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The Merchants & Citizens Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Other GA FDIC cert 183

Mcrae, GA

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 99 in GA
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The Merchants & Citizens 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 0.60% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 29.3% in tier
  • - ROA 0.63% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.51% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 13.42% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $148.1M
+4.7% YoY +7.6% QoQ
-$238.0M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$814.8M
+10.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 13.7% in tier
Total Loans ? $52.2M
+16.3% YoY +4.6% QoQ
-$203.6M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$550.6M
+10.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 3.3% in tier
Total Deposits ? $132.0M
+3.8% YoY +8.9% QoQ
-$196.0M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$689.3M
+8.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
16%
Return on Assets ? 0.64%
+71.0% YoY +57.2% QoQ
-0.63% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.50%
+0.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
18%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.42%
+7.4% YoY +3.1% QoQ
-0.51% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.36%
+2.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
27%
Efficiency Ratio ? 78.70%
-12.2% YoY -5.6% QoQ
+13.42% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
62.13%
-1.5% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
17%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.29%
+142.1% YoY -54.2% QoQ
-0.60% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.81%
+32.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
57%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 39.51%
+12.0% YoY -3.9% QoQ
-37.13% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.10%
+2.8% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 4.3% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 31.93%
-3.4% YoY -3.4% QoQ
+9.91% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
26.76%
-3.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 13.9% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.10%
+168.9% YoY -55.4% QoQ
-0.54% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.56%
+24.4% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
70%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 22.37%
-4.8% YoY -0.9% QoQ
+6.54% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
17.30%
-0.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 9.4% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.06%
+0.2% YoY -73.8% QoQ
-0.22% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.21%
+3.2% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
24%

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)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#384 of 1308 • Bottom 29.3% in tier

Delinquencies rising year-over-year. Credit risk is building - underwriting tools or reserves may need attention.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.29%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
1308 of 1308 Community banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

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 (3 metrics)

116
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 39.51%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#116 of 2664 Top 4.3% in $100M-$1B
251
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 22.37%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#251 of 2664 Top 9.4% in $100M-$1B
372
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 31.93%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#372 of 2664 Top 13.9% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (6 metrics)

2577
Total Loans
size
Value: $52.15M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2577 of 2664 Bottom 3.3% in $100M-$1B
2300
Total Assets
size
Value: $148.12M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2300 of 2664 Bottom 13.7% in $100M-$1B
2241
Total Deposits
size
Value: $131.99M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2241 of 2664 Bottom 15.9% in $100M-$1B
2216
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 78.70%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2216 of 2664 Bottom 16.9% in $100M-$1B
2181
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.64%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2181 of 2664 Bottom 18.2% in $100M-$1B
2027
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.06%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2027 of 2664 Bottom 23.9% in $100M-$1B
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