TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Ameris Bank vs PeoplesSouth Bank

Bank

Ameris Bank

Atlanta, Georgia · $10 billion – $100 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Bank

PeoplesSouth Bank

Colquitt, Georgia · $1 billion – $10 billion

69of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureAmeris BankPeoplesSouth Bank
TellerScore6769 (stronger)
Capital cushion64 (stronger)54
Loan quality81 (stronger)66
Earnings6981 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity2880 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage94 (stronger)80
Peer percentile63rd53rd
Total assets$28.4B$1.2B
Deposits / shares$22.7B$1.1B
Capital ratio11.41% (stronger)10.45%
Problem loans0.57% (stronger)1.02%
Net charge-offs0.20%0.01% (stronger)
Return on assets1.23%1.53% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits98.3%77.1% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits45.6%18.1% (stronger)
Offices16434
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)272—
Complaints per $1B deposits12.0—
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)10.5%5.5%

PeoplesSouth Bank has the higher TellerScore (69 vs 67). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Ameris Bank leads on 2 and PeoplesSouth Bank on 5. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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