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Mechanics Bank

$10B-$250B Specialty: Commercial CA FDIC cert 1768

Walnut Creek, CA

170 branches across CA · WA · HI · OR · ID · UT

137 banks in the $10B-$250B peer group nationally 10 in CA
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Mechanics Bank has 2 strengths but faces 3 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 2.9% in tier
  • + Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 15.67% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 53.3% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.07% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 5.90% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $21.4B
+29.4% YoY -4.3% QoQ
-$25.6B $47.0B
-1.9% YoY
$4.7B
+7.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
41%
Total Loans ? $13.7B
+46.6% YoY -2.3% QoQ
-$15.7B $29.4B
-0.4% YoY
$3.2B
+8.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
39%
Total Deposits ? $18.3B
+30.5% YoY -4.1% QoQ
-$20.2B $38.4B
-1.6% YoY
$3.9B
+7.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
42%
Return on Assets ? 0.87%
-18.1% YoY -39.7% QoQ
-0.41% 1.28%
+18.7% YoY
1.80%
+29.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
20%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.71%
+7.7% YoY +7.4% QoQ
-0.07% 3.77%
+5.8% YoY
3.85%
+3.8% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
59%
Efficiency Ratio ? 59.91%
+3.9% YoY +7.4% QoQ
+5.90% 54.01%
-3.7% YoY
68.78%
-8.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
33%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.36%
+215.6% YoY +6.5% QoQ
-0.66% 1.02%
-3.8% YoY
1.17%
+69.3% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
81%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 75.08%
+12.4% YoY +1.8% QoQ
-5.71% 80.79%
+1.9% YoY
85.13%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
74%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 35.71%
-9.1% YoY +0.7% QoQ
+15.67% 20.04%
+0.2% YoY
25.15%
-3.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 2.9% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.25%
+73.6% YoY +7.6% QoQ
-0.47% 0.72%
+4.2% YoY
0.91%
+65.9% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
82%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.96%
-11.5% YoY -4.1% QoQ
-0.56% 15.51%
-0.4% YoY
21.08%
-3.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
74%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.10%
+5.0% YoY -90.2% QoQ
-0.13% 0.22%
+0.3% YoY
0.70%
+11.6% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
27%

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 (1)

Credit Quality Leader

growth
#2 of 34 • Top 2.9% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.36%
(Tier: 1.02%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
34 of 34 Large banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ

Concerns (1)

Margin Compression

decline
#9 of 15 • Bottom 53.3% 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: 0.87%
(Tier: 1.28%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
15 of 15 Large banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 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 (3 metrics)

5
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 35.71%
Peer Median: 20.04%
#5 of 137 Top 2.9% in $10B-$250B
26
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.25%
Peer Median: 0.72%
#26 of 137 Top 18.2% in $10B-$250B
27
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.36%
Peer Median: 1.02%
#27 of 136 Top 19.1% in $10B-$250B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

110
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.87%
Peer Median: 1.28%
#110 of 137 Bottom 20.4% in $10B-$250B
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