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Lea County State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Other NM FDIC cert 12259

Hobbs, NM

3 branches across NM

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 22 in NM
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Lea County State 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

  • + ROA 0.47% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 9.25% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 69.5% in tier
  • - Delinquency Rate 3.48% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NM) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $718.6M
+4.2% YoY +1.5% QoQ
+$332.6M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$562.1M
+2.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 11.8% in tier
Total Loans ? $221.0M
-2.5% YoY -0.7% QoQ
-$34.8M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$311.0M
+7.5% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
53%
Total Deposits ? $644.6M
+2.5% YoY +1.1% QoQ
+$316.7M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$489.7M
+0.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 9.9% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.74%
-9.5% YoY +6.7% QoQ
+0.47% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.89%
+10.3% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
79%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.95%
-0.3% YoY -0.9% QoQ
+0.02% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.41%
+2.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
54%
Efficiency Ratio ? 56.03%
+6.0% YoY +5.5% QoQ
-9.25% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
56.82%
-1.4% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
71%
Delinquency Rate ? 4.36%
+260.6% YoY +7.4% QoQ
+3.48% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.04%
-3.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 2.8% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 34.28%
-4.8% YoY -1.8% QoQ
-42.36% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
57.05%
+2.9% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 2.5% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 29.96%
+8.5% YoY -0.7% QoQ
+7.94% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
32.96%
+0.3% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
82%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.34%
+237.5% YoY +5.1% QoQ
+0.70% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.58%
-1.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 13.6% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 21.06%
+3.2% YoY +1.4% QoQ
+5.23% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
21.68%
-6.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 11.5% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.14%
+14.1% YoY -73.6% QoQ
-0.14% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.22%
-8.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
69%

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)

Margin Compression

decline
#213 of 305 • Bottom 69.5% in tier

Profitability above 0.75% ROA but margins eroding by at least 0.10pp YoY. Something changed - rising costs or falling yields need addressing.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.74%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
305 of 305 Community banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 banks QoQ | 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 (6 metrics)

68
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 34.28%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#68 of 2664 Top 2.5% in $100M-$1B
266
Total Deposits
size
Value: $644.63M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#266 of 2664 Top 9.9% in $100M-$1B
307
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 21.06%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#307 of 2664 Top 11.5% in $100M-$1B
315
Total Assets
size
Value: $718.64M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#315 of 2664 Top 11.8% in $100M-$1B
487
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 29.96%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#487 of 2664 Top 18.2% in $100M-$1B
561
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.74%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#561 of 2664 Top 21.0% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2582
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 4.36%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2582 of 2654 Bottom 2.8% in $100M-$1B
2302
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.34%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2302 of 2664 Bottom 13.6% in $100M-$1B
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