TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Hawthorn Bank vs Sterling Bank

Bank

Hawthorn Bank

Jefferson City, Missouri · $1 billion – $10 billion

75of 100
Strong

Bank

Sterling Bank

Poplar Bluff, Missouri · $1 billion – $10 billion

78of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureHawthorn BankSterling Bank
TellerScore7578 (stronger)
Capital cushion63 (stronger)61
Loan quality8488 (stronger)
Earnings8485 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity6277 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9396 (stronger)
Peer percentile77th86th
Total assets$1.8B$1.6B
Deposits / shares$1.5B$1.4B
Capital ratio11.26% (stronger)11.14%
Problem loans0.47%0.35% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.03%0.02% (stronger)
Return on assets1.59%1.63% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits91.8%77.2% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits20.4% (stronger)21.0%
Offices2616
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)18.4%14.3%

Sterling Bank has the higher TellerScore (78 vs 75). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Hawthorn Bank leads on 2 and Sterling Bank on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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