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Great Southern Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Other MS FDIC cert 8552

Designations: CDFI-certified

Meridian, MS

11 branches across MS

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 42 in MS
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Great Southern Bank has 1 strength but faces 6 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 0.30% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 23.2% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 33.0% in tier
  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 33.6% in tier
  • - ROA 0.63% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.62% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 18.55% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $342.8M
+0.8% YoY +3.5% QoQ
-$43.3M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+11.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
53%
Total Loans ? $143.8M
+7.8% YoY -0.2% QoQ
-$111.9M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.5B
+13.2% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
34%
Total Deposits ? $310.1M
-1.5% YoY +2.3% QoQ
-$17.9M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+10.5% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
56%
Return on Assets ? 0.64%
+242.6% YoY +27.1% QoQ
-0.63% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.16%
+5.3% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
18%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.31%
+21.7% YoY +8.5% QoQ
-0.62% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.97%
+6.6% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
22%
Efficiency Ratio ? 83.84%
-11.2% YoY -3.1% QoQ
+18.55% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
67.65%
-1.2% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 11.2% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.58%
+28.3% YoY -12.6% QoQ
-0.30% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.06%
+2.0% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
41%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 46.38%
+9.5% YoY -2.5% QoQ
-30.26% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
70.20%
+3.2% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 7.0% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 26.27%
+0.7% YoY +1.3% QoQ
+4.25% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
22.68%
-1.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
71%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.53%
+13.7% YoY -9.5% QoQ
-0.11% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.74%
+0.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
36%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 20.43%
+2.7% YoY +1.5% QoQ
+4.59% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
13.90%
-1.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 12.5% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.21%
+4.3% YoY -76.2% QoQ
-0.07% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.17%
-9.5% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 13.1% in tier

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 (3)

Flatlined Growth

risk
#120 of 512 • Bottom 23.2% 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: 0.64%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#322 of 973 • Bottom 33.0% in tier

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

973 of 973 Community banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#441 of 1308 • Bottom 33.6% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.58%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
1308 of 1308 Community 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

187
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 46.38%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#187 of 2664 Top 7.0% in $100M-$1B
333
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 20.43%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#333 of 2664 Top 12.5% in $100M-$1B
349
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.21%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#349 of 2664 Top 13.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2367
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 83.84%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2367 of 2664 Bottom 11.2% in $100M-$1B
2194
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.64%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2194 of 2664 Bottom 17.7% in $100M-$1B
2079
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.31%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2079 of 2664 Bottom 22.0% in $100M-$1B
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