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Merchants & Marine Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial MS FDIC cert 12203

Designations: CDFI-certified

Pascagoula, MS

24 branches across MS · LA · AL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 42 in MS
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Merchants & Marine Bank has 1 strength but faces 3 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.47% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 33.6% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 1.12% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.68% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $960.8M
+31.7% YoY +2.2% QoQ
+$574.7M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+11.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 1.1% in tier
Total Loans ? $442.8M
-3.9% YoY -0.6% QoQ
+$187.0M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.5B
+13.2% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
84%
Total Deposits ? $658.5M
+6.0% YoY +4.4% QoQ
+$330.6M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+10.5% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 9.2% in tier
Return on Assets ? 0.15%
-67.2% YoY -71.4% QoQ
-1.12% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.16%
+5.3% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 5.5% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 4.40%
-22.4% YoY -11.9% QoQ
+0.47% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.97%
+6.6% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
78%
Efficiency Ratio ? 97.65%
+7.1% YoY +11.7% QoQ
+32.36% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
67.65%
-1.2% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 2.9% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 1.57%
+163.5% YoY -11.7% QoQ
+0.68% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.06%
+2.0% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
17%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 67.23%
-9.4% YoY -4.8% QoQ
-9.41% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
70.20%
+3.2% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
71%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.78%
+9.1% QoQ
-2.24% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
22.68%
-1.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
44%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.72%
+92.2% YoY -14.1% QoQ
+0.08% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.74%
+0.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
29%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.38%
-3.8% YoY -13.7% QoQ
-0.45% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
13.90%
-1.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
69%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.22%
-20.2% YoY -75.4% QoQ
-0.06% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.17%
-9.5% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 11.3% in tier

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 (1)

Efficiency Drag

risk
#140 of 414 • Bottom 33.6% in tier

Efficiency ratio above 80% - operating costs elevated relative to revenue. Margin improvement opportunity.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 97.65%
(Tier: 65.29%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
414 of 414 Community banks match · 492 nationally
→ Stable | QoQ rank declining

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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

31
Total Assets
size
Value: $960.77M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#31 of 2664 Top 1.1% in $100M-$1B
245
Total Deposits
size
Value: $658.55M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#245 of 2664 Top 9.2% in $100M-$1B
301
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.22%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#301 of 2664 Top 11.3% in $100M-$1B
432
Total Loans
size
Value: $442.76M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#432 of 2664 Top 16.2% in $100M-$1B
593
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.40%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#593 of 2664 Top 22.2% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2587
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 97.65%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2587 of 2664 Bottom 2.9% in $100M-$1B
2518
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.15%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2518 of 2664 Bottom 5.5% in $100M-$1B
2196
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.57%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2196 of 2654 Bottom 17.3% in $100M-$1B
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