TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Merchants & Citizens Bank vs The Security State Bank

Bank

The Merchants & Citizens Bank

Mcrae, Georgia · $100 million – $1 billion

79of 100
Strong

Bank

The Security State Bank

Mcrae, Georgia · Under $100 million in assets

91of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Merchants & Citizens BankThe Security State Bank
TellerScore7991 (stronger)
Capital cushion8291 (stronger)
Loan quality88 (stronger)80
Earnings5197 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity8397 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage98 (stronger)96
Peer percentile75th90th
Total assets$146.0M$70.5M
Deposits / shares$128.7M$61.0M
Capital ratio13.24%14.11% (stronger)
Problem loans0.36% (stronger)0.59%
Net charge-offs0.16%0.10% (stronger)
Return on assets0.77%1.92% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits40.4% (stronger)52.9%
Uninsured deposits31.0%18.2% (stronger)
Offices11
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

The Security State Bank has the higher TellerScore (91 vs 79). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Merchants & Citizens Bank leads on 2 and The Security State Bank on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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