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Blue Ridge Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Other SC FDIC cert 17773

Walhalla, SC

6 branches across SC

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 27 in SC
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Blue Ridge Bank has 3 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

  • + Deposit Franchise: Top 21.7% in tier
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.89% below tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.64% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 15.0% in tier
  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 27.8% in tier
  • - ROA 0.80% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $195.2M
+0.9% YoY +0.7% QoQ
-$190.9M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$1.5B
+4.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
25%
Total Loans ? $131.4M
+4.0% YoY +1.8% QoQ
-$124.3M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$993.8M
+7.7% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
29%
Total Deposits ? $178.1M
+0.2% YoY +0.9% QoQ
-$149.9M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.3B
+4.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
29%
Return on Assets ? 0.47%
-18.6% YoY -25.7% QoQ
-0.80% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.18%
+45.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 12.4% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 4.78%
+1.4% YoY -0.6% QoQ
+0.85% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.64%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 11.4% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 86.44%
+5.3% YoY +6.8% QoQ
+21.15% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
67.38%
-5.7% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 9.2% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY -100.0% QoQ
-0.89% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.54%
+11.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 73.80%
+3.8% YoY +0.9% QoQ
-2.84% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
73.64%
+1.6% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
60%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 51.90%
-3.0% YoY -0.2% QoQ
+29.88% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
20.84%
-0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 1.4% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY -100.0% QoQ
-0.64% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.34%
+10.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.89%
+2.7% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-0.94% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
17.50%
+3.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
65%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.09%
+3.1% YoY -75.4% QoQ
-0.19% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.17%
+48.2% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
47%

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)

Deposit Franchise

growth
#60 of 272 • Top 21.7% in tier

Top-quartile non-interest-bearing deposits AND top-quartile NIM. A premium deposit franchise translating into above-peer spread.

Why this signature
Noninterest-Bearing Deposit Share: 51.90%
(Tier: 22.02%, National: 22.01%)
better than tier avg
Net Interest Margin: 4.78%
(Tier: 3.93%, National: 3.89%)
better than tier avg
272 of 272 Community banks match · 369 nationally
→ Stable -14 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (2)

Flatlined Growth

risk
#78 of 512 • Bottom 15.0% 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: 0.47%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ

Efficiency Drag

risk
#116 of 414 • Bottom 27.8% in tier

Efficiency ratio above 80% - operating costs elevated relative to revenue. Margin improvement opportunity.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 86.44%
(Tier: 65.29%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
414 of 414 Community banks match · 492 nationally
→ Stable | QoQ rank declining

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)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#1 of 2654 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
1
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#1 of 2664 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
37
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 51.90%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#37 of 2664 Top 1.4% in $100M-$1B
306
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.78%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#306 of 2664 Top 11.4% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2421
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 86.44%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2421 of 2664 Bottom 9.2% in $100M-$1B
2334
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.47%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2334 of 2664 Bottom 12.4% in $100M-$1B
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