TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Great Southern Bank vs First State Bank

Bank

Great Southern Bank

Meridian, Mississippi · $100 million – $1 billion

66of 100
Moderate

Bank

First State Bank

Waynesboro, Mississippi · $100 million – $1 billion

57of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureGreat Southern BankFirst State Bank
TellerScore66 (stronger)57
Capital cushion4557 (stronger)
Loan quality78 (stronger)61
Earnings47 (stronger)34
Funding & liquidity100 (stronger)65
Problem-loan coverage86 (stronger)81
Peer percentile31st14th
Total assets$355.1M$951.5M
Deposits / shares$312.0M$828.0M
Capital ratio9.49%10.67% (stronger)
Problem loans0.67% (stronger)1.18%
Net charge-offs0.02% (stronger)0.11%
Return on assets0.67% (stronger)0.34%
Loans ÷ deposits45.8% (stronger)63.8%
Uninsured deposits14.6% (stronger)42.8%
Offices1113
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)4.8%8.9%

Great Southern Bank has the higher TellerScore (66 vs 57). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Great Southern Bank leads on 6 and First State Bank on 1. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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