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Farmers and Merchants Bank of Long Beach

$10B-$250B Specialty: Commercial CA FDIC cert 1225

Designations: Community bank

Long Beach, CA

27 branches across CA

137 banks in the $10B-$250B peer group nationally 10 in CA
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Farmers and Merchants Bank of Long Beach has 3 strengths but faces 5 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.88% below tier average
  • + Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 14.93% above tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.65% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 29.2% in tier
  • - Non-Interest Income / Assets 0.19% below tier average
  • - ROA 0.54% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.06% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 9.70% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $11.9B
+3.2% YoY +0.5% QoQ
-$35.1B $47.0B
-1.9% YoY
$4.7B
+7.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 6.6% in tier
Total Loans ? $6.2B
-1.2% YoY +4.3% QoQ
-$23.1B $29.4B
-0.4% YoY
$3.2B
+8.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 4.4% in tier
Total Deposits ? $8.9B
+2.8% YoY -0.1% QoQ
-$29.5B $38.4B
-1.6% YoY
$3.9B
+7.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 5.1% in tier
Return on Assets ? 0.74%
+27.5% YoY +25.6% QoQ
-0.54% 1.28%
+18.7% YoY
1.80%
+29.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 13.9% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 2.71%
+18.7% YoY +10.9% QoQ
-1.06% 3.77%
+5.8% YoY
3.85%
+3.8% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
17%
Efficiency Ratio ? 63.70%
-8.8% YoY -6.9% QoQ
+9.70% 54.01%
-3.7% YoY
68.78%
-8.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
23%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.14%
-82.7% YoY +6.7% QoQ
-0.88% 1.02%
-3.8% YoY
1.17%
+69.3% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 6.6% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 69.85%
-3.9% YoY +4.5% QoQ
-10.93% 80.79%
+1.9% YoY
85.13%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
81%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 34.97%
+2.0% YoY +1.1% QoQ
+14.93% 20.04%
+0.2% YoY
25.15%
-3.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 4.4% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.07%
-83.5% YoY +10.8% QoQ
-0.65% 0.72%
+4.2% YoY
0.91%
+65.9% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 8.0% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 20.69%
+15.5% YoY -3.3% QoQ
+5.17% 15.51%
-0.4% YoY
21.08%
-3.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 8.0% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.03%
-5.0% YoY -76.2% QoQ
-0.19% 0.22%
+0.3% YoY
0.70%
+11.6% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Bottom 8.8% 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)

Liquidity Overhang

risk
#8 of 24 • Bottom 29.2% in tier

Exceptional capital position (Tier 1 >= 16%, top quartile). Strong fundamentals - opportunity to deploy capital more productively.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 20.69%
(Tier: 15.51%, National: 17.06%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 69.85%
(Tier: 80.79%, National: 76.70%)
better than tier avg
24 of 24 Large banks match · 939 nationally
→ Stable +13 banks QoQ

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 137 peers in $10B-$250B

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

7
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 34.97%
Peer Median: 20.04%
#7 of 137 Top 4.4% in $10B-$250B
10
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.14%
Peer Median: 1.02%
#10 of 136 Top 6.6% in $10B-$250B
12
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.07%
Peer Median: 0.72%
#12 of 137 Top 8.0% in $10B-$250B
12
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 20.69%
Peer Median: 15.51%
#12 of 137 Top 8.0% in $10B-$250B
27
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 69.85%
Peer Median: 80.79%
#27 of 137 Top 19.0% in $10B-$250B

Top Weaknesses (7 metrics)

132
Total Loans
size
Value: $6.24B
Peer Median: $29.36B
#132 of 137 Bottom 4.4% in $10B-$250B
131
Total Deposits
size
Value: $8.94B
Peer Median: $38.42B
#131 of 137 Bottom 5.1% in $10B-$250B
129
Total Assets
size
Value: $11.86B
Peer Median: $46.96B
#129 of 137 Bottom 6.6% in $10B-$250B
126
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.22%
#126 of 137 Bottom 8.8% in $10B-$250B
119
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.74%
Peer Median: 1.28%
#119 of 137 Bottom 13.9% in $10B-$250B
115
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.71%
Peer Median: 3.77%
#115 of 137 Bottom 16.8% in $10B-$250B
107
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 63.70%
Peer Median: 54.01%
#107 of 137 Bottom 22.6% in $10B-$250B
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