest-bearing deposits
        26,735,000 277,766,000 -551,223,000 857,712,000 353,572,000 -213,777,000 660,168,000 -506,601,000 109,106,000 1,088,187,000 716,536,000 491,123,000 835,479,000 304,153,000 -433,434,000 -133,809,000 -58,947,000 50,209,000 128,808,000 346,047,000 275,983,000 246,944,000 756,996,000 126,475,000 -264,932,000 217,651,000 316,872,000 152,596,000 357,463,000    260,412,000 369,479,000 -47,635,000 -69,614,000 
          net increase in federal funds purchased
        -16,522,000   364,598,000 451,105,000   88,604,000     152,476,000 77,155,000 -250,071,000 -72,539,000 425,021,000 227,282,000 147,916,000 60,013,000 182,195,000 33,744,000 91,983,000 72,874,000 100,518,000 -89,218,000 86,071,000 84,653,000    24,602,000   -58,015,000 2,297,000 
          fhlb advances
                300,000,000                         
          repayment of fhlb advances
                -300,000,000                         
          redemption of other borrowings
                                            
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
        77,000 303,000 230,000 311,000 236,000 239,000 130,000 273,000 168,000 846,000 153,000 217,000 309,000 553,000 315,000 159,000 1,195,000 1,865,000 315,000 728,000 183,000 2,261,000 448,000 573,000 305,000 797,000 1,012,000 465,000 8,000 852,000    926,000 
          taxes paid in net settlement of tax obligation upon exercise of stock options
        -24,000 -186,000 -263,000 -1,036,000 -819,000 -95,000 -182,000 -133,000 -137,000 -122,000 -1,716,000 -14,000 -189,000 -327,000 -613,000 -111,000 -99,000 -928,000 -1,710,000 -102,000 -224,000 -403,000 -235,000 -289,000 -1,453,000 -720,000 -370,000 -23,000 -1,247,000     
          dividends paid on common stock
        -18,297,000 -18,296,000 -18,292,000 -18,280,000 -16,366,000 -16,355,000 -16,353,000 -16,338,000 -15,239,000 -28,000 -15,233,000 -15,211,000 -12,594,000 81,000 -12,485,000 -12,472,000 -10,919,000 26,000 -10,840,000 -10,787,000 -9,408,000 -29,000 -9,409,000 -9,384,000 -8,015,000 6,000 -8,025,000 -8,019,000 -8,500,000 -5,848,000 -3,196,000 -2,650,000 -4,754,000 -2,645,000 -536,000 -2,105,000 
          dividends paid on preferred stock
        -31,000   -31,000   -31,000   -31,000   -31,000   -32,000   -32,000   -32,000   -31,000   
          net cash from financing activities
        47,238,000 115,213,000 -1,344,216,000 1,231,114,000 831,130,000 316,392,000 243,443,000 -449,800,000 2,436,000 926,352,000 475,590,000 -86,207,000 634,880,000 -643,158,000   788,441,000 1,347,802,000 517,938,000 651,267,000 474,949,000 365,084,000 1,592,989,000 367,570,000 -101,041,000 230,436,000 399,448,000 243,936,000 444,748,000 397,351,000 41,213,000 -92,830,000  353,918,000 -25,613,000 -57,636,000 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
           973,086,000 616,403,000 483,466,000 -174,134,000 -680,189,000 65,979,000 1,087,417,000 106,721,000 54,918,000 327,727,000 -1,200,270,000 -1,754,793,000 -778,707,000 -222,390,000 1,263,710,000 371,046,000 598,319,000 588,040,000 74,444,000 864,396,000 53,931,000 -416,127,000 160,577,000 86,621,000 117,634,000     128,595,000 93,673,000 -210,246,000 -318,433,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
        2,376,634,000 2,131,088,000 816,053,000 4,222,096,000 2,211,411,000 630,600,000 681,895,000 477,586,000  783,997,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        -146,609,000 62,401,000 -1,638,816,000 3,349,720,000 616,403,000 483,466,000 -174,134,000 1,450,899,000 65,979,000 1,087,417,000 106,721,000 870,971,000 327,727,000 -1,200,270,000 -1,754,793,000 3,443,389,000 -222,390,000 1,263,710,000 371,046,000 2,809,730,000 588,040,000 74,444,000 864,396,000 684,531,000 -416,127,000 160,577,000 86,621,000 799,529,000 316,074,000 200,150,000 -150,434,000 316,105,000  93,673,000 -210,246,000 465,564,000 
          supplemental disclosure
                                            
