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Palmetto State Bank

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

Hampton, SC

8 branches across SC

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 27 in SC
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Palmetto State Bank has 1 strength but faces 4 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 0.77% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Deposit Outflow: Bottom 7.9% in tier
  • - ROA 0.50% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.78% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 6.23% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $619.1M
-2.4% YoY -0.7% QoQ
+$233.0M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$1.5B
+4.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
82%
Total Loans ? $227.9M
+12.8% YoY +1.0% QoQ
-$27.8M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$993.8M
+7.7% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
55%
Total Deposits ? $515.1M
-2.2% YoY -0.5% QoQ
+$187.1M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.3B
+4.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
81%
Return on Assets ? 0.77%
+21.4% YoY +131.4% QoQ
-0.50% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.18%
+45.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
25%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.15%
+4.9% YoY +1.3% QoQ
-0.78% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.64%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
16%
Efficiency Ratio ? 71.52%
-6.9% YoY -22.8% QoQ
+6.23% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
67.38%
-5.7% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
29%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.12%
-48.4% YoY -4.2% QoQ
-0.77% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.54%
+11.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
72%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 44.26%
+15.3% YoY +1.5% QoQ
-32.38% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
73.64%
+1.6% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 5.9% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 25.97%
-11.9% YoY -5.2% QoQ
+3.95% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
20.84%
-0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
70%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.04%
-44.1% YoY -2.5% QoQ
-0.59% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.34%
+10.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
79%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.26%
+3.4% YoY -1.7% QoQ
-1.57% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
17.50%
+3.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
59%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.12%
+3.6% YoY -85.3% QoQ
-0.16% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.17%
+48.2% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
64%

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)

Deposit Outflow

decline
#41 of 506 • Bottom 7.9% in tier

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

506 of 506 Community banks match · 656 nationally
→ Stable -8 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

158
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 44.26%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#158 of 2664 Top 5.9% in $100M-$1B
485
Total Assets
size
Value: $619.10M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#485 of 2664 Top 18.2% in $100M-$1B
505
Total Deposits
size
Value: $515.06M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#505 of 2664 Top 18.9% in $100M-$1B
564
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.04%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#564 of 2664 Top 21.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2233
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.15%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2233 of 2664 Bottom 16.2% in $100M-$1B
2012
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.77%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2012 of 2664 Bottom 24.5% in $100M-$1B
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