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Premier Bank of the South

$100M-$1B Specialty: Other AL FDIC cert 27118

Cullman, AL

9 branches across AL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 64 in AL
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Premier Bank of the South has 2 strengths 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 17.3% in tier
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.13% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 27.2% in tier
  • - ROA 0.27% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 8.44% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $372.1M
-0.8% YoY -1.3% QoQ
-$14.0M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.5B
+0.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
57%
Total Loans ? $226.5M
+9.9% YoY +2.2% QoQ
-$29.2M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.5B
+2.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
55%
Total Deposits ? $338.9M
-1.6% YoY -1.5% QoQ
+$10.9M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$2.1B
-0.2% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
61%
Return on Assets ? 1.00%
-5.7% YoY -9.7% QoQ
-0.27% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.78%
-19.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
37%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.06%
+5.0% YoY -0.7% QoQ
+0.13% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.99%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
60%
Efficiency Ratio ? 73.73%
+1.9% YoY +2.5% QoQ
+8.44% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
72.13%
+5.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
25%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.03%
-3.5% YoY -35.4% QoQ
-0.86% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.09%
+24.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
82%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 66.83%
+11.7% YoY +3.7% QoQ
-9.81% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
67.08%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
72%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 28.16%
+1.7% YoY +5.7% QoQ
+6.14% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
23.89%
+0.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
77%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.02%
+6.9% YoY -51.4% QoQ
-0.62% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.71%
+24.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
84%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.76%
-5.8% YoY -2.9% QoQ
-0.07% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.96%
+13.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
71%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.18%
+4.0% YoY -75.4% QoQ
-0.10% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.16%
-16.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
81%

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
#116 of 664 • Top 17.3% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.03%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
664 of 664 Community banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Concerns (1)

Flatlined Growth

risk
#140 of 512 • Bottom 27.2% 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: 1.00%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ

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 (4 metrics)

435
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.02%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#435 of 2664 Top 16.3% in $100M-$1B
469
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#469 of 2654 Top 17.6% in $100M-$1B
498
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.18%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#498 of 2664 Top 18.7% in $100M-$1B
622
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 28.16%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#622 of 2664 Top 23.3% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

2007
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 73.73%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2007 of 2664 Bottom 24.7% in $100M-$1B
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