TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Community Bank vs South Atlantic Bank

Bank

First Community Bank

Lexington, South Carolina · $1 billion – $10 billion

71of 100
Strong

Bank

South Atlantic Bank

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina · $1 billion – $10 billion

70of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Community BankSouth Atlantic Bank
TellerScore71 (stronger)70
Capital cushion4344 (stronger)
Loan quality98100 (stronger)
Earnings70 (stronger)63
Funding & liquidity63 (stronger)58
Problem-loan coverage99100 (stronger)
Peer percentile63rd58th
Total assets$2.4B$2.0B
Deposits / shares$2.0B$1.7B
Capital ratio9.29%9.42% (stronger)
Problem loans0.05%0.01% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.00%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.25% (stronger)1.07%
Loans ÷ deposits77.4% (stronger)91.1%
Uninsured deposits32.7%25.5% (stronger)
Offices2212
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)4.8%4.9%

First Community Bank has the higher TellerScore (71 vs 70). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Community Bank leads on 3 and South Atlantic Bank on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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