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SouthState Bank CorporationSSBCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Major Banks

Southeastern US regional bank offering consumer and commercial banking, built through a series of in-market bank mergers.

Momentum strong 61
Mkt cap
$10.1B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
99%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$86.1M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.11×
price to book
ROE
10.3%
delivered
Implied ROE
9.3%
what the price asks
Next earnings
83 days
28 Jan 2027
Close · USD$104.11
1D-0.6%
1W-1.0%
1M+3.5%
3M-4.1%
6M+8.1%
YTD+10.6%
1Y+18.3%
ATR %2.3%
Beta0.53
52w lowhigh7.2% off high

What SouthState Bank does

Southeastern US regional bank offering consumer and commercial banking, built through a series of in-market bank mergers.

Earns mostly the spread between interest on loans and what it pays on deposits, with smaller fee income from mortgages, wealth management and correspondent services provided to other banks. The 2020 merger with CenterState created its current footprint across the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida.

Products and services

  • Consumer banking
  • Commercial banking
  • Wealth management
  • Mortgage

Customers

  • Consumers
  • Small/mid businesses
  • Corporates

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Banking
  • Southeastern US regional banking

What could go right

  • Sun Belt population/business growth
  • Loan growth via acquisitions

What could go wrong

  • Commercial real estate exposure
  • Acquisition integration risk

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Growing Southeastern branch franchise built via in-market bank mergers.

Headquarters: Winter Haven, Florida, USA · Founded: 1933 · Employees: 6,190

Named competitors

SouthState Bank at a glance

Size SouthState Bank (SSB) is a United States Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $10.1B, the 772nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $104.11 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 8.1%, against +2.2% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 17.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.3%); the operating margin is 44.1% (peer median 40.7%).

Valuation It trades at 1.11× book value against a peer median of 1.17× (10th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.3%; SouthState Bank delivers 10.3%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 3.8% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 28 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026SSB 111Peer median 103
Six months, rebased to 100: SouthState Bank against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

SouthState Bank financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$3.78B$3.52B$2.45B$2.23B$1.70B
Revenue growth—+44%+10%+31%—
Net income$927M$799M$535M$494M$496M
Free cash flow$429M-$542M$183M$470M$1.46B
Capital expenditure$67.4M$70.3M$35.8M$44.9M$104M
Total debt$2.02B$1.84B$1.01B$1.09B$1.06B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

SouthState Bank competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%+20%-20%-10%0%+10%UMBF8421ZIONPUNIONBALSYDBIDBI601916JYSKFEDERALBNKCANBK3698INDIANBBOKF8354VLY6018257167INDUSINDBKCESSB6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. SouthState Bank is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%15%0.50×10×1.50×UMBF8421ZIONPUNIONBALSYDBIDBI601916JYSKFEDERALBNKCANBK3698INDIANB8354VLY601825INDUSINDBKCESSBReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. SouthState Bank is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%10%20%UMBF8421ZIONPUNIONBALSYDBIDBI601916JYSKFEDERALBNKCANBK3698INDIANBVLY601825INDUSINDBKSSBROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. SouthState Bank is the large dot.

SouthState Bank competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (SSB vs TFC vs ABCB vs RF)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
SouthState Bank SSB$10.1B+8%+18%10%1.11×9.3%
Truist Financial TFC$59.2B+1%-5%8%1.06×9.6%
Ameris Bancorp ABCB$5.49B-5%+3%9%1.33×12.1%
Regions Financial RF$24.1B+2%+1%12%1.46×13.2%
First Citizens BancShares FCNCA$25.2B+16%0%11%1.29×9.3%
United Community Banks UCB$4.43B+11%-18%4%1.26×10.9%
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida SBCF$3.24B+8%+29%7%1.25×10.9%

How SouthState Bank compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

SouthState Bank against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSSBPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+3.5%+2.3%7th highest of 21
6-month return+8.1%+2.2%6th highest of 21
Return on equity10.3%10.5%10th lowest of 21
Price / book1.11×1.17×10th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E11.1×11.4×10th cheapest of 21
ROE the price implies9.3%10.4%10th least demanding of 21
ROE delivered10.3%10.5%11th highest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
SouthState Bank SSBUnited States$10.1B+8%+18%10%1.11×9.3%10.3%
UMB Financial UMBFUnited States$10.2B+2%+17%14%1.34×11.2%13.5%
Shinkin Central Bank Pfd Subs Cert 8421.TJapan$10.3B-1%+47%3%1.02×4.4%3.0%
Zions Bancorporation NA Depositary Shs Repr 1/40th Int Ser A Flt Rt Non Cum Perp Pfd ZIONPUnited States$9.72B-16%+4%16%0.31×4.0%16.5%
Unicaja Banco UNI.MCSpain$9.53B+20%-3%10%1.34×12.2%10.1%
Old National Bancorp ONBUnited States$9.43B+3%+18%12%1.17×10.3%11.5%
AL Sydbank A/S ALSYDB.CODenmark$9.20B+37%+27%10%1.78×6.3%9.6%
IDBI Bank IDBI.NSIndia$9.04B+5%+3%12%1.18×26.1%11.8%
China Zheshang Bank 601916.SSChina$11.2B-2%-4%7%0.44×2.0%7.2%
Jyske Bank A/S JYSK.CODenmark$9.02B+25%+3%10%1.32×5.3%10.3%
Federal Bank Ltd. (India) FEDERALBNK.NSIndia$8.81B+14%+11%13%1.97×27.7%13.1%
Canara Bank CANBK.NSIndia$11.8B-10%-7%17%0.87×17.1%16.8%
Huishang Bank 3698.HKHong Kong$8.31B-8%+1%11%0.36×3.8%10.7%
Indian Bank INDIANB.NSIndia$12.9B+5%+12%16%1.40×18.5%16.1%
BOK Financial BOKFUnited States$7.87B-2%+3%11%1.33×10.6%11.2%
Fukuoka Financial 8354.TJapan$7.75B0%+22%9%1.08×7.0%8.7%
Valley National Bancorp VLYUnited States$7.75B+5%+3%9%1.03×10.6%9.4%
Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank 601825.SSChina$13.1B+1%-8%10%0.65×2.5%9.6%
Mebuki Financial 7167.TJapan$7.57B+6%+25%9%1.16×6.2%9.2%
IndusInd Bank INDUSINDBK.NSIndia$7.48B-4%-2%5%1.04×17.8%4.5%
Credito Emiliano CE.MIItaly$7.48B+26%-2%12%1.41×13.1%12.3%

Questions

Who are SouthState Bank's main competitors?
Named competitors: Truist Financial (TFC), Synovus Financial (private or unlisted), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Regions Financial (RF), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), United Community Banks (UCB). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes UMB Financial (UMBF), Shinkin Central Bank Pfd Subs Cert (8421.T), Zions Bancorporation NA Depositary Shs Repr 1/40th Int Ser A Flt Rt Non Cum Perp Pfd (ZIONP), Unicaja Banco (UNI.MC), Old National Bancorp (ONB), AL Sydbank A/S (ALSYDB.CO).
Is SouthState Bank expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.11× against a peer median of 1.17×, 10th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.3%; SouthState Bank delivers 10.3%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has SouthState Bank stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +8.1% against +2.2% for the median peer; over one year +18.3%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.