TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Citizens Bank vs First Southern Bank

Bank

Citizens Bank

Columbia, Mississippi · $100 million – $1 billion

90of 100
Very strong

Bank

First Southern Bank

Columbia, Mississippi · $100 million – $1 billion

83of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureCitizens BankFirst Southern Bank
TellerScore90 (stronger)83
Capital cushion85 (stronger)56
Loan quality89100 (stronger)
Earnings100 (stronger)95
Funding & liquidity86 (stronger)79
Problem-loan coverage9699 (stronger)
Peer percentile95th84th
Total assets$466.3M$317.3M
Deposits / shares$401.3M$271.4M
Capital ratio13.48% (stronger)10.57%
Problem loans0.33%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.26%0.09% (stronger)
Return on assets2.40% (stronger)1.89%
Loans ÷ deposits73.2%54.2% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits16.0% (stronger)34.1%
Offices86
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)4.9%—

Citizens Bank has the higher TellerScore (90 vs 83). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Citizens Bank leads on 4 and First Southern Bank on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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