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Peoples Bank of Alabama

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial AL FDIC cert 22537

Designations: Community bank

Cullman, AL

28 branches across AL

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 15 in AL
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Peoples Bank of Alabama has 3 strengths but faces 2 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

  • + Deposit Franchise: Top 45.4% in tier
  • + ROA 0.47% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.42% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 32.9% in tier
  • - Efficiency Ratio 2.33% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.4B
+1.0% YoY +1.7% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$2.5B
+0.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
30%
Total Loans ? $908.8M
+5.3% YoY +2.2% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$1.5B
+2.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
26%
Total Deposits ? $1.3B
-0.5% YoY +2.2% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$2.1B
-0.2% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
36%
Return on Assets ? 1.84%
-0.9% YoY -7.3% QoQ
+0.47% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
0.78%
-19.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Top 14.9% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 4.53%
+1.6% YoY -1.8% QoQ
+0.72% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.99%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 11.1% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 63.39%
+3.5% YoY +5.9% QoQ
+2.33% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
72.13%
+5.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
39%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.47%
+102.8% YoY +136.2% QoQ
-0.42% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.09%
+24.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
56%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 71.00%
+5.8% YoY -0.0% QoQ
-13.21% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
67.08%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
81%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 34.09%
-2.1% YoY +0.9% QoQ
+12.80% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
23.89%
+0.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 10.5% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.33%
+133.5% YoY +116.6% QoQ
-0.35% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.71%
+24.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
60%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.58%
+5.9% YoY -1.2% QoQ
+0.42% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
16.96%
+13.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
78%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.25%
+5.1% YoY -74.6% QoQ
-0.01% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.16%
-16.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
80%

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)

Deposit Franchise

growth
#40 of 86 • Top 45.4% 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: 34.09%
(Tier: 21.29%, National: 22.01%)
better than tier avg
Net Interest Margin: 4.53%
(Tier: 3.82%, National: 3.89%)
better than tier avg
86 of 86 Mid-Market banks match · 369 nationally
→ Stable -14 banks QoQ

Concerns (1)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#139 of 420 • Bottom 32.9% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

420 of 420 Mid-Market banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 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 (6 metrics)

94
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 34.09%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#94 of 884 Top 10.5% in $1B-$10B
99
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.53%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#99 of 884 Top 11.1% in $1B-$10B
133
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.84%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#133 of 884 Top 14.9% in $1B-$10B
166
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 71.00%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#166 of 884 Top 18.7% in $1B-$10B
175
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.25%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#175 of 884 Top 19.7% in $1B-$10B
197
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 15.58%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#197 of 884 Top 22.2% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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