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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

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 49 in CA
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Montecito Bank & Trust has 3 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 35.9% in tier
  • + Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 17.17% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.10% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 2.7% in tier
  • - Efficiency Ratio 18.79% above tier average
  • - ROA 0.71% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $2.0B
-5.0% YoY -1.1% QoQ
-$779.3M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$4.7B
+7.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
52%
Total Loans ? $1.4B
+6.1% YoY +3.6% QoQ
-$586.7M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$3.2B
+8.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
50%
Total Deposits ? $1.8B
-2.6% YoY -1.2% QoQ
-$549.5M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$3.9B
+7.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
54%
Return on Assets ? 0.65%
+183.3% YoY +45.7% QoQ
-0.71% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.80%
+29.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 14.5% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.92%
+23.2% YoY +12.5% QoQ
+0.10% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.85%
+3.8% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
67%
Efficiency Ratio ? 79.85%
-13.1% YoY -5.8% QoQ
+18.79% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
68.78%
-8.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 8.5% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.16%
-21.5% YoY -32.0% QoQ
-0.73% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.17%
+69.3% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
83%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 76.83%
+8.9% YoY +4.9% QoQ
-7.38% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
85.13%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
73%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 38.46%
+6.4% YoY +3.4% QoQ
+17.17% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
25.15%
-3.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 5.4% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.11%
-12.4% YoY -28.8% QoQ
-0.57% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.91%
+65.9% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
85%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.07%
+8.7% YoY +3.1% QoQ
-4.09% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
21.08%
-3.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
18%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.18%
+15.3% YoY -73.9% QoQ
-0.08% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.70%
+11.6% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
64%

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
#80 of 220 • Top 35.9% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.16%
(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 declining

Concerns (1)

Capital Thin

risk
#7 of 221 • Bottom 2.7% 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: 11.07%
(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 (3 metrics)

49
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 38.46%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#49 of 884 Top 5.4% in $1B-$10B
138
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.11%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#138 of 884 Top 15.5% in $1B-$10B
150
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.16%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#150 of 880 Top 16.9% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

810
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 79.85%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#810 of 884 Bottom 8.5% in $1B-$10B
757
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.65%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#757 of 884 Bottom 14.5% in $1B-$10B
725
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 11.07%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#725 of 884 Bottom 18.1% in $1B-$10B
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