TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Southern Bancorp Bank vs First Financial Bank

Bank

Southern Bancorp Bank

Arkadelphia, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

61of 100
Moderate

Bank

First Financial Bank

El Dorado, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

50of 100
Below average

Metric by metric

MeasureSouthern Bancorp BankFirst Financial Bank
TellerScore61 (stronger)50
Capital cushion69 (stronger)62
Loan quality53 (stronger)0
Earnings56100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity49 (stronger)44
Problem-loan coverage84 (stronger)47
Peer percentile24th7th
Total assets$3.0B$2.0B
Deposits / shares$2.3B$1.7B
Capital ratio11.85% (stronger)11.15%
Problem loans1.42% (stronger)3.64%
Net charge-offs0.12% (stronger)0.21%
Return on assets0.89%2.18% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits83.8% (stronger)102.1%
Uninsured deposits39.2%28.2% (stronger)
Offices4716
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)12.4%7.5%

Southern Bancorp Bank has the higher TellerScore (61 vs 50). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Southern Bancorp Bank leads on 5 and First Financial Bank on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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