          cash paid for:
                                            
          interest
        103,149,000 116,962,000 116,629,000 116,514,000 119,279,000 131,570,000 123,194,000 124,938,000 124,513,000 111,886,000 85,885,000 71,095,000 44,155,000 28,981,000 3,391,000 6,900,000 6,882,000 7,308,000 8,827,000 7,487,000 8,578,000 10,823,000 12,535,000 18,662,000 21,952,000 27,579,000 28,248,000 23,826,000 19,487,000 15,855,000 14,475,000 8,721,000 10,034,000 8,405,000 8,672,000 7,652,000 
          income taxes
        -2,833,000 1,741,000 32,540,000 3,129,000 11,412,000 6,431,000 20,157,000 6,977,000 7,023,000 45,048,000 1,920,000 13,290,000 52,134,000 2,350,000 891,000 38,503,000 12,720,000 1,134,000 4,294,000 12,274,000 38,386,000 -193,000 400,000 7,768,000 9,508,000 23,423,000 1,533,000 10,312,000 10,770,000 6,563,000 2,902,000 11,935,000 8,288,000 21,711,000 652,000 
          noncash transactions
                                            
          other real estate acquired in settlement of loans
        2,279,000 576,000 211,000 24,000 2,198,000 2,383,000 1,058,000 90,000 305,000 -109,000   1,000 188,000 27,000 830,000 899,000 1,055,000 364,000 539,000 1,383,000 736,000 287,000 3,434,000 425,000 371,000 381,000 1,874,000 455,000 576,000 175,000 4,099,000 33,000 553,000 
          internally financed sale of other real estate owned
                        3,779,000                 
          dividends on nonvested restricted stock reclassified as compensation expense
        53,000 56,000 57,000 66,000 163,000   56,000 100,000 41,000 33,000 35,000 32,000 33,000                     
          dividends declared but not paid
        2,461,000                                   
          increase in accrued interest and dividends receivable
           -7,665,000 -1,216,000 1,358,000 -1,529,000 -2,226,000 -2,681,000 -6,317,000         3,218,000 493,000 -234,000 -5,679,000   -839,000 1,212,000   685,000 -3,380,000   -327,000 -3,564,000 -719,000 -250,000 
          net gain on sale of other real estate owned and repossessed assets
         3,000 17,000 -318,000   -95,000                            
          net decrease in non-interest-bearing deposits
            43,358,000 100,914,000 -152,224,000 -15,462,000  -234,030,000                           
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
         62,401,000                            200,150,000 -150,434,000 -161,481,000     
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operations
                                            
          decrease in accrued interest and dividends payable
                                            
          net decrease in federal funds purchased
                 72,223,000 -182,094,000 -138,638,000                  -16,565,000       
          net accretion of debt securities
           -6,000                                 
          dividends declared
           18,292,000 1,915,000 9,000 3,000 16,353,000 1,099,000 6,000 15,233,000 2,717,000 3,000 6,000 12,485,000 1,630,000 -7,000 20,000 10,829,000 1,365,000 9,000 4,000 9,409,000 1,347,000 7,000 5,000 8,025,000 2,167,000 3,000 2,000 5,846,000 4,000 4,000 2,641,000 
          see notes to consolidated financial statements.
                                            
          amortization of core deposit intangible
                    23,000 67,000 68,000 68,000 67,000 68,000 67,000 68,000 68,000 67,000 68,000 67,000 68,000 68,000 67,000 68,000 67,000 68,000 68,000 69,000 72,000 
          gain on sale of securities available for sale
                                            
