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Southern Bank

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

Spartanburg, SC

4 branches across SC

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 2,643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationwide — 1 of 27 in SC.
  • Deposits +19.9% year over year ($358.4M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.28%.
  • Return on assets 0.10%.
  • Efficiency ratio 91.64% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 73.21% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 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 0.64% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Return on Assets 1.22% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 27.16% above tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.70% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $407.9M
+16.4% YoY +1.9% QoQ
+$21.3M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$1.5B
+5.6% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
62%
Total Loans ? $262.4M
+25.1% YoY +3.3% QoQ
+$4.0M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$1.0B
+7.6% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
61%
Total Deposits ? $358.4M
+19.9% YoY +3.3% QoQ
+$31.6M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$1.3B
+2.8% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
64%
Return on Assets ? 0.10%
-34.6% YoY +13.5% QoQ
-1.22% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.14%
+28.2% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
Bottom 4.4% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.29%
+2.2% YoY -0.2% QoQ
-0.70% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
3.68%
+4.4% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
19%
Efficiency Ratio ? 91.64%
+4.1% YoY -0.4% QoQ
+27.16% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
67.24%
-4.2% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Bottom 4.8% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.28%
-69.0% YoY +137.0% QoQ
-0.64% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
0.46%
-16.5% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
59%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 73.21%
+4.3% YoY -0.0% QoQ
-4.74% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
74.60%
+2.0% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
64%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 10.35%
-13.0% YoY -2.5% QoQ
-11.68% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
21.25%
-0.8% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
Bottom 11.3% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.33%
-57.9% YoY +33.8% QoQ
-0.34% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.29%
-15.5% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
50%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 8.18%
-9.3% YoY -2.2% QoQ
-7.73% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
17.16%
+0.2% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 0.1% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.16%
+17.4% YoY +121.4% QoQ
-0.41% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.29%
+23.1% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
36%

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 10.3%
-1.6pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-11.8pp 22.1% 21.7% 22.2% 11%
Brokered Deposits 6.9%
-3.1pp YoY
-1.8pp QoQ
-1.0pp 7.9% 10.6% 8.5% 64%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 10.0%
-4.1pp YoY
-0.8pp QoQ
-1.5pp 11.6% 9.8% 12.5% 53%
CRE 64.7%
-0.8pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
+25.1pp 39.5% 43.3% 41.4% 89%
1-4 Family 23.8%
+5.2pp YoY
+0.4pp QoQ
-8.8pp 32.6% 44.4% 31.3% 38%
Consumer 1.2%
-0.1pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-2.9pp 4.1% 4.5% 5.0% 34%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 18.8% 18.1% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 8.2%
-0.8pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-4.0pp 12.2% 12.3% 12.6% 3%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 19.9% 19.1% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 71
+8 (+12.7%) YoY
-1 (-1.4%) QoQ
+12 58 174 482 72%
Assets per Employee ($) $5.7M
+3.3% YoY
+3.4% QoQ
-$1.8M $7.5M $7.8M $8.8M 28%
Branch Count 8
+1 (+14.3%) YoY
0 QoQ
+3 4 12 18 82%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.3% 0.0% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.3%
-0.6pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-0.7pp 0.9% 0.5% 1.0% 36%
Allowance Coverage 3.71x
+207.9% YoY
-56.6% QoQ
-20.44x 24.15x 15.59x 20.23x 63%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) -0.0%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 7%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 1.3%
-0.6pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-10.9pp 12.2% 11.7% 11.6% 5%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 3.0%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+1.3pp 1.7% 1.6% 1.7% 98%
Net Income ($, YTD) $206,000
-24.8% YoY
— QoQ
-$2.3M $2.6M $9.6M $40.4M 5%

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 (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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

2641
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 8.18%
Peer Median: 15.91%
#2641 of 2643 Bottom 0.1% in $100M-$1B
2529
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.10%
Peer Median: 1.32%
#2529 of 2643 Bottom 4.4% in $100M-$1B
2518
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 91.64%
Peer Median: 64.48%
#2518 of 2643 Bottom 4.8% in $100M-$1B
2346
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 10.35%
Peer Median: 22.03%
#2346 of 2643 Bottom 11.3% in $100M-$1B
2135
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.29%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#2135 of 2643 Bottom 19.3% in $100M-$1B
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