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Southern Bank and Trust Company

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial NC FDIC cert 15359

Mount Olive, NC

56 branches across NC · VA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 9 in NC
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Southern Bank and Trust Company has 2 strengths but faces 2 concerns

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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 46.8% in tier
  • + Efficiency Ratio 7.83% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.47% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.15% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $5.3B
+6.9% YoY +1.0% QoQ
+$2.4B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$92.4B
+2.4% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 13.9% in tier
Total Loans ? $3.4B
+7.6% YoY +1.4% QoQ
+$1.5B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$45.0B
+8.2% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
85%
Total Deposits ? $4.8B
+6.7% YoY +1.7% QoQ
+$2.4B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$72.8B
+2.6% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 12.0% in tier
Return on Assets ? 0.89%
+91.2% YoY -24.8% QoQ
-0.47% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
0.99%
+29.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
26%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.67%
+20.8% YoY +10.3% QoQ
-0.15% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.42%
+5.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
52%
Efficiency Ratio ? 53.23%
-14.1% YoY -5.9% QoQ
-7.83% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
69.88%
-8.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
69%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.12%
-28.5% YoY -5.0% QoQ
-0.77% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.64%
+21.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 13.6% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 72.08%
+0.8% YoY -0.2% QoQ
-12.12% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
79.67%
+1.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
80%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 32.43%
+4.6% YoY +2.9% QoQ
+11.14% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
18.50%
+0.3% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 12.0% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.08%
-28.0% YoY -4.6% QoQ
-0.59% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.45%
+20.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 11.4% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.12%
-0.8% YoY +1.5% QoQ
-2.04% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
20.13%
+3.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
50%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.15%
+5.2% YoY -73.8% QoQ
-0.11% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.21%
+7.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
53%

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 (1)

Credit Quality Leader

growth
#104 of 220 • Top 46.8% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.12%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
220 of 220 Mid-Market banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ

Concerns (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

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 (7 metrics)

102
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.08%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#102 of 884 Top 11.4% in $1B-$10B
107
Total Deposits
size
Value: $4.77B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#107 of 884 Top 12.0% in $1B-$10B
107
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 32.43%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#107 of 884 Top 12.0% in $1B-$10B
121
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.12%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#121 of 880 Top 13.6% in $1B-$10B
124
Total Assets
size
Value: $5.25B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#124 of 884 Top 13.9% in $1B-$10B
134
Total Loans
size
Value: $3.44B
Peer Median: $1.96B
#134 of 884 Top 15.0% in $1B-$10B
181
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 72.08%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#181 of 884 Top 20.4% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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