TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Southern Bancorp Bank vs First State Bank

Bank

Southern Bancorp Bank

Arkadelphia, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

61of 100
Moderate

Bank

First State Bank

Lonoke, Arkansas · $100 million – $1 billion

77of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureSouthern Bancorp BankFirst State Bank
TellerScore6177 (stronger)
Capital cushion69 (stronger)62
Loan quality53100 (stronger)
Earnings5665 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity4968 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage84100 (stronger)
Peer percentile24th68th
Total assets$3.0B$328.1M
Deposits / shares$2.3B$292.6M
Capital ratio11.85% (stronger)11.24%
Problem loans1.42%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.12%-0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets0.89%1.12% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits83.8%80.9% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits39.2%25.5% (stronger)
Offices475
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)12.4%1.5%

First State Bank has the higher TellerScore (77 vs 61). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Southern Bancorp Bank leads on 1 and First State Bank on 6. 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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