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The Southern Bank Company

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial AL FDIC cert 29731

Gadsden, AL

4 branches across AL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 64 in AL
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The Southern Bank Company has 1 strength but faces 4 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 3.82% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 42.8% in tier
  • - Delinquency Rate 2.34% above tier average
  • - ROA 0.14% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 13.06% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $128.2M
-0.0% YoY -1.1% QoQ
-$257.9M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.5B
+0.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 8.3% in tier
Total Loans ? $56.4M
-4.1% YoY -2.7% QoQ
-$199.3M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.5B
+2.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 4.1% in tier
Total Deposits ? $102.4M
-2.2% YoY -0.9% QoQ
-$225.6M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$2.1B
-0.2% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 6.5% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.13%
+49.3% YoY +51.4% QoQ
-0.14% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.78%
-19.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
45%
Net Interest Margin ? 7.75%
+4.1% YoY +3.1% QoQ
+3.82% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.99%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 0.2% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 78.35%
-4.9% YoY -5.4% QoQ
+13.06% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
72.13%
+5.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
17%
Delinquency Rate ? 3.23%
-16.3% YoY +0.4% QoQ
+2.34% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.09%
+24.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 5.3% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 55.05%
-2.0% YoY -1.9% QoQ
-21.59% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
67.08%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 13.6% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 9.84%
+5.6% YoY -5.1% QoQ
-12.18% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
23.89%
+0.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 10.5% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.42%
-19.7% YoY -1.2% QoQ
+0.78% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.71%
+24.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 12.6% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.96%
+2.6% YoY +3.4% QoQ
-0.87% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.96%
+13.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
66%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.10%
-8.0% YoY -77.9% QoQ
-0.18% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.16%
-16.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
51%

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)

Flatlined Growth

risk
#220 of 512 • Bottom 42.8% 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: 1.13%
(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 (2 metrics)

7
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 7.75%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#7 of 2664 Top 0.2% in $100M-$1B
364
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 55.05%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#364 of 2664 Top 13.6% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (7 metrics)

2557
Total Loans
size
Value: $56.37M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2557 of 2664 Bottom 4.1% in $100M-$1B
2514
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 3.23%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2514 of 2654 Bottom 5.3% in $100M-$1B
2491
Total Deposits
size
Value: $102.39M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2491 of 2664 Bottom 6.5% in $100M-$1B
2443
Total Assets
size
Value: $128.19M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2443 of 2664 Bottom 8.3% in $100M-$1B
2386
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 9.84%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2386 of 2664 Bottom 10.5% in $100M-$1B
2330
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.42%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2330 of 2664 Bottom 12.6% in $100M-$1B
2201
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 78.35%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2201 of 2664 Bottom 17.4% in $100M-$1B
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