TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Southern State Bank vs First State Bank of DeKalb County

Bank

First Southern State Bank

Stevenson, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

77of 100
Strong

Bank

First State Bank of DeKalb County

Fort Payne, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

86of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Southern State BankFirst State Bank of DeKalb County
TellerScore7786 (stronger)
Capital cushion5691 (stronger)
Loan quality92 (stronger)72
Earnings78100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity80 (stronger)79
Problem-loan coverage94 (stronger)92
Peer percentile68th90th
Total assets$893.5M$353.8M
Deposits / shares$807.2M$299.0M
Capital ratio10.59%14.13% (stronger)
Problem loans0.25% (stronger)0.84%
Net charge-offs0.12%0.02% (stronger)
Return on assets1.46%2.26% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits61.3% (stronger)68.6%
Uninsured deposits31.9%26.9% (stronger)
Offices115
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

First State Bank of DeKalb County has the higher TellerScore (86 vs 77). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Southern State Bank leads on 2 and First State Bank of DeKalb County on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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