FDIC Cert #27496 · Walterboro, South Carolina · Est. 1989

Bank of the Lowcountry - FDIC Bank Health Profile

A community-scale look at Bank of the Lowcountry's own numbers, pulled straight from its quarterly FDIC Call Report.

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$411M
Total assets
B
Health grade · Good
0.71%
Return on assets
11.8%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

Bank of the Lowcountry earns a PlainBankData health grade of B (66/100), with well-capitalized at 11.79% Tier 1, 0.71% ROA, 74% efficiency ratio.

#2,048
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
53rd
percentile by asset size, nationally
11.79%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
25th
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

This grade is PlainBankData's own interpretation of the bank's Call Report, not an FDIC rating, deposits here stay federally insured to $250,000 per depositor, per category, regardless of grade.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 27496 · SC B · 66/100

GRADE-B · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-WELL · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-THIN · SIZE-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-B B (66/100)
  • LOWER-Q #3416/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH First Bank of the Lake · MO
  • TIER1-WELL 11.8% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 2.7% Texas
  • ROA-THIN 0.71% ROA
  • SIZE-MID $100M–1B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside South Carolina: First Bank of the Lake, MO (±0 health pts)

Instrument codes from this bank’s FDIC Call Report sheet: grade band, health peer rank, photo-finish gap, Tier 1, Texas Ratio, ROA, size band, and book completeness. Not an official FDIC rating.

Health-score neighbourhood around Bank of the Lowcountry

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest scored peers outside South Carolina, not a full FDIC corpus board reprint.

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100Bank of Hope · CA · near66/100Bank of the Lowcountry · SC …66/100First Bank of the Lake · MO …66/100MCS Bank · PA · near66/100PNB Community Bank · FL · ne…66/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around Bank of the Lowcountry · July 2026

Call Report read for Bank of the Lowcountry in a high-failure state

Bank of the Lowcountry (FDIC Cert #27496) carries a PlainBankData health grade of B at 66/100, built only from this bank's own Call Report Tier 1 capital, ROA, Texas Ratio, and efficiency inputs. On the scored corpus it sits at health rank #3,416 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 11.79%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 2.67%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 0.71%. Balance-sheet scale is $411M, 2,048th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is First Bank of the Lake (MO), tied on the composite. These are instrument codes from the Call Report sheet, not an official FDIC CAMELS rating, and insured deposits stay protected to $250,000 per depositor per ownership category regardless of grade. Compare the plate stamps against the score breakdown and the health-score neighbourhood before treating any single ratio as decisive.

State failure history around Bank of the Lowcountry

10 FAILURE resolutions in South Carolina since 2000, heavy vs the state corpus

Bank of the Lowcountry sits in one of the heavier post-2000 FAILURE states (10 resolutions; latest year 2014). The list below is state history from the Failed Bank List, not a claim about Bank of the Lowcountry's current Call Report.

  • ALLENDALE COUNTY BANK FAIRFAX, SC 2014 → PALMETTO STATE BANK
  • CAROLINA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK CHARLESTON, SC 2012 → BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA
  • PLANTATION FEDERAL BANK PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC 2012 → FIRST FEDERAL BANK

Source: FDIC Failed Bank List (resolution_type=FAILURE only; ASSISTANCE excluded). See the depositor failures guide and South Carolina banks.

How Bank of the Lowcountry's 66/100 score adds up

Each factor is scored from this bank's own FDIC Call Report figures, then summed to the composite health score.

0/100100/100National avg77/10066/100
Bank of the Lowcountry's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (11.79%) 28/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (0.71%) 14/25
Texas Ratio (2.67%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (74.17%) 4/15

66 of 100 points earned across four weighted factors. See our methodology for the full scoring formula.

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$411M

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$347M

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$297M

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$3M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 3% 6% 9% 12% 15% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 10.39% 11.79% 13.19%
Basel III capital ratios - Bank of the Lowcountry

Where Bank of the Lowcountry ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. Bank of the Lowcountry's score of 66/100 falls in the highlighted band.

Bank of the Lowcountry: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

66 21st percentile higher than 21% of 4,307 FDIC-insured banks

0–10: 3 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 10–20: 6 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 20–30: 26 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 36 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 98 FDIC-insured banks (2%). Below this entry. 50–60: 279 FDIC-insured banks (6%). Below this entry. 60–70: 777 FDIC-insured banks (18%). This entry sits in this band. 70–80: 1,030 FDIC-insured banks (24%). Above this entry. 80–90: 1,237 FDIC-insured banks (29%). Above this entry. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). Above this entry. Bank of the Lowcountry 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more FDIC-insured banks. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

Bank of the Lowcountry's size among FDIC-insured banks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with reported assets, bucketed by total-asset scale (note the buckets are powers of 10, most banks cluster in the $100M-$1B range). Bank of the Lowcountry's $411M falls in the highlighted band.

Capital & credit buffers at Bank of the Lowcountry

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

11.79% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
11.79%
Texas Ratio
2.67%
Equity Capital
$30M

What these ratios mean →

Profitability metrics: Bank of the Lowcountry

Return on Assets (ROA)
25th percentile nationally
0.71%
Return on Equity (ROE)
11.72%
Efficiency Ratio
74.17%

What these mean →

Income & expense at Bank of the Lowcountry

$22M
Interest Income
$692K
Non-Interest Income
$11M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. Bank of the Lowcountry reports a Texas Ratio of 2.67% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

2.67% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View Bank of the Lowcountry on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in South Carolina by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in South Carolina
  1. 1
    United Community Bank $27.9B

    Greenville, SC · Grade A

  2. 2
    Southern First Bank $4.4B

    Greenville, SC · Grade B

  3. 3
    Coastal States Bank $2.3B

    Hilton Head Island, SC · Grade A

  4. 4
    Anderson Brothers Bank $2.2B

    Mullins, SC · Grade A

  5. 5
    First Community Bank $2.1B

    Lexington, SC · Grade A

Top 5 banks in South Carolina ranked by total assets · FDIC Call Report Q4 2025.

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($411M here), outside South Carolina so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Peoples Bank $411M · TN Peoples State Bank of Plainview $411M · MN Bank of Zachary $411M · LA Waypoint Bank $411M · NE

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) Bank of the Lowcountry (FDIC Cert #27496) - Tier 1 capital ratio, total assets, deposits, ROA/ROE · 2025 FDIC Call Reports filed quarterly; latest publicly-available vintage shown. Health grades are PlainBankData's interpretation of regulatory filings and are not official FDIC ratings.

Bank of the Lowcountry Call Report profile · FDIC Failed Bank List · South Carolina FAILURE history · Informational only, not financial advice; consult a licensed professional before acting. See the disclaimer and methodology.

Other banks in South Carolina

All South Carolina banks →
BankAssetsGradeROA
United Community BankGreenville $27.9B A 1.19%
Southern First BankGreenville $4.4B B 0.75%
Coastal States BankHilton Head Island $2.3B A 1.17%
Anderson Brothers BankMullins $2.2B A 1.38%
First Community BankLexington $2.1B A 1.07%
The Conway National BankConway $1.9B A 1.23%
South Atlantic BankMyrtle Beach $1.9B B 0.93%
Bank of Travelers RestTravelers Rest $1.6B A 1.44%