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Uwharrie Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial NC FDIC cert 24919

Designations: Community bank

Albemarle, NC

10 branches across NC

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 9 in NC
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Uwharrie Bank has 3 strengths but faces 5 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 39.5% in tier
  • + Loan-to-Deposit Ratio 23.31% below tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.64% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 2.7% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 10.0% in tier
  • - ROA 0.23% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.32% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 6.07% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.2B
+7.4% YoY +4.5% QoQ
-$1.6B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$92.4B
+2.4% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
20%
Total Loans ? $690.9M
+4.1% YoY -0.2% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$45.0B
+8.2% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 8.1% in tier
Total Deposits ? $1.1B
+6.6% YoY +4.6% QoQ
-$1.2B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$72.8B
+2.6% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
26%
Return on Assets ? 1.14%
+13.9% YoY +6.4% QoQ
-0.23% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
0.99%
+29.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
43%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.50%
+0.1% YoY -3.5% QoQ
-0.32% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.42%
+5.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
40%
Efficiency Ratio ? 67.13%
+0.6% YoY -0.1% QoQ
+6.07% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
69.88%
-8.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
29%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.06%
+47.4% YoY +10.3% QoQ
-0.83% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.64%
+21.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 8.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 60.90%
-2.3% YoY -4.6% QoQ
-23.31% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
79.67%
+1.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 8.5% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 26.38%
-0.5% YoY +6.1% QoQ
+5.09% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
18.50%
+0.3% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
75%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.03%
+2.8% YoY +5.3% QoQ
-0.64% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.45%
+20.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 6.9% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.61%
+7.5% YoY +1.8% QoQ
-0.55% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
20.13%
+3.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
69%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.20%
-0.1% YoY -77.7% QoQ
-0.05% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.21%
+7.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
73%

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
#88 of 220 • Top 39.5% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.06%
(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 (2)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#15 of 513 • Bottom 2.7% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.06%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
513 of 513 Mid-Market banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#43 of 420 • Bottom 10.0% 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 (3 metrics)

62
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#62 of 884 Top 6.9% in $1B-$10B
72
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.06%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#72 of 880 Top 8.1% in $1B-$10B
76
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 60.90%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#76 of 884 Top 8.5% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

813
Total Loans
size
Value: $690.88M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#813 of 884 Bottom 8.1% in $1B-$10B
708
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.25B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#708 of 884 Bottom 20.0% in $1B-$10B
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