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Merchants & Planters' Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural AR FDIC cert 16464

Designations: CDFI-certified

Newport, AR

12 branches across AR

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 50 in AR
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Merchants & Planters' Bank faces 5 concerns requiring attention

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

No key strengths identified

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 39.0% in tier
  • - Delinquency Rate 1.38% above tier average
  • - ROA 0.46% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.13% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 12.24% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $347.6M
+4.5% YoY -3.3% QoQ
-$38.5M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+2.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
54%
Total Loans ? $158.7M
-5.4% YoY -6.0% QoQ
-$97.1M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.7B
+6.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
38%
Total Deposits ? $309.9M
+4.1% YoY -3.6% QoQ
-$18.0M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+3.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
56%
Return on Assets ? 0.81%
+13.6% YoY -9.1% QoQ
-0.46% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.34%
+14.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
26%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.80%
-5.2% YoY -6.2% QoQ
-0.13% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.08%
+8.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
47%
Efficiency Ratio ? 77.53%
+1.4% YoY +4.0% QoQ
+12.24% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
61.77%
-4.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
19%
Delinquency Rate ? 2.27%
-34.9% YoY -28.8% QoQ
+1.38% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.02%
+24.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 9.9% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 51.19%
-9.2% YoY -2.5% QoQ
-25.45% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
80.49%
+1.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 10.4% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 25.04%
-6.8% YoY -8.0% QoQ
+3.02% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
19.62%
+0.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
66%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.12%
-36.1% YoY -25.0% QoQ
+0.49% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.79%
+32.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
17%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.19%
-3.5% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-5.64% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
13.59%
+0.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 11.8% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.28%
+0.3% YoY -74.0% QoQ
+0.00% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.18%
-3.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 7.6% 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)

Capital Thin

risk
#261 of 666 • Bottom 39.0% in tier

Tier 1 capital ratio in the bottom quartile of peers. Capital cushion thin relative to peers - regulator-watching cohort.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 10.19%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

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 (2 metrics)

203
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.28%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#203 of 2664 Top 7.6% in $100M-$1B
279
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 51.19%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#279 of 2664 Top 10.4% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2391
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 2.27%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2391 of 2654 Bottom 9.9% in $100M-$1B
2350
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.19%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2350 of 2664 Bottom 11.8% in $100M-$1B
2211
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.12%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2211 of 2664 Bottom 17.0% in $100M-$1B
2164
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 77.53%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2164 of 2664 Bottom 18.8% in $100M-$1B
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