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Southern Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial SC FDIC cert 16288

Spartanburg, SC

8 branches across GA · SC

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 27 in SC
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Southern Bank has 1 strength but faces 3 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.77% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 45.2% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 1.18% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.64% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $400.2M
+18.7% YoY +7.9% QoQ
+$14.1M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$1.5B
+4.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
61%
Total Loans ? $254.1M
+24.8% YoY +8.6% QoQ
-$1.7M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$993.8M
+7.7% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
60%
Total Deposits ? $346.9M
+21.1% YoY +9.4% QoQ
+$19.0M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.3B
+4.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
62%
Return on Assets ? 0.09%
-59.2% YoY -62.1% QoQ
-1.18% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.18%
+45.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 4.4% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.29%
-0.1% YoY -1.9% QoQ
-0.64% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.64%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
21%
Efficiency Ratio ? 91.97%
+7.8% YoY +5.2% QoQ
+26.68% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
67.38%
-5.7% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 5.2% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.12%
-64.6% YoY -14.2% QoQ
-0.77% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.54%
+11.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
72%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 73.23%
+3.1% YoY -0.7% QoQ
-3.41% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
73.64%
+1.6% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
61%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 10.61%
-11.4% YoY -8.5% QoQ
-11.41% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
20.84%
-0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 11.9% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.25%
-46.2% YoY -12.4% QoQ
-0.39% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.34%
+10.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
55%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 8.36%
-10.4% YoY -7.7% QoQ
-7.47% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
17.50%
+3.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 0.1% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.07%
-5.7% YoY -71.6% QoQ
-0.21% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.17%
+48.2% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
32%

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)

Efficiency Drag

risk
#188 of 414 • Bottom 45.2% in tier

Efficiency ratio above 80% - operating costs elevated relative to revenue. Margin improvement opportunity.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 91.97%
(Tier: 65.29%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
414 of 414 Community banks match · 492 nationally
→ Stable | QoQ rank improving

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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

2663
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 8.36%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2663 of 2664 Bottom 0.1% in $100M-$1B
2547
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.09%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2547 of 2664 Bottom 4.4% in $100M-$1B
2527
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 91.97%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2527 of 2664 Bottom 5.2% in $100M-$1B
2347
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 10.61%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2347 of 2664 Bottom 11.9% in $100M-$1B
2095
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.29%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2095 of 2664 Bottom 21.4% in $100M-$1B
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