TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Peoples Bank vs Southern First Bank

Bank

The Peoples Bank

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

89of 100
Very strong

Bank

Southern First Bank

Greenville, South Carolina · $1 billion – $10 billion

59of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Peoples BankSouthern First Bank
TellerScore89 (stronger)59
Capital cushion79 (stronger)39
Loan quality100 (stronger)91
Earnings86 (stronger)58
Funding & liquidity86 (stronger)26
Problem-loan coverage100 (stronger)94
Peer percentile94th19th
Total assets$446.7M$4.7B
Deposits / shares$393.5M$4.0B
Capital ratio12.92% (stronger)8.89%
Problem loans0.00% (stronger)0.28%
Net charge-offs-0.00% (stronger)0.01%
Return on assets1.65% (stronger)0.96%
Loans ÷ deposits69.7% (stronger)99.8%
Uninsured deposits19.5% (stronger)45.9%
Offices812
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)1.9%12.6%

The Peoples Bank has the higher TellerScore (89 vs 59). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Peoples Bank leads on 7 and Southern First Bank on 0. 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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