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The Merchants & Planters Bank

under $100M Specialty: Agricultural AR FDIC cert 107

Designations: ✓ Community bank

Clarendon, AR

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 536 banks in the under $100M peer group nationwide — 1 of 5 in AR.
  • Deposits +1.0% year over year ($46.9M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.21%.
  • Return on assets 0.40%.
  • Efficiency ratio 79.34% vs a 119.40% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 44.18% vs a 74.21% peer average.

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536 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 40.06% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 1.27% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.59% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.61% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $51.3M
+2.4% YoY -2.2% QoQ
-$11.2M $62.4M
-0.0% YoY
$2.4B
+2.9% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
33%
Total Loans ? $20.7M
+6.9% YoY +17.0% QoQ
-$14.2M $34.9M
-0.6% YoY
$1.7B
+5.8% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
29%
Total Deposits ? $46.9M
+1.0% YoY -3.3% QoQ
-$4.7M $51.6M
-0.2% YoY
$2.0B
+2.5% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
39%
Return on Assets ? 0.40%
-44.1% YoY -26.5% QoQ
-0.59% 1.00%
+3.5% YoY
1.32%
+8.9% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
24%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.30%
-0.9% YoY +0.5% QoQ
-0.61% 3.91%
+2.3% YoY
4.10%
+6.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
22%
Efficiency Ratio ? 79.34%
+2.2% YoY +1.7% QoQ
-40.06% 119.40%
+49.6% YoY
61.09%
-4.5% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
33%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.21%
+302.2% YoY +67.0% QoQ
-1.27% 1.48%
+31.8% YoY
1.05%
+22.1% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
59%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 44.18%
+5.9% YoY +21.0% QoQ
-30.03% 74.21%
+12.6% YoY
82.37%
+1.8% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
78%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 20.78%
-1.5% YoY -2.8% QoQ
-2.71% 23.49%
+0.6% YoY
19.62%
+0.3% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
43%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.18%
+53.2% YoY +32.9% QoQ
-0.66% 0.84%
+23.0% YoY
0.84%
+30.0% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
54%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.30%
+0.4% YoY +8.1% QoQ
-15.83% 27.13%
+3.0% YoY
13.64%
+0.9% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
15%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.15%
-8.4% YoY +91.7% QoQ
-1.23% 1.38%
+6.3% YoY
0.36%
-4.6% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
57%

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 20.8%
-0.3pp YoY
-0.6pp QoQ
-3.9pp 24.6% 19.6% 22.2% 40%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.8% 7.2% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 26.2%
-11.0pp YoY
-4.5pp QoQ
+12.8pp 13.4% 12.7% 12.5% 87%
CRE n/a n/a 25.2% 41.0% 41.4% n/a
1-4 Family 0.2%
-0.5pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-34.8pp 35.0% 28.1% 31.3% 2%
Consumer 4.3%
-0.6pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-3.4pp 7.7% 4.5% 5.0% 45%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 38.7% 15.1% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 11.3%
0.0pp YoY
+0.8pp QoQ
-6.4pp 17.7% 11.9% 12.6% 32%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 39.7% 16.3% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 8
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-4 12 315 482 29%
Assets per Employee ($) $6.4M
+2.4% YoY
-2.2% QoQ
+$221K $6.2M $6.7M $8.8M 57%
Branch Count 1
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-1 1 25 18 0%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.1% -0.9pp 1.0% 0.1% 0.4% 28%
Nonaccrual 0.1%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-1.6pp 1.7% 1.1% 1.0% 12%
Allowance Coverage 3.05x
-76.4% YoY
-48.4% QoQ
-3.36x 6.41x 4.69x 20.23x 72%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 53%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 5.6%
-5.8pp YoY
-2.2pp QoQ
-0.8pp 6.4% 12.3% 11.6% 36%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.3%
+0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 1.4% 2.0% 1.7% 45%
Net Income ($, YTD) $107,000
-41.2% YoY
— QoQ
-$211K $317,817 $16.0M $40.4M 24%

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 536 peers in under $100M

Top Strengths (1 metrics)

119
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 44.18%
Peer Median: 74.21%
#119 of 536 Top 22.0% in under $100M

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

454
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 11.30%
Peer Median: 27.13%
#454 of 536 Bottom 15.5% in under $100M
420
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.30%
Peer Median: 3.91%
#420 of 536 Bottom 21.8% in under $100M
410
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.40%
Peer Median: 1.00%
#410 of 536 Bottom 23.7% in under $100M
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