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Palmetto State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Other SC FDIC cert 17563

Hampton, SC

8 branches across SC

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 2,643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationwide — 1 of 27 in SC.
  • Deposits -1.4% year over year ($493.7M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.12%.
  • Return on assets 0.96%.
  • Efficiency ratio 66.03% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 46.53% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 27 in SC
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Palmetto State Bank has 1 strength 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 0.80% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Deposit Outflow: Bottom 10.7% in tier
  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 20.0% in tier
  • - ROA 0.36% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.75% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 1.55% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $597.5M
-1.1% YoY -3.5% QoQ
+$210.9M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$1.5B
+5.6% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
80%
Total Loans ? $229.7M
+12.2% YoY +0.8% QoQ
-$28.6M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$1.0B
+7.6% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
54%
Total Deposits ? $493.7M
-1.4% YoY -4.2% QoQ
+$166.9M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$1.3B
+2.8% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
79%
Return on Assets ? 0.96%
+21.3% YoY +24.7% QoQ
-0.36% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.14%
+28.2% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
31%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.23%
+5.3% YoY +2.6% QoQ
-0.75% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
3.68%
+4.4% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
17%
Efficiency Ratio ? 66.03%
-8.4% YoY -7.7% QoQ
+1.55% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
67.24%
-4.2% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
39%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.12%
-43.4% YoY -1.9% QoQ
-0.80% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
0.46%
-16.5% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
73%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 46.53%
+13.8% YoY +5.1% QoQ
-31.42% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
74.60%
+2.0% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Top 6.6% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 26.09%
-12.0% YoY +0.4% QoQ
+4.06% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
21.25%
-0.8% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
70%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.05%
-40.1% YoY +2.5% QoQ
-0.62% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.29%
-15.5% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
79%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.85%
+4.3% YoY +4.2% QoQ
-1.06% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
17.16%
+0.2% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
65%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.26%
+12.6% YoY +114.0% QoQ
-0.30% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.29%
+23.1% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
66%

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 (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 26.1%
-3.6pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
+3.9pp 22.1% 21.7% 22.2% 70%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 10.6% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 14.9%
-0.3pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+3.3pp 11.6% 9.8% 12.5% 75%
CRE 45.3%
+4.5pp YoY
-1.2pp QoQ
+5.7pp 39.5% 43.3% 41.4% 63%
1-4 Family 31.0%
-0.9pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-1.6pp 32.6% 44.4% 31.3% 54%
Consumer 4.7%
-0.5pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
+0.6pp 4.1% 4.5% 5.0% 76%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 18.8% 18.1% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 14.8%
+0.6pp YoY
+0.6pp QoQ
+2.7pp 12.2% 12.3% 12.6% 86%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 19.9% 19.1% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 81
-14 (-14.7%) YoY
-2 (-2.4%) QoQ
+22 58 174 482 77%
Assets per Employee ($) $7.4M
+16.0% YoY
-1.1% QoQ
-$142K $7.5M $7.8M $8.8M 59%
Branch Count 8
0 YoY
0 QoQ
+3 4 12 18 82%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.3% 0.0% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.1%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.8pp 0.9% 0.5% 1.0% 20%
Allowance Coverage 14.52x
+58.2% YoY
+1.4% QoQ
-9.63x 24.15x 15.59x 20.23x 86%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) -0.0%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 8%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 7.2%
+0.9pp YoY
+1.3pp QoQ
-5.0pp 12.2% 11.7% 11.6% 22%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 0.9%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.8pp 1.7% 1.6% 1.7% 9%
Net Income ($, YTD) $2.9M
+21.2% YoY
— QoQ
+$388K $2.6M $9.6M $40.4M 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 (2)

Deposit Outflow

decline
#58 of 535 • Bottom 10.7% in tier

Deposits down 0.5%+ YoY. Funding base eroding - rate competition or franchise weakness.

535 of 535 Community banks match · 686 nationally
→ Stable +31 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Flatlined Growth

risk
#107 of 529 • Bottom 20.0% in tier

Asset growth stalled (-2% to +2% YoY) despite healthy profitability (>0.25% ROA). Suggests untapped opportunity or strategic drift worth investigating.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 0.96%
(Tier: 1.32%, National: 1.30%)
worse than tier avg
529 of 529 Community banks match · 719 nationally
→ Stable +34 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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

176
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 46.53%
Peer Median: 77.95%
#176 of 2643 Top 6.6% in $100M-$1B
517
Total Assets
size
Value: $597.49M
Peer Median: $386.57M
#517 of 2643 Top 19.5% in $100M-$1B
550
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.05%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#550 of 2643 Top 20.8% in $100M-$1B
554
Total Deposits
size
Value: $493.66M
Peer Median: $326.73M
#554 of 2643 Top 20.9% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

2192
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.23%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#2192 of 2643 Bottom 17.1% in $100M-$1B
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