TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Southern Bank vs The Peoples Bank

Bank

Southern Bank

Spartanburg, South Carolina · $100 million – $1 billion

59of 100
Moderate

Bank

The Peoples Bank

Iva, South Carolina · $100 million – $1 billion

89of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureSouthern BankThe Peoples Bank
TellerScore5989 (stronger)
Capital cushion3279 (stronger)
Loan quality91100 (stronger)
Earnings2486 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity8486 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage92100 (stronger)
Peer percentile17th94th
Total assets$407.9M$446.7M
Deposits / shares$358.4M$393.5M
Capital ratio8.18%12.92% (stronger)
Problem loans0.28%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs-0.03% (stronger)-0.00%
Return on assets0.10%1.65% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits73.2%69.7% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits17.8% (stronger)19.5%
Offices48
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)25.0%1.9%

The Peoples Bank has the higher TellerScore (89 vs 59). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Southern Bank leads on 2 and The Peoples Bank on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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