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Montecito Bank & Trust

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial CA FDIC cert 21956

Designations: ✓ Community bank

Santa Barbara, CA

17 branches across CA

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationwide — 1 of 49 in CA.
  • Deposits -7.7% year over year ($1.7B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.17%.
  • Return on assets 0.60%.
  • Efficiency ratio 81.23% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 79.45% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 49 in CA
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Montecito Bank & Trust 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 28.0% in tier
  • + Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 18.91% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 5.0% in tier
  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 66.7% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 0.79% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $2.0B
-5.4% YoY -0.9% QoQ
-$775.2M $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$4.9B
+8.2% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
50%
Total Loans ? $1.4B
+3.7% YoY -0.3% QoQ
-$588.8M $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$3.3B
+8.0% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
50%
Total Deposits ? $1.7B
-7.7% YoY -3.6% QoQ
-$588.9M $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$4.0B
+7.9% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
52%
Return on Assets ? 0.60%
+94.0% YoY -8.1% QoQ
-0.79% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
1.69%
+23.4% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
Bottom 9.6% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.91%
+19.2% YoY -0.4% QoQ
+0.03% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
3.84%
+2.9% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
63%
Efficiency Ratio ? 81.23%
-8.6% YoY +1.7% QoQ
+21.51% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
64.67%
-10.5% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Bottom 6.0% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.17%
-12.2% YoY +6.3% QoQ
-0.70% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
1.15%
+46.6% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
81%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 79.45%
+12.4% YoY +3.4% QoQ
-5.59% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
86.69%
+1.8% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
69%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 40.18%
+11.1% YoY +4.5% QoQ
+18.91% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
25.07%
-3.4% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
Top 4.2% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.11%
-3.7% YoY +7.0% QoQ
-0.56% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.91%
+41.3% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
83%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.29%
+9.6% YoY +1.9% QoQ
-3.56% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
20.69%
-2.9% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
22%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.37%
+15.9% YoY +106.6% QoQ
-0.16% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
1.26%
+3.5% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
66%

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 40.2%
+4.0pp YoY
+1.7pp QoQ
+18.8pp 21.4% 25.5% 22.2% 96%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.5% 11.0% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 8.9%
+1.0pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-5.1pp 14.0% 11.8% 12.5% 39%
CRE 59.4%
-2.7pp YoY
-0.5pp QoQ
+9.4pp 50.0% 67.5% 41.4% 74%
1-4 Family 27.5%
-0.3pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
+1.1pp 26.4% 16.5% 31.3% 60%
Consumer 2.0%
+0.7pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-2.7pp 4.7% 5.3% 5.0% 64%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 15.6% 23.7% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 11.3%
+1.0pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
0.0pp 11.3% 14.5% 12.6% 66%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 16.7% 25.1% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 266
+4 (+1.5%) YoY
+1 (+0.4%) QoQ
-48 313 337 482 58%
Assets per Employee ($) $7.6M
-6.8% YoY
-1.3% QoQ
-$2.9M $10.5M $11.3M $8.8M 33%
Branch Count 17
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-3 20 15 18 57%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.2% 0.3% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.2%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.7pp 0.8% 1.4% 1.0% 18%
Allowance Coverage 5.80x
+4.3% YoY
-6.5% QoQ
-12.91x 18.71x 17.11x 20.23x 81%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 40%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 6.6%
+2.6pp YoY
-0.7pp QoQ
-6.0pp 12.6% 8.2% 11.6% 14%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 0.7%
-0.4pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-1.2pp 1.9% 1.9% 1.7% 2%
Net Income ($, YTD) $6.1M
+85.6% YoY
— QoQ
-$13.1M $19.2M $28.5M $40.4M 17%

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
#63 of 221 • Top 28.0% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.17%
(Tier: 0.87%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 920 nationally
→ Stable +1 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (2)

Capital Thin

risk
#12 of 222 • Bottom 5.0% 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: 11.29%
(Tier: 14.84%, National: 17.09%)
worse than tier avg
222 of 222 Mid-Market banks match · 923 nationally
→ Stable | QoQ rank declining

Efficiency Drag

risk
#41 of 60 • Bottom 66.7% in tier

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

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 81.23%
(Tier: 59.73%, National: 70.05%)
worse than tier avg
60 of 60 Mid-Market banks match · 426 nationally
↓ Shrinking -64 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 885 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

38
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 40.18%
Peer Median: 21.27%
#38 of 885 Top 4.2% in $1B-$10B
151
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.11%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#151 of 885 Top 16.9% in $1B-$10B
168
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.17%
Peer Median: 0.87%
#168 of 882 Top 18.9% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

833
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 81.23%
Peer Median: 59.73%
#833 of 885 Bottom 6.0% in $1B-$10B
801
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.60%
Peer Median: 1.39%
#801 of 885 Bottom 9.6% in $1B-$10B
688
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 11.29%
Peer Median: 14.84%
#688 of 885 Bottom 22.4% in $1B-$10B
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