          net decrease in loans
                                            
          expenditures for other real estate owned
                                           
          income tax refund
                                -310,000 -1,000 -181,000 
          net amortization of debt securities available-for-sale
             77,000 -114,000 -197,000 -173,000 -4,000                           
          decrease in loans
             -11,373,000 -456,342,000 -223,799,000 -20,565,000 -40,484,000 20,775,000 56,588,000                         
          deferred tax benefit
                           -137,000                 
          deferred benefit tax
               2,626,000                             
          operating losses of tax credit partnerships
                        4,000       38,000 35,000 35,000        
          debt securities available for sale transferred to held to maturity
                                            
          deferred expense tax
                                            
          deferred tax
                  263,000 49,000 -3,091,000 52,000 5,681,000 -5,257,000 -5,073,000                -3,103,000 373,000 -369,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from
                                            
          net amortization of debt securities available for sale
                   128,000 229,000 290,000 -2,241,000 4,303,000 7,209,000 4,578,000 1,177,000 1,701,000 1,771,000 1,552,000 1,316,000 966,000 1,055,000 736,000 678,000 626,000 575,000 1,049,000 596,000 623,000 1,145,000 875,000 998,000 1,001,000 
          purchases of debt securities available for sale
                    -23,860,000 -52,500,000                     
          proceeds from maturities, calls and paydowns of debt securities available for sale
                   18,853,000 20,059,000 31,232,000 34,832,000 29,627,000 -11,393,000 54,605,000   72,787,000 64,929,000 56,499,000 26,778,000     27,984,000 23,319,000   18,903,000 20,409,000   
          proceeds from sale of debt securities available for sale
                    29,642,000 45,394,000             636,000 5,100,000     
          purchases of debt securities held to maturity
                    -255,644,000 -392,622,000                     
          proceeds from maturities, calls and paydowns of debt securities held to maturity
                   11,960,000 14,457,000 16,583,000                   1,280,000 854,000   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                            
          amortization of investments in tax credit partnerships
                                            
          increase in loans
                    -411,209,000 -664,450,000 -719,043,000 -369,412,000 -721,763,000 -165,094,000 -145,313,000 -40,193,000 33,006,000 -205,813,000 -751,465,000 -312,426,000 -249,309,000 -63,193,000 -312,054,000 -129,977,000 -176,091,000 -238,169,000 -203,777,000 -78,664,000 -233,349,000 -286,373,000 -194,691,000 -243,562,000 
          proceeds from issuance of 4% subordinated notes due october 21, 2030, net of issuance cost
                                            
          repayment of 5% subordinated notes due july 15, 2025
                                            
          increase in accrued interest payable
                       566,000 922,000   544,000 406,000 205,000 -689,000 465,000 458,000 546,000 -546,000 1,095,000 1,819,000 1,340,000 -601,000 2,852,000 618,000 840,000 -701,000 -187,000 
          investment in tax credit partnership and sbic
                     -14,649,000 -1,581,000 -65,000 -33,366,000 -10,490,000 -56,000 -93,000 -432,000 -111,000             
          return of capital from tc partnerships and sbic
                     185,000 249,000                     
          decrease in accrued interest payable
                                            
          proceeds from maturities and paydowns of debt securities held to maturity
                       21,554,000                     
          net cash (used-in) provided by financing activities
                       -129,152,000                     
          gain on call of securities available for sale
                                          
          purchase of debt securities available for sale
                        -118,219,000 -35,037,000 -113,928,000 -149,719,000 -46,143,000 -122,826,000 -85,478,000 -80,149,000 -107,592,000 -64,650,000   -33,994,000 -22,103,000   -5,437,000 -16,940,000   
          purchase of premises and equipment
                        -391,000 5,741,000 -12,281,000 -2,518,000 -740,000 -631,000 -517,000 -417,000 -834,000 -304,000 -459,000 -759,000 -770,000 -452,000 -522,000 -556,000 -4,083,000 -4,087,000 -6,140,000 -6,844,000 
          available-for-sale securities transferred to held-to-maturity portfolio
                                           
