TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Choice Bank vs Peoples Bank

Bank

First Choice Bank

Pontotoc, Mississippi · $100 million – $1 billion

61of 100
Moderate

Bank

Peoples Bank

Mendenhall, Mississippi · $100 million – $1 billion

52of 100
Below average

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Choice BankPeoples Bank
TellerScore61 (stronger)52
Capital cushion4567 (stronger)
Loan quality90 (stronger)0
Earnings35100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity56 (stronger)52
Problem-loan coverage92 (stronger)45
Peer percentile20th8th
Total assets$561.0M$503.5M
Deposits / shares$510.0M$445.0M
Capital ratio9.52%11.72% (stronger)
Problem loans0.31% (stronger)4.28%
Net charge-offs0.09% (stronger)0.31%
Return on assets0.38%3.96% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits78.9% (stronger)87.0%
Uninsured deposits37.7%34.2% (stronger)
Offices64
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—18.3%

First Choice Bank has the higher TellerScore (61 vs 52). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Choice Bank leads on 4 and Peoples Bank on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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