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Mechanics Bank

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

Walnut Creek, CA

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

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 139 banks in the $10B-$250B peer group nationwide — 1 of 10 in CA.
  • Deposits +29.5% year over year ($18.1B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.42%.
  • Return on assets 0.99%.
  • Efficiency ratio 58.78% vs a 53.67% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 74.21% vs a 82.61% peer average.

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139 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 14.93% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.40% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.21% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 5.11% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $21.2B
+28.2% YoY -0.7% QoQ
-$22.4B $43.6B
-13.8% YoY
$4.9B
+8.2% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
41%
Total Loans ? $13.4B
+46.4% YoY -2.0% QoQ
-$14.5B $28.0B
-8.6% YoY
$3.3B
+8.0% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
40%
Total Deposits ? $18.1B
+29.5% YoY -0.8% QoQ
-$17.3B $35.4B
-14.0% YoY
$4.0B
+7.9% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
45%
Return on Assets ? 0.99%
-4.7% YoY +14.5% QoQ
-0.40% 1.39%
+25.9% YoY
1.69%
+23.4% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
24%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.71%
+7.3% YoY +0.1% QoQ
-0.21% 3.92%
+8.9% YoY
3.84%
+2.9% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
55%
Efficiency Ratio ? 58.78%
-1.0% YoY -1.9% QoQ
+5.11% 53.67%
-1.9% YoY
64.67%
-10.5% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
33%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.42%
+92.1% YoY +15.7% QoQ
-0.60% 1.01%
-2.8% YoY
1.15%
+46.6% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
81%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 74.21%
+13.0% YoY -1.2% QoQ
-8.40% 82.61%
+3.1% YoY
86.69%
+1.8% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
78%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 35.51%
-9.0% YoY -0.5% QoQ
+14.93% 20.58%
+4.9% YoY
25.07%
-3.4% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
Top 3.6% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.28%
+136.0% YoY +12.4% QoQ
-0.45% 0.73%
+5.8% YoY
0.91%
+41.3% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
81%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.48%
-15.2% YoY +3.5% QoQ
+0.13% 15.35%
-0.4% YoY
20.69%
-2.9% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
81%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.20%
+11.8% YoY +115.2% QoQ
-0.29% 0.50%
+10.5% YoY
1.26%
+3.5% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
23%

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 (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 35.5%
-3.5pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
+14.5pp 21.0% 25.5% 22.2% 96%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.2% 11.0% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 3.0%
+0.3pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-14.2pp 17.2% 11.8% 12.5% 8%
CRE 55.8%
+3.2pp YoY
-0.9pp QoQ
+13.8pp 42.0% 67.5% 41.4% 75%
1-4 Family 31.7%
+5.1pp YoY
+1.3pp QoQ
+8.6pp 23.1% 16.5% 31.3% 79%
Consumer 9.7%
-8.5pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-3.1pp 12.9% 5.3% 5.0% 76%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 15.5%
-2.8pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
+0.2pp 15.3% 23.7% 19.7% 81%
Leverage Ratio 9.4%
-0.8pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-1.0pp 10.4% 14.5% 12.6% 24%
Total Capital Ratio 16.7%
-2.4pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
+0.2pp 16.5% 25.1% 20.8% 81%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 1,753
+450 (+34.5%) YoY
-133 (-7.1%) QoQ
-1,505 3,258 337 482 42%
Assets per Employee ($) $12.1M
-4.7% YoY
+6.8% QoQ
-$14.9M $27.0M $11.3M $8.8M 49%
Branch Count 169
+55 (+48.2%) YoY
0 QoQ
+31 137 15 18 71%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.4pp 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 53%
Nonaccrual 0.4%
+0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.4pp 0.7% 1.4% 1.0% 22%
Allowance Coverage 2.72x
-20.6% YoY
-14.2% QoQ
-0.09x 2.81x 17.11x 20.23x 73%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.1%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.3pp 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 39%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 7.3%
0.0pp YoY
+1.0pp QoQ
-5.3pp 12.6% 8.2% 11.6% 13%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.2%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.8pp 2.0% 1.9% 1.7% 8%
Net Income ($, YTD) $107.7M
+24.9% YoY
— QoQ
-$189.1M $296.8M $28.5M $40.4M 32%

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 35 • 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: 0.42%
(Tier: 1.01%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
35 of 35 Large banks match · 920 nationally
→ Stable +1 banks QoQ

Concerns (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

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 139 peers in $10B-$250B

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

6
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 35.51%
Peer Median: 20.58%
#6 of 139 Top 3.6% in $10B-$250B
27
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 15.48%
Peer Median: 15.35%
#27 of 139 Top 18.7% in $10B-$250B
27
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.42%
Peer Median: 1.01%
#27 of 138 Top 18.8% in $10B-$250B
28
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.28%
Peer Median: 0.73%
#28 of 139 Top 19.4% in $10B-$250B
31
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 74.21%
Peer Median: 82.61%
#31 of 139 Top 21.6% in $10B-$250B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

108
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.20%
Peer Median: 0.50%
#108 of 139 Bottom 23.0% in $10B-$250B
106
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.99%
Peer Median: 1.39%
#106 of 139 Bottom 24.5% in $10B-$250B
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