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Benchmark Community Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial VA FDIC cert 20484

Designations: Community bank

Kenbridge, VA

18 branches across VA · NC

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 24 in VA
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Benchmark Community Bank has 4 strengths but faces 1 concern

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 8.2% in tier
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.87% above tier average
  • + ROA 0.16% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 0.15% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 12.5% in tier

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (VA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.4B
+9.2% YoY +2.7% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$17.9B
+25.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
29%
Total Loans ? $1.1B
+12.7% YoY +1.7% QoQ
-$822.7M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$10.6B
+27.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
40%
Total Deposits ? $1.3B
+9.5% YoY +3.1% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$14.1B
+22.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
35%
Return on Assets ? 1.52%
+3.2% YoY -1.0% QoQ
+0.16% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.15%
+53.9% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
72%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.69%
+3.2% YoY +0.5% QoQ
+0.87% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.81%
+7.1% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 8.5% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 60.91%
+2.8% YoY +0.5% QoQ
-0.15% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
65.58%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
46%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.23%
+38.7% YoY +17.4% QoQ
-0.66% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.77%
+12.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
76%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 90.33%
+2.9% YoY -1.4% QoQ
+6.12% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
79.34%
+0.5% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
37%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 25.22%
-5.9% YoY +3.8% QoQ
+3.93% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
25.27%
-0.4% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
72%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.19%
+45.2% YoY +16.0% QoQ
-0.49% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.55%
+12.2% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
74%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.50%
+0.4% YoY +1.5% QoQ
-2.66% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
16.28%
+2.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
40%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.16%
-4.6% YoY -78.5% QoQ
-0.10% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.18%
+27.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
58%

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
#19 of 220 • Top 8.2% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.23%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
220 of 220 Mid-Market banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#65 of 513 • Bottom 12.5% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.23%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
513 of 513 Mid-Market banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ

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 (2 metrics)

76
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.69%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#76 of 884 Top 8.5% in $1B-$10B
212
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.23%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#212 of 880 Top 24.0% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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