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Southern Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial MO FDIC cert 28332

Poplar Bluff, MO

69 branches across MO · AR · IL · KS

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 885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationwide — 1 of 30 in MO.
  • Deposits +2.8% year over year ($4.4B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.64%.
  • Return on assets 1.53%.
  • Efficiency ratio 49.89% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 98.13% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 30 in MO
View $1B-$10B leaderboard (MO) →

Southern Bank has 3 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

  • + ROA 0.14% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 9.84% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.23% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 32.1% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.16% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MO) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $5.2B
+4.4% YoY +1.9% QoQ
+$2.4B $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$1.6B
+6.4% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
Top 13.8% in tier
Total Loans ? $4.3B
+7.1% YoY +1.7% QoQ
+$2.4B $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$1.0B
+10.0% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Top 10.5% in tier
Total Deposits ? $4.4B
+2.8% YoY +1.5% QoQ
+$2.1B $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$1.3B
+6.1% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
Top 12.8% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.53%
+15.3% YoY +6.1% QoQ
+0.14% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
1.46%
+5.9% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
71%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.71%
+5.8% YoY +0.6% QoQ
-0.16% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
4.55%
+0.7% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
50%
Efficiency Ratio ? 49.89%
-6.6% YoY -2.5% QoQ
-9.84% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
59.57%
-3.2% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
77%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.64%
+12.0% YoY -9.7% QoQ
-0.23% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
0.82%
+12.6% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
42%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 98.13%
+4.2% YoY +0.2% QoQ
+13.09% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
80.82%
+1.6% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
19%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 13.06%
+4.7% YoY +4.3% QoQ
-8.21% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
20.71%
-0.5% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
20%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.64%
+34.8% YoY +2.3% QoQ
-0.03% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.67%
+14.9% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
35%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.12%
+0.2% YoY +0.7% QoQ
-2.73% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
15.38%
-1.1% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
36%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.33%
-2.7% YoY +101.9% QoQ
-0.19% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
0.58%
+5.8% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
59%

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 (MO) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 13.1%
+0.6pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
-8.3pp 21.4% 20.9% 22.2% 19%
Brokered Deposits 6.6%
+1.0pp YoY
+1.4pp QoQ
-2.9pp 9.5% 7.4% 8.5% 57%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MO) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 12.0%
+0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-2.0pp 14.0% 12.3% 12.5% 55%
CRE 50.2%
-1.4pp YoY
-0.7pp QoQ
+0.1pp 50.0% 36.8% 41.4% 51%
1-4 Family 25.1%
+0.5pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-1.4pp 26.4% 31.9% 31.3% 55%
Consumer 1.2%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-3.5pp 4.7% 4.1% 5.0% 50%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MO) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 12.1%
0.0pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-3.5pp 15.6% 18.5% 19.7% 27%
Leverage Ratio 10.4%
+0.4pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-0.9pp 11.3% 11.6% 12.6% 48%
Total Capital Ratio 13.4%
0.0pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-3.3pp 16.7% 19.6% 20.8% 29%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MO) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 729
+10 (+1.4%) YoY
+8 (+1.1%) QoQ
+415 313 162 482 93%
Assets per Employee ($) $7.1M
+2.9% YoY
+0.8% QoQ
-$3.4M $10.5M $8.0M $8.8M 25%
Branch Count 69
0 YoY
-1 (-1.4%) QoQ
+49 20 10 18 97%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MO) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.2% 0.3% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.6%
+0.1pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.8% 0.8% 1.0% 59%
Allowance Coverage 1.99x
-11.4% YoY
+7.0% QoQ
-16.72x 18.71x 10.47x 20.23x 49%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.2%
-0.1pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
0.0pp 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 81%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MO) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 14.6%
+1.2pp YoY
+0.8pp QoQ
+2.0pp 12.6% 14.3% 11.6% 70%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.3%
-0.3pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.4pp 1.9% 1.8% 1.7% 79%
Net Income ($, YTD) $39.0M
+19.8% YoY
— QoQ
+$19.8M $19.2M $11.3M $40.4M 88%

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)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#130 of 402 • Bottom 32.1% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

402 of 402 Mid-Market banks match · 1401 nationally
→ Stable -58 banks QoQ | 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 885 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

94
Total Loans
size
Value: $4.34B
Peer Median: $1.96B
#94 of 885 Top 10.5% in $1B-$10B
114
Total Deposits
size
Value: $4.42B
Peer Median: $2.32B
#114 of 885 Top 12.8% in $1B-$10B
123
Total Assets
size
Value: $5.19B
Peer Median: $2.79B
#123 of 885 Top 13.8% in $1B-$10B
202
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 49.89%
Peer Median: 59.73%
#202 of 885 Top 22.7% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

718
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 98.13%
Peer Median: 85.04%
#718 of 885 Bottom 19.0% in $1B-$10B
713
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 13.06%
Peer Median: 21.27%
#713 of 885 Bottom 19.5% in $1B-$10B
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