TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

KS Bank, Inc. vs LifeStore Bank

Bank

KS Bank, Inc.

Smithfield, North Carolina · $100 million – $1 billion

69of 100
Moderate

Bank

LifeStore Bank

West Jefferson, North Carolina · $100 million – $1 billion

71of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureKS Bank, Inc.LifeStore Bank
TellerScore6971 (stronger)
Capital cushion4069 (stronger)
Loan quality96 (stronger)63
Earnings73 (stronger)66
Funding & liquidity5681 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage97 (stronger)88
Peer percentile40th47th
Total assets$874.5M$491.3M
Deposits / shares$785.2M$429.7M
Capital ratio9.01%11.92% (stronger)
Problem loans0.12% (stronger)1.11%
Net charge-offs0.04%-0.02% (stronger)
Return on assets1.33% (stronger)1.14%
Loans ÷ deposits91.0%74.5% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits27.3%18.8% (stronger)
Offices134
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)5.3%—

LifeStore Bank has the higher TellerScore (71 vs 69). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), KS Bank, Inc. leads on 2 and LifeStore Bank on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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