TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

South Georgia Banking Company vs Guardian Bank

Bank

South Georgia Banking Company

Omega, Georgia · $100 million – $1 billion

85of 100
Very strong

Bank

Guardian Bank

Valdosta, Georgia · $100 million – $1 billion

65of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureSouth Georgia Banking CompanyGuardian Bank
TellerScore85 (stronger)65
Capital cushion89 (stronger)65
Loan quality82 (stronger)50
Earnings85 (stronger)82
Funding & liquidity75 (stronger)60
Problem-loan coverage94 (stronger)80
Peer percentile88th29th
Total assets$570.1M$597.9M
Deposits / shares$487.6M$524.3M
Capital ratio13.86% (stronger)11.55%
Problem loans0.55% (stronger)1.49%
Net charge-offs0.06%0.03% (stronger)
Return on assets1.63% (stronger)1.54%
Loans ÷ deposits80.9%68.5% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits18.6% (stronger)43.2%
Offices84
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)6.6%1.3%

South Georgia Banking Company has the higher TellerScore (85 vs 65). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), South Georgia Banking Company leads on 5 and Guardian Bank on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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