TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Valley State Bank vs First Metro Bank

Bank

Valley State Bank

Russellville, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

82of 100
Strong

Bank

First Metro Bank

Muscle Shoals, Alabama · $1 billion – $10 billion

84of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureValley State BankFirst Metro Bank
TellerScore8284 (stronger)
Capital cushion100 (stronger)80
Loan quality6896 (stronger)
Earnings7585 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity69 (stronger)63
Problem-loan coverage9498 (stronger)
Peer percentile82nd95th
Total assets$169.5M$1.0B
Deposits / shares$139.4M$893.7M
Capital ratio17.80% (stronger)12.98%
Problem loans0.97%0.13% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)0.22%
Return on assets1.37%1.62% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits62.9% (stronger)66.4%
Uninsured deposits40.7% (stronger)42.8%
Offices211
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—7.7%

First Metro Bank has the higher TellerScore (84 vs 82). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Valley State Bank leads on 4 and First Metro Bank on 3. 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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