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Monterey County Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial CA FDIC cert 22460

Designations: Minority Depository Institution

Monterey, CA

4 branches across CA

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 53 in CA
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Monterey County 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.10% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.87% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - NIB Deposit Bleed: Bottom 50.0% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 1.22% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 26.08% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $297.8M
+22.2% YoY +5.2% QoQ
-$88.3M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$4.7B
+7.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
46%
Total Loans ? $148.8M
+49.0% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-$106.9M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$3.2B
+8.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
36%
Total Deposits ? $219.2M
+16.0% YoY +5.1% QoQ
-$108.8M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$3.9B
+7.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
38%
Return on Assets ? 0.05%
+102.4% YoY +103.3% QoQ
-1.22% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.80%
+29.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 3.9% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 4.03%
+20.9% YoY +7.7% QoQ
+0.10% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.85%
+3.8% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
59%
Efficiency Ratio ? 91.37%
-38.3% YoY -27.3% QoQ
+26.08% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
68.78%
-8.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 5.6% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.01%
-99.0% YoY
-0.87% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.17%
+69.3% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 14.4% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 67.88%
+28.4% YoY -5.3% QoQ
-8.76% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
85.13%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
70%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 16.85%
-16.9% YoY -4.0% QoQ
-5.17% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
25.15%
-3.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
31%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.23%
-40.9% YoY -4.5% QoQ
+0.60% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.91%
+65.9% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
15%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.47%
-11.0% YoY -4.4% QoQ
-6.36% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
21.08%
-3.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 4.1% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.10%
+8.1% YoY -76.2% QoQ
-0.18% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.70%
+11.6% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
50%

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 (0)

No matched strength signatures this quarter

Concerns (1)

NIB Deposit Bleed

decline
#100 of 198 • Bottom 50.0% in tier

Non-interest-bearing deposit share dropped 2+ pp YoY and now below the tier median. Cheap funding leaving for higher-yield competitors.

Why this signature
Noninterest-Bearing Deposit Share: 16.85%
(Tier: 22.02%, National: 22.01%)
worse than tier avg
198 of 198 Community banks match · 238 nationally
↓ Shrinking -31 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (1 metrics)

384
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.01%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#384 of 2654 Top 14.4% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2560
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.05%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2560 of 2664 Bottom 3.9% in $100M-$1B
2555
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.47%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2555 of 2664 Bottom 4.1% in $100M-$1B
2516
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 91.37%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2516 of 2664 Bottom 5.6% in $100M-$1B
2263
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.23%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2263 of 2664 Bottom 15.1% in $100M-$1B
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