TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Bank of Forest vs First Southern Bank

Bank

The Bank of Forest

Forest, Mississippi · $100 million – $1 billion

68of 100
Moderate

Bank

First Southern Bank

Columbia, Mississippi · $100 million – $1 billion

83of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Bank of ForestFirst Southern Bank
TellerScore6883 (stronger)
Capital cushion59 (stronger)56
Loan quality57100 (stronger)
Earnings7795 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity80 (stronger)79
Problem-loan coverage8499 (stronger)
Peer percentile37th84th
Total assets$296.3M$317.3M
Deposits / shares$269.0M$271.4M
Capital ratio10.91% (stronger)10.57%
Problem loans1.30%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.04% (stronger)0.09%
Return on assets1.41%1.89% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits61.1%54.2% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits32.0% (stronger)34.1%
Offices36
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)0.9%—

First Southern Bank has the higher TellerScore (83 vs 68). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Bank of Forest leads on 3 and First Southern Bank on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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