TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Bank of Salem vs Southern Bank

Bank

Bank of Salem

Salem, Arkansas · $100 million – $1 billion

71of 100
Strong

Bank

Southern Bank

Poplar Bluff, Missouri · $1 billion – $10 billion

70of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureBank of SalemSouthern Bank
TellerScore71 (stronger)70
Capital cushion74 (stronger)54
Loan quality4079 (stronger)
Earnings100 (stronger)81
Funding & liquidity74 (stronger)58
Problem-loan coverage8089 (stronger)
Peer percentile47th58th
Total assets$261.5M$5.2B
Deposits / shares$227.6M$4.4B
Capital ratio12.43% (stronger)10.45%
Problem loans1.79%0.63% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.25%0.22% (stronger)
Return on assets2.03% (stronger)1.53%
Loans ÷ deposits86.2% (stronger)98.1%
Uninsured deposits15.2% (stronger)18.9%
Offices464
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—5.8%

Bank of Salem has the higher TellerScore (71 vs 70). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Bank of Salem leads on 5 and Southern Bank on 2. 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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