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South Central Bank, Inc.

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial KY FDIC cert 5854

Designations: Community bank

Glasgow, KY

27 branches across KY · TN

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 17 in KY
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South Central Bank, Inc. has 2 strengths but faces 1 concern

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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 6.86% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.50% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 20.3% in tier

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KY) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $2.2B
+9.8% YoY +3.7% QoQ
-$648.7M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$702.0M
+4.4% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
55%
Total Loans ? $1.7B
+13.7% YoY +4.1% QoQ
-$241.5M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$492.7M
+5.5% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
60%
Total Deposits ? $1.9B
+7.8% YoY +5.3% QoQ
-$458.5M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$590.5M
+4.1% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
56%
Return on Assets ? 1.36%
+17.2% YoY +9.3% QoQ
+0.00% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.25%
+16.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
62%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.81%
+12.3% YoY +2.7% QoQ
-0.01% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.88%
+7.4% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
60%
Efficiency Ratio ? 54.20%
-7.2% YoY -7.5% QoQ
-6.86% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
64.22%
-6.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
66%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.39%
+15.4% YoY -16.7% QoQ
-0.50% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.89%
+17.0% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
63%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 91.43%
+5.5% YoY -1.1% QoQ
+7.22% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
80.71%
+1.5% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
33%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 22.08%
-3.2% YoY +1.1% QoQ
+0.79% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
23.47%
-1.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
60%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.34%
+18.1% YoY -15.3% QoQ
-0.34% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.61%
+22.3% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
59%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.03%
+0.5% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-3.13% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
14.97%
-0.1% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
32%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.14%
-3.7% YoY -78.3% QoQ
-0.12% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.16%
+4.4% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
49%

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 Quality Pressure

risk
#105 of 513 • Bottom 20.3% in tier

Delinquencies rising year-over-year. Credit risk is building - underwriting tools or reserves may need attention.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.39%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
513 of 513 Mid-Market banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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