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Fremont Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial CA FDIC cert 19222

Designations: Community bank

Fremont, CA

23 branches across CA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 49 in CA
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Fremont 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

  • + Deposit Franchise: Top 72.1% in tier
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.54% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 16.3% in tier
  • - ROA 0.19% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 11.11% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $5.9B
+1.2% YoY +0.1% QoQ
+$3.1B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$4.7B
+7.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 10.6% in tier
Total Loans ? $4.6B
+1.0% YoY -1.1% QoQ
+$2.7B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$3.2B
+8.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Top 8.3% in tier
Total Deposits ? $5.3B
+1.0% YoY +0.2% QoQ
+$2.9B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$3.9B
+7.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 9.5% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.17%
+12.8% YoY +2.2% QoQ
-0.19% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.80%
+29.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
46%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.10%
+1.1% YoY -1.5% QoQ
+0.28% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.85%
+3.8% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
76%
Efficiency Ratio ? 72.17%
-2.4% YoY -0.5% QoQ
+11.11% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
68.78%
-8.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
20%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.34%
-50.5% YoY -20.9% QoQ
-0.54% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.17%
+69.3% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
66%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 87.95%
-0.0% YoY -1.3% QoQ
+3.75% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
85.13%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
44%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 34.63%
+6.3% YoY +6.6% QoQ
+13.34% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
25.15%
-3.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 9.6% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.27%
-50.0% YoY -23.2% QoQ
-0.40% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.91%
+65.9% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
66%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.89%
+1.5% YoY +1.3% QoQ
-4.27% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
21.08%
-3.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
15%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.20%
+24.5% YoY -73.0% QoQ
-0.06% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.70%
+11.6% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
73%

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
#63 of 86 • Top 72.1% 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: 34.63%
(Tier: 21.29%, National: 22.01%)
better than tier avg
Net Interest Margin: 4.10%
(Tier: 3.82%, National: 3.89%)
better than tier avg
86 of 86 Mid-Market banks match · 369 nationally
→ Stable -14 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

Capital Thin

risk
#37 of 221 • Bottom 16.3% in tier

Tier 1 capital ratio in the bottom quartile of peers. Capital cushion thin relative to peers - regulator-watching cohort.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 10.89%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

74
Total Loans
size
Value: $4.63B
Peer Median: $1.96B
#74 of 884 Top 8.3% in $1B-$10B
85
Total Deposits
size
Value: $5.27B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#85 of 884 Top 9.5% in $1B-$10B
86
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 34.63%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#86 of 884 Top 9.6% in $1B-$10B
95
Total Assets
size
Value: $5.92B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#95 of 884 Top 10.6% in $1B-$10B
216
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.10%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#216 of 884 Top 24.3% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

749
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.89%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#749 of 884 Bottom 15.4% in $1B-$10B
711
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 72.17%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#711 of 884 Bottom 19.7% in $1B-$10B
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