TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Pony Express Bank vs Southern Bank

Bank

Pony Express Bank

Braymer, Missouri · $100 million – $1 billion

76of 100
Strong

Bank

Southern Bank

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

70of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasurePony Express BankSouthern Bank
TellerScore76 (stronger)70
Capital cushion5254 (stronger)
Loan quality94 (stronger)79
Earnings100 (stronger)81
Funding & liquidity4858 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage98 (stronger)89
Peer percentile64th58th
Total assets$399.5M$5.2B
Deposits / shares$342.8M$4.4B
Capital ratio10.15%10.45% (stronger)
Problem loans0.17% (stronger)0.63%
Net charge-offs-0.00% (stronger)0.22%
Return on assets2.83% (stronger)1.53%
Loans ÷ deposits88.2% (stronger)98.1%
Uninsured deposits36.8%18.9% (stronger)
Offices264
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)6.9%5.8%

Pony Express Bank has the higher TellerScore (76 vs 70). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Pony Express Bank leads on 5 and Southern Bank on 2. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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