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US Banks with Highest Tier 1 Leverage Ratio in South Carolina

Ranked among banks headquartered in South Carolina. Re-ranked 1-40 within the state from the same national ranking population.

#1 Tier 1 Leverage Ratio: WOODRUFF FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION — 32.32% . The Tier 1 Leverage Ratio measures Tier 1 capital against unweighted average assets — a simpler backstop that prevents banks from gaming the risk-based capital rules.

Ranked: 40 banks with reported data Showing: Top 40 Source: FFIEC call reports (Q1 2026) What is this metric? See the US Banks with … glossary entry
# Bank HQ US Banks with … Total Assets
1 Woodruff Federal Savings and Loan Association Woodruff , SC 32.32% $101.7M
2 First Piedmont Federal Savings and Loan Association Gaffney , SC 28.76% $591.0M
3 Spratt Savings Bank Chester , SC 20.29% $150.3M
4 Cbl State Savings Bank Greer , SC 16.02% $188.4M
5 Palmetto State Bank Hampton , SC 14.26% $619.1M
6 Oconee Federal Savings and Loan Association Seneca , SC 13.49% $664.7M
7 Carolina Bank & Trust Company Lamar , SC 12.95% $830.6M
8 Commercial Bank, the Honea Path , SC 12.79% $289.6M
9 Bank of York York , SC 12.59% $308.9M
10 Peoples Bank the Iva , SC 12.57% $443.8M
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11 Optus Bank Columbia , SC 12.46% $785.2M
12 Farmers and Merchants Bank of South Carolina Holly Hill , SC 12.31% $476.2M
13 First National Bank of South Carolina Holly Hill , SC 12.25% $310.4M
14 Bank of South Carolina, the Charleston , SC 11.85% $561.7M
15 Bank of Clarendon, the Manning , SC 11.32% $455.6M
16 Coastal States Bank Hilton Head Island , SC 11.21% $2.35B
17 Bank of Greeleyville Greeleyville , SC 10.91% $157.7M
18 Pickens Savings and Loan Association, Federal Association Pickens , SC 10.81% $136.0M
19 Security Federal Bank Aiken , SC 10.54% $1.56B
20 First Reliance Bank Florence , SC 10.53% $1.12B
21 Abbeville First Bank, Ssb Abbeville , SC 10.24% $137.6M
22 Bank of Travelers Rest Travelers Rest , SC 10.23% $1.60B
23 Conway National Bank, the Conway , SC 10.04% $1.94B
24 Citizens Bank, the Olanta , SC 9.71% $1.16B
25 Coastal Carolina National Bank Myrtle Beach , SC 9.53% $1.28B
26 Enterprise Bank of South Carolina Ehrhardt , SC 9.53% $522.2M
27 First Capital Bank Charleston , SC 9.51% $1.24B
28 United Community Bank Greenville , SC 9.50% $28.11B
29 1st Federal Savings Bank of Sc, INC. Walterboro , SC 9.47% $153.1M
30 First Palmetto Bank Camden , SC 9.41% $1.08B
31 Anderson Brothers Bank Mullins , SC 9.37% $2.28B
32 South Atlantic Bank Myrtle Beach , SC 9.27% $1.93B
33 Blue Ridge Bank Walhalla , SC 9.26% $195.2M
34 Southern First Bank Greenville , SC 9.16% $4.58B
35 Bank of the Lowcountry Walterboro , SC 9.10% $423.9M
36 First Community Bank Lexington , SC 9.09% $2.40B
37 Dedicated Community Bank Darlington , SC 8.94% $101.7M
38 Beacon Community Bank Mount Pleasant , SC 8.70% $971.7M
39 Countybank Greenwood , SC 8.65% $748.4M
40 Arthur State Bank Union , SC 8.27% $825.8M

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All data sourced from the most recent FFIEC call report filings, refreshed each quarter as new filings are processed. This leaderboard excludes banks with total assets under $100,000K to filter out anomalous micro-bank ratios. See /data-updates/ for the current data freshness window.

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