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Southern Bancorp Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial AR FDIC cert 1528

Designations: CDFI-certified

Arkadelphia, AR

57 branches across AR · MS

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 19 in AR
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Southern Bancorp Bank faces 5 concerns requiring attention

Key Strengths include matched growth signatures, metrics ranked in the top 10%, and values meaningfully above the tier average.
Key Concerns include matched risk or decline signatures, metrics ranked in the bottom 10%, and values meaningfully below the tier average.

Key Strengths

Areas where this bank excels compared to peers

No key strengths identified

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 30.7% in tier
  • - ROA 0.55% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.15% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 12.19% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.46% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $2.8B
+1.0% YoY +1.1% QoQ
-$5.6M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$2.3B
+2.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
67%
Total Loans ? $1.8B
+6.3% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-$134.0M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$1.7B
+6.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
63%
Total Deposits ? $2.2B
+1.9% YoY +2.7% QoQ
-$168.7M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$1.9B
+3.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
63%
Return on Assets ? 0.82%
+10.3% YoY +0.4% QoQ
-0.55% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.34%
+14.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
21%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.67%
+3.1% YoY -1.2% QoQ
-0.15% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
4.08%
+8.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
52%
Efficiency Ratio ? 73.25%
-5.9% YoY +0.0% QoQ
+12.19% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
61.77%
-4.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
18%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.35%
+49.5% YoY -3.6% QoQ
+0.46% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.02%
+24.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
19%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 84.19%
+4.3% YoY -2.5% QoQ
-0.01% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
80.49%
+1.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
56%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 21.07%
-4.9% YoY +5.3% QoQ
-0.22% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
19.62%
+0.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
57%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.96%
+65.2% YoY -2.8% QoQ
+0.28% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.79%
+32.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
22%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.28%
-35.2% YoY -3.9% QoQ
-2.88% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
13.59%
+0.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
37%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.14%
+3.9% YoY -76.3% QoQ
-0.12% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.18%
-3.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
47%

Signature Analysis

Composite behavioral patterns that combine multiple metrics to identify what stands out about this bank. Matched signatures only; metric-level callouts appear in the Key Strengths / Key Concerns summary above.

Strengths are growth signatures this bank matches (e.g. Revenue Diversifier, Profitability Leader).
Concerns are risk or decline signatures this bank matches (e.g. Margin Compression, Credit Quality Pressure).

Strengths (0)

No matched strength signatures this quarter

Concerns (1)

Flatlined Growth

risk
#47 of 150 • Bottom 30.7% in tier

Asset growth stalled (-2% to +2% YoY) despite healthy profitability (>0.25% ROA). Suggests untapped opportunity or strategic drift worth investigating.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 0.82%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
150 of 150 Mid-Market banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Metric Rankings

See how this bank ranks across all tracked metrics compared to peers.

Strengths are metrics in the top 25% (75th percentile or higher).
Concerns are metrics in the bottom 25% (25th percentile or lower).
Comparing against 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

728
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 73.25%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#728 of 884 Bottom 17.8% in $1B-$10B
717
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.35%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#717 of 880 Bottom 18.6% in $1B-$10B
695
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.82%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#695 of 884 Bottom 21.5% in $1B-$10B
693
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.96%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#693 of 884 Bottom 21.7% in $1B-$10B
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