TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Central State Bank vs First Southern Bank

Bank

Central State Bank

Calera, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

74of 100
Strong

Bank

First Southern Bank

Florence, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

18of 100
Low

Metric by metric

MeasureCentral State BankFirst Southern Bank
TellerScore74 (stronger)18
Capital cushion40 (stronger)39
Loan quality95 (stronger)0
Earnings100 (stronger)0
Funding & liquidity55 (stronger)40
Problem-loan coverage96 (stronger)0
Peer percentile57th0th
Total assets$890.7M$679.2M
Deposits / shares$810.3M$577.1M
Capital ratio8.98% (stronger)8.95%
Problem loans0.16% (stronger)10.86%
Net charge-offs0.22% (stronger)4.60%
Return on assets2.01% (stronger)-2.50%
Loans ÷ deposits68.0% (stronger)78.7%
Uninsured deposits48.5% (stronger)52.8%
Offices711
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—8.2%

Central State Bank has the higher TellerScore (74 vs 18). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Central State Bank leads on 7 and First Southern Bank on 0. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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