TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Bank of Advance vs Sterling Bank

Bank

The Bank of Advance

Advance, Missouri · $100 million – $1 billion

81of 100
Strong

Bank

Sterling Bank

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

78of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Bank of AdvanceSterling Bank
TellerScore81 (stronger)78
Capital cushion80 (stronger)61
Loan quality7588 (stronger)
Earnings100 (stronger)85
Funding & liquidity5777 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9296 (stronger)
Peer percentile80th86th
Total assets$509.9M$1.6B
Deposits / shares$438.7M$1.4B
Capital ratio13.01% (stronger)11.14%
Problem loans0.75%0.35% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.13%0.02% (stronger)
Return on assets2.42% (stronger)1.63%
Loans ÷ deposits91.6%77.2% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits25.4%21.0% (stronger)
Offices516
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—14.3%

The Bank of Advance has the higher TellerScore (81 vs 78). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Bank of Advance leads on 3 and Sterling Bank on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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