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Great Southern Bank

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

Designations: ✓ CDFI-certified

Meridian, MS

11 branches across MS

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 2,643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationwide — 1 of 39 in MS.
  • Deposits +1.4% year over year ($312.0M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.68%.
  • Return on assets 0.67%.
  • Efficiency ratio 82.57% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 45.76% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 39 in MS
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Great Southern Bank has 1 strength but faces 5 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 0.24% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 20.2% in tier
  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 42.8% in tier
  • - ROA 0.65% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.64% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 18.09% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $355.1M
+6.6% YoY +3.6% QoQ
-$31.4M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$2.3B
+4.7% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
55%
Total Loans ? $142.8M
+3.9% YoY -0.7% QoQ
-$115.6M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$1.6B
+6.5% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
33%
Total Deposits ? $312.0M
+1.4% YoY +0.6% QoQ
-$14.7M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$1.9B
+4.9% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
57%
Return on Assets ? 0.67%
+99.2% YoY +5.8% QoQ
-0.65% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.27%
+12.8% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
18%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.34%
+18.4% YoY +1.1% QoQ
-0.64% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
4.02%
+5.6% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
21%
Efficiency Ratio ? 82.57%
-8.7% YoY -1.5% QoQ
+18.09% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
65.83%
-2.8% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Bottom 11.4% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.68%
+48.8% YoY +15.7% QoQ
-0.24% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
1.03%
+6.0% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
39%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 45.76%
+2.4% YoY -1.3% QoQ
-32.19% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
72.48%
+3.6% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Top 6.4% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 25.26%
+1.9% YoY -3.8% QoQ
+3.23% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
22.74%
-2.6% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
67%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.54%
+12.9% YoY +2.4% QoQ
-0.12% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.80%
+11.3% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
37%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 20.51%
+2.5% YoY +0.4% QoQ
+4.60% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
13.77%
-2.2% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
Top 12.6% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.35%
-19.8% YoY +70.5% QoQ
-0.22% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.38%
+2.4% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
80%

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 (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 25.3%
+0.5pp YoY
-1.0pp QoQ
+3.1pp 22.1% 23.1% 22.2% 66%
Brokered Deposits 1.6% -6.2pp 7.9% 3.8% 8.5% 26%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 12.4%
-0.3pp YoY
-1.1pp QoQ
+0.8pp 11.6% 12.4% 12.5% 65%
CRE 20.6%
-4.1pp YoY
-1.3pp QoQ
-19.0pp 39.5% 42.3% 41.4% 19%
1-4 Family 42.2%
+2.1pp YoY
+1.5pp QoQ
+9.6pp 32.6% 33.1% 31.3% 73%
Consumer 18.1%
+2.2pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
+14.0pp 4.1% 5.6% 5.0% 97%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 20.5%
+0.5pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
+1.7pp 18.8% 16.5% 19.7% 79%
Leverage Ratio 9.5%
-0.1pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-2.7pp 12.2% 11.9% 12.6% 21%
Total Capital Ratio 21.1%
+0.5pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
+1.2pp 19.9% 17.7% 20.8% 78%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 94
+6 (+6.8%) YoY
-1 (-1.1%) QoQ
+35 58 297 482 84%
Assets per Employee ($) $3.8M
-0.2% YoY
+4.7% QoQ
-$3.7M $7.5M $6.2M $8.8M 3%
Branch Count 11
0 YoY
0 QoQ
+6 4 22 18 93%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.5%
+0.2pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
+0.2pp 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 82%
Nonaccrual 0.2%
+0.1pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-0.7pp 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% 30%
Allowance Coverage 0.96x
-36.4% YoY
-13.9% QoQ
-23.19x 24.15x 4.87x 20.23x 26%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 50%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 8.7%
+3.8pp YoY
+0.6pp QoQ
-3.5pp 12.2% 11.7% 11.6% 29%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.0%
-0.3pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.7pp 1.7% 1.8% 1.7% 10%
Net Income ($, YTD) $1.2M
+102.8% YoY
— QoQ
-$1.4M $2.6M $13.8M $40.4M 32%

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 (2)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#190 of 936 • Bottom 20.2% in tier

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

936 of 936 Community banks match · 1401 nationally
→ Stable -58 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#539 of 1256 • Bottom 42.8% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.68%
(Tier: 0.92%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
1256 of 1256 Community banks match · 1820 nationally
→ Stable -71 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

170
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 45.76%
Peer Median: 77.95%
#170 of 2643 Top 6.4% in $100M-$1B
335
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 20.51%
Peer Median: 15.91%
#335 of 2643 Top 12.6% in $100M-$1B
540
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.35%
Peer Median: 0.57%
#540 of 2643 Top 20.4% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2342
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 82.57%
Peer Median: 64.48%
#2342 of 2643 Bottom 11.4% in $100M-$1B
2174
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.67%
Peer Median: 1.32%
#2174 of 2643 Bottom 17.8% in $100M-$1B
2078
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.34%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#2078 of 2643 Bottom 21.4% in $100M-$1B
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