TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Bank vs Southern Bank

Bank

First Bank

St. Louis, Missouri · $1 billion – $10 billion

66of 100
Moderate

Bank

Southern Bank

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

70of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst BankSouthern Bank
TellerScore6670 (stronger)
Capital cushion4754 (stronger)
Loan quality91 (stronger)79
Earnings4681 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity72 (stronger)58
Problem-loan coverage95 (stronger)89
Peer percentile40th58th
Total assets$6.7B$5.2B
Deposits / shares$5.8B$4.4B
Capital ratio9.67%10.45% (stronger)
Problem loans0.27% (stronger)0.63%
Net charge-offs0.17% (stronger)0.22%
Return on assets0.66%1.53% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits72.3% (stronger)98.1%
Uninsured deposits29.6%18.9% (stronger)
Offices7464
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)18.1%5.8%

Southern Bank has the higher TellerScore (70 vs 66). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Bank leads on 3 and Southern Bank on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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