TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Merchants & Planters Bank vs Southern Bancorp Bank

Bank

The Merchants & Planters Bank

Clarendon, Arkansas · Under $100 million in assets

72of 100
Strong

Bank

Southern Bancorp Bank

Arkadelphia, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

61of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Merchants & Planters BankSouthern Bancorp Bank
TellerScore72 (stronger)61
Capital cushion6369 (stronger)
Loan quality93 (stronger)53
Earnings3656 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity85 (stronger)49
Problem-loan coverage95 (stronger)84
Peer percentile45th24th
Total assets$51.3M$3.0B
Deposits / shares$46.9M$2.3B
Capital ratio11.30%11.85% (stronger)
Problem loans0.21% (stronger)1.42%
Net charge-offs0.03% (stronger)0.12%
Return on assets0.40%0.89% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits44.2% (stronger)83.8%
Uninsured deposits29.1% (stronger)39.2%
Offices147
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—12.4%

The Merchants & Planters Bank has the higher TellerScore (72 vs 61). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Merchants & Planters Bank leads on 5 and Southern Bancorp Bank on 2. 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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