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Metro Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial AL FDIC cert 27510

Designations: Community bank

Pell City, AL

9 branches across AL

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 15 in AL
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Metro Bank has 1 strength but faces 4 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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 5.89% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Cost Spiral: Bottom 6.5% in tier
  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 16.7% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.46% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.78% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.2B
+5.2% YoY +1.8% QoQ
-$1.6B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$2.5B
+0.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
17%
Total Loans ? $584.3M
+5.1% YoY -0.6% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$1.5B
+2.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 4.3% in tier
Total Deposits ? $1.0B
+4.7% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$2.1B
-0.2% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
17%
Return on Assets ? 1.17%
-23.9% YoY -25.9% QoQ
-0.20% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
0.78%
-19.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
45%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.36%
-5.0% YoY -7.9% QoQ
-0.46% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.99%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
33%
Efficiency Ratio ? 55.17%
+15.3% YoY +15.7% QoQ
-5.89% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
72.13%
+5.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
64%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.67%
+142.5% YoY +19.2% QoQ
+0.78% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.09%
+24.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 12.2% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 57.09%
+0.4% YoY -2.2% QoQ
-27.11% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
67.08%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 6.0% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 27.60%
-2.1% YoY -0.2% QoQ
+6.32% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
23.89%
+0.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
79%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.89%
+135.1% YoY +14.6% QoQ
+0.22% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.71%
+24.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
24%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.43%
+3.1% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-0.73% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
16.96%
+13.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
68%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.11%
-4.1% YoY -76.0% QoQ
-0.15% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.16%
-16.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
34%

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 (2)

Cost Spiral

risk
#3 of 31 • Bottom 6.5% in tier

Historically lean operator (efficiency < 75%) now seeing 5+ point efficiency ratio increase YoY despite strong profitability. Efficiency advantage eroding.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 55.17%
(Tier: 61.06%, National: 66.95%)
better than tier avg
31 of 31 Mid-Market banks match · 176 nationally
↑ Growing +82 banks QoQ

Margin Compression

decline
#15 of 84 • Bottom 16.7% in tier

Profitability above 0.75% ROA but margins eroding by at least 0.10pp YoY. Something changed - rising costs or falling yields need addressing.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.17%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
84 of 84 Mid-Market banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 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 (2 metrics)

54
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 57.09%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#54 of 884 Top 6.0% in $1B-$10B
191
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 27.60%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#191 of 884 Top 21.5% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

847
Total Loans
size
Value: $584.35M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#847 of 884 Bottom 4.3% in $1B-$10B
774
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.67%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#774 of 880 Bottom 12.2% in $1B-$10B
737
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.20B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#737 of 884 Bottom 16.7% in $1B-$10B
736
Total Deposits
size
Value: $1.02B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#736 of 884 Bottom 16.9% in $1B-$10B
673
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.89%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#673 of 884 Bottom 24.0% in $1B-$10B
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