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Citizens Bank of Las Cruces

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial NM FDIC cert 20161

Designations: Community bank

Las Cruces, NM

9 branches across NM · TX

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 5 in NM
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Citizens Bank of Las Cruces shows strong momentum with 4 strengths and 10.4% YoY asset growth

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 38.4% in tier
  • + Profitability Leader: Top 43.4% in tier
  • + Efficiency Ratio 8.37% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.49% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

No key concerns identified

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NM) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.2B
+10.4% YoY +1.8% QoQ
-$1.6B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$562.1M
+2.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 14.1% in tier
Total Loans ? $836.1M
+20.3% YoY +4.8% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$311.0M
+7.5% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
18%
Total Deposits ? $1.0B
+9.3% YoY +0.7% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$489.7M
+0.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
17%
Return on Assets ? 2.24%
+5.3% YoY -0.8% QoQ
+0.87% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.89%
+10.3% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Top 6.2% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 4.74%
+6.3% YoY +5.0% QoQ
+0.92% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
4.41%
+2.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 7.9% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 52.69%
-0.8% YoY +2.0% QoQ
-8.37% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
56.82%
-1.4% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
70%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.40%
-5.9% QoQ
-0.49% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.04%
-3.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
62%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 81.03%
+10.0% YoY +4.1% QoQ
-3.17% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
57.05%
+2.9% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
64%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 33.43%
+2.4% YoY +4.9% QoQ
+12.14% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
32.96%
+0.3% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 11.2% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.29%
-3.1% QoQ
-0.39% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.58%
-1.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
64%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.08%
-13.0% YoY -2.5% QoQ
-3.08% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
21.68%
-6.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
33%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.12%
-15.2% YoY -79.6% QoQ
-0.14% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.22%
-8.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
39%

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 (2)

Deposit Franchise

growth
#34 of 86 • Top 38.4% 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: 33.43%
(Tier: 21.29%, National: 22.01%)
better than tier avg
Net Interest Margin: 4.74%
(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

Profitability Leader

growth
#97 of 221 • Top 43.4% in tier

Top-quartile profitability for peers of this size. Strong fundamentals and operational efficiency.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 2.24%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

56
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 2.24%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#56 of 884 Top 6.2% in $1B-$10B
71
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.74%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#71 of 884 Top 7.9% in $1B-$10B
100
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 33.43%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#100 of 884 Top 11.2% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

760
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.17B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#760 of 884 Bottom 14.1% in $1B-$10B
731
Total Deposits
size
Value: $1.03B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#731 of 884 Bottom 17.4% in $1B-$10B
728
Total Loans
size
Value: $836.09M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#728 of 884 Bottom 17.8% in $1B-$10B
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