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The Merchants & Planters Bank

under $100M Specialty: Other AR FDIC cert 107

Designations: Community bank

Clarendon, AR

541 banks in the under $100M peer group nationally 5 in AR
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The Merchants & Planters Bank has 2 strengths but faces 2 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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 10.35% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 1.25% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.29% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.57% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $52.4M
+7.8% YoY -5.0% QoQ
-$9.7M $62.2M
-0.6% YoY
$2.3B
+2.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
34%
Total Loans ? $17.7M
-4.1% YoY +1.0% QoQ
-$16.5M $34.2M
-1.4% YoY
$1.7B
+6.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
24%
Total Deposits ? $48.5M
+7.2% YoY -5.1% QoQ
-$3.2M $51.7M
-0.7% YoY
$1.9B
+3.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
42%
Return on Assets ? 0.55%
-24.4% YoY -17.4% QoQ
-0.29% 0.84%
-2.3% YoY
1.34%
+14.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
32%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.29%
-1.3% YoY -2.7% QoQ
-0.57% 3.86%
+2.8% YoY
4.08%
+8.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
24%
Efficiency Ratio ? 78.00%
-1.4% YoY +3.6% QoQ
-10.35% 88.34%
+0.3% YoY
61.77%
-4.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
38%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.12%
+76.4% YoY -16.2% QoQ
-1.25% 1.37%
+33.8% YoY
1.02%
+24.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
63%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 36.52%
-10.5% YoY +6.5% QoQ
-27.70% 64.22%
-0.7% YoY
80.49%
+1.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 14.2% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 21.38%
+1.1% YoY -7.5% QoQ
-2.33% 23.71%
+0.3% YoY
19.62%
+0.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
44%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.13%
+6.4% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-0.65% 0.79%
+28.2% YoY
0.79%
+32.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
58%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.45%
-9.4% YoY -2.0% QoQ
-16.23% 26.68%
+2.0% YoY
13.59%
+0.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 9.6% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.08%
-17.6% YoY -74.8% QoQ
-0.59% 0.67%
+1.9% YoY
0.18%
-3.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
59%

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 (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

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 541 peers in under $100M

Top Strengths (1 metrics)

78
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 36.52%
Peer Median: 64.22%
#78 of 541 Top 14.2% in under $100M

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

490
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.45%
Peer Median: 26.68%
#490 of 541 Bottom 9.6% in under $100M
414
Total Loans
size
Value: $17.72M
Peer Median: $34.25M
#414 of 541 Bottom 23.7% in under $100M
411
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.29%
Peer Median: 3.86%
#411 of 541 Bottom 24.2% in under $100M
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