TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Choice Bank vs The Peoples Bank

Bank

First Choice Bank

Pontotoc, Mississippi · $100 million – $1 billion

61of 100
Moderate

Bank

The Peoples Bank

Ripley, Mississippi · $100 million – $1 billion

72of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Choice BankThe Peoples Bank
TellerScore6172 (stronger)
Capital cushion4552 (stronger)
Loan quality90 (stronger)89
Earnings3560 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity5683 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9297 (stronger)
Peer percentile20th50th
Total assets$561.0M$581.8M
Deposits / shares$510.0M$522.6M
Capital ratio9.52%10.25% (stronger)
Problem loans0.31% (stronger)0.34%
Net charge-offs0.09%-0.03% (stronger)
Return on assets0.38%1.00% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits78.9%45.2% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits37.7%30.5% (stronger)
Offices62
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

The Peoples Bank has the higher TellerScore (72 vs 61). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Choice Bank leads on 1 and The Peoples Bank on 6. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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