          proceeds from maturities, calls and paydowns of debt securities
                                            
          available for sale
                           72,194,000                 
          gain on sale of equity securities
                                           
          net gain on sale of debt securities available for sale
                                1,000            
          purchase of debt securities held to maturity
                                -250,000     -36,220,000 -8,996,000   
          repayment of federal home loan bank advances
                                    -100,000 -100,000 -100,000 -100,000 -100,000 -100,000 
          redemption of 5% subordinated notes due july 15, 2025
                                            
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
                                            
          deferred tax (benefit) expense
                             -3,515,000 107,000 -1,267,000             
          benefit from loan losses
                             12,284,000 10,283,000 13,584,000          4,803,000 4,381,000 4,986,000 
          operating income (income) of tax credit partnerships
                                            
          net income on sale of debt securities available for sale
                                            
          net (gain) loss on sale of other real estate owned and repossessed assets
                              -24,000          20,000 -17,000 -36,000 
          operating incomees of tax credit partnerships
                              1,000 3,000             
          decrease (increase) in accrued interest and dividends receivable
                               948,000             
          proceeds from sale of equity securities
                                    -1,000 275,000       
          purchase of boli contracts
                                -55,000,000            
          expenditures to complete construction of other real estate owned
                                            
          provision for loan losses
                                 6,985,000 4,884,000 4,885,000 6,518,000   4,139,000     
          operating loss of tax credit partnerships
                                            
          proceeds from maturities, calls and paydowns of debt securities available for sale
                                            
          net loss on sale of debt securities available for sale
                                            
          purchase of securities available for sale
                                   -65,507,000    -54,666,000    -53,885,000 
          proceeds from maturities, calls and paydowns of securities available for sale
                                   28,469,000    20,376,000    23,357,000 
          gain on sale of debt securities available for sale
                                    -11,000 -4,000     
          purchase of equity securities
                                        -10,000 
          purchase of bank-owned life insurance contracts
                                          
          investment in tax credit partnerships
                                            
          proceeds from issuance of 4.5% subordinated notes due november 8, 2027, net of issuance cost
                                            
          repayment of 5.5% subordinated notes due november 9, 2022
                                            
          proceeds from sale of preferred stock
                                        125,000 
          internally financed sales of other real estate owned
                                    532,000    1,264,000 136,000 49,000 
          net decrease in interest-bearing deposits
                                      34,440,000 -81,553,000     
          operating losses (income) of tax credit partnerships
                                       29,000     
          purchase of securities held to maturity
                                           -9,786,000 
          proceeds from maturities, calls and paydowns of securities held to maturity
                                           293,000 
          loss on sale of debt securities available for sale
                                            
          net cash provided by operating activities
                                            
          net cash paid in acquisition of metro bancshares, inc.
                                            
          net cash used in investing activities
                                            
          proceeds from issuance of 5% subordinated notes due july 15, 2025
                                            
          redemption of series a senior non-cumulative preferred stock
                                            
          taxes paid in net settlement upon exercise of stock options
                                            
          capitalized cost of shelf registration
                                            
          net cash provided by financing activities
                                            
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                            
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                            
          fair value of assets and liabilities from acquisition:
                                            
          fair value of tangible assets acquired
                                            
          intangible assets acquired
                                            
          fair value of liabilities assumed
                                            
          net identifiable assets acquired over liabilities assumed
                                            
          losses of tax credit partnerships
                                         35,000 29,000 -22,000 
          proceeds from exercise of stock options and warrants
                                         -82,000   
          proceeds from the sale of debt securities available for sale
                                            
          purchase of bank-owned life insurance
                                            
          proceeds from sale of common stock
                                            
          capitalized costs to issue shelf registration
                                            
          other intangible assets acquired
                                            
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by:
                                            
