VERSAILLES — Versailles Savings & Loan Co., 10413 Kley Road, has earned BauerFinancial Inc. highest rating for strength and stability.

Achievement of this five-star, superior rating puts the company in a category as one of the strongest banks in the country.

BauerFinancial has been evaluating and rating banks since 1983. Earning a five-star, superior rating means Versailles Savings & Loan Co., excels in areas of capital, loan quality, profitablity andmore. By achieving this rating for the most recent 108 consecutive quarters, the company has been named a Best of Bauer bank. The designation is reseved for those banks that have maintained the five-star rating for 25 years or longer.

“Versailles Savings & Loan Co.’s achievement is a result of its commitment to community banking and values,” said Karen L. Dorway, president of BauerFinancial. “By focusing on the financial needs of local families and businesses, Versailles Savings & Loan Co. has, in turn, charted its own path. It is a symbiotic relationsip: the more success customers have, the more success the bank will have. It is built on a commitment to each other and is what all banks should strive for.”