Fundamental Data for TSFG

SOUTH FINL(NSDQ:TSFG)

The South Financial Group is a financial services company. It operates Carolina First Bank, the largest South Carolina-based commercial bank; Citrus Bank, a Florida banking subsidiary; Carolina First Mortgage Company, the second largest mortgage loan servicer in South Carolina; and Carolina First Bank, F.S.B., a savings bank which offers Bank CaroLine. Other subsidiaries include a full service brokerage company, an automobile finance company and a small business investment company that invests principally in bank technology companies. (PRESS RELEASE)

# Employees: 2505

Address: 102 South Main Street,Greenville,SC,USA

Phone: 888-592-3001

Fax: 864-239-2280

Website: www.thesouthgroup.com

Email: investor@thesouthgroup.com

Sector: Finance

Industry: BANKS-SOUTHEAST

Executive Officers

Mack I. Whittle Jr. (Presi.; C.E.O.)

James R. Gordon (Exec. V.P.; C.E.O.)

Lynn H. Harton (Exec. V.P.; Chief Risk & Credit Off.)

Mary A. Jeffrey (Exec. V.P.; Human Resources)

J. W. Davis (Chmn.,)

Dividend

Ex-Dividend Date: N/A

Annual Dividend: N/A

Current Dividend Yield: N/A

Dividend Paid (3 months): N/A

Indicated Dividend: N/A

Earnings

Last Earnings Date: 9/30/2009

Next Earnings Date(Expected): 1/26/2010

Mean EPS (Next Qtr): ($0.46)

Mean EPS (Year): ($4.69)

Mean Estimate(Long Term): $8.00

P/E Ratio(Based on EPS estimate): -0.010

Number of Estimates: 8

Shares Performance

Period	TSFG	Compare to S&P
YTD	-86.81 %	-89.08 %
4 Weeks	-28.75 %	-32.36 %
12 Weeks	-64.82 %	-67.24 %

Shares Information

Analyst Coverage: Y

Avg Volume: 3836338

Shares Outstanding: 170M

Market Cap: $0.10B

52 Week High: $4.60

52 Week Low: $0.56

P/E Ratio: -0.010

PEG Ratio: -0.010

Split: On 1/13/1997 TSFG split by factor of 1.200

Earnings Performance

EPS Growth in Last Quarter: -58.54 %

EPS Growth in Last Year: -387.50 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: 2.14 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -18.31 %

Financials

Qtr Book Value: $0.11

Cash Flow/Share: $0.12

Change in Payout Ratio: -0.010

Price/Sales: -0.010