          net income on sale of other real estate owned
                                            
          write down of other real estate owned
                                            
          operating incomees on tax credit and other partnerships
                                            
          net increase in noninterest-bearing deposits
                                            
          costs to issue shelf registration
                                            
          total merger consideration
                                            
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                            
          excess tax benefits from the exercise of stock options and vesting of stock awards
                                            
          increase in noninterest-bearing deposits
                                            
          increase in interest-bearing deposits
                                            
          increase in federal funds purchased
                                            
          paydown of federal home loan bank advance
                                            
          proceeds from sale of preferred shares
                                            
          excess tax benefits from exercise of stock options and warrants
                                            
          dividends on common stock
                                            
          dividends on preferred stock
                                            
          income tax refund for metro bancshares, inc. loss carryback
                                            
          internally financed sales of other real estate owned and repossessed assets
                                            
          depreciation and amortization
                                            
          net amortization of investments
                                            
          net income on sale of other real estate owned and repossessed assets
                                            
          decrease in special prepaid fdic insurance assessments
                                            
          excess tax benefits from the exercise of warrants
                                            
          conversion of mandatorily convertible subordinated debentures
                                            
          fair value of assets acquired
                                            
          losses on tax credit partnerships
                                            
          net change in other assets, liabilities, and other
                                            
          held to maturity
                                            
          accretion
                                            
          excess tax benefits from the exercise and vesting of stock options
                                            
          market value adjustment of interest rate cap
                                            
          proceeds from other borrowings
                                            
          redemption of subordinated debentures
                                            
          repayment of other borrowings
                                            
          transfers of loans from held for sale to held for investment
                                            
          common dividends declared
                                            
          gain on sale of mortgage oans held for sale
                                            
          decrease in interest-bearing deposits
                                            
          excess tax benefits from exercise of warrants
                                            
          purchase of restricted equity securities
                                            
          proceeds from sale of other real estate owned and repossessions
                                            
          proceeds from sale of other real estate owned
                                            
          additions to other real estate owned
                                            
          operating activities:
                                            
          net gain on sale of other real estate owned
                                            
          loss on prepayment of other borrowings
                                            
          proceeds from sale of securities available for sale
                                            
          net (gain) loss on sale of other real estate owned
                                            
          proceeds from maturities, calls and paydowns of securities
                                            
          purchase of interest rate cap
                                            
          proceeds from issuance of trust preferred securities
                                            
          net amortization (accretion) of investments
                                            
          stock compensation expense
                                            
          proceeds from sale restricted equity securities
                                            
          proceeds from sale of interest rate floor
                                            
          proceeds from tenant reimbursement
                                            
          amortized gain on derivative
                                            
          decrease (increase) in special prepaid
                                            
          fdic insurance assessments
                                            
          proceeds from sale of stock
                                            
          loss on disposal of premises and equipment
                                            
          proceeds from disposal of premises and equipment
                                            
          write-down of other real estate owned
                                            
          net accretion of investments
                                            
          loss on sale of other real estate owned
                                            
          increase in special prepaid fdic insurance assessments
                                            
          loss on sale of other real estate
                                            
          proceeds from mortgage loans held for sale
                                            
          proceeds from maturities, calls and paydowns of securities available
                                            
          for sale
                                            
          write-down of investment in limited partnership
                                            
          purchase of interest rate floor
                                            
          net increase in non-interest bearing deposits
                                            
          repayments and maturities of borrowings
                                            
          net proceeds from issuance of trust preferred securities
                                            
          finance sale of other real estate owned
                                            
          proceeds from sale of mortgages held for sale
                                            
          originations of mortgages held for sale
                                            
          (gain) loss on sale of other real estate
                                            
          net change in other operating activities
                                            
          investing activities
                                            
          purchases of securities available for sale
                                            
          proceeds from maturities/calls, pay downs of securities available for sale
                                            
          proceeds from sale of other real estate
                                            
          net increase in interest bearing deposits
                                            
          proceeds from issuance of common shares
                                            
          proceeds from sale of derivative