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Catalyst Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial LA FDIC cert 29804

Designations: CDFI-certified

Opelousas, LA

6 branches across LA

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 74 in LA
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Catalyst 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.06% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 6.9% in tier
  • - ROA 0.33% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 8.85% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.77% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $285.3M
+6.3% YoY +2.0% QoQ
-$100.8M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$784.8M
+7.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
43%
Total Loans ? $161.4M
-1.3% YoY -3.8% QoQ
-$94.3M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$523.7M
+4.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
39%
Total Deposits ? $200.6M
+10.0% YoY +5.2% QoQ
-$127.3M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$671.5M
+6.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
34%
Return on Assets ? 0.94%
+3.4% YoY +16.7% QoQ
-0.33% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.24%
+12.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
34%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.99%
+2.9% YoY +1.0% QoQ
+0.06% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.12%
+1.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
57%
Efficiency Ratio ? 74.14%
+0.2% YoY -1.6% QoQ
+8.85% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
70.37%
-1.0% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
24%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.66%
+65.0% YoY +5.4% QoQ
+0.77% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.51%
+4.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
16%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 80.43%
-10.3% YoY -8.6% QoQ
+3.79% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
75.16%
-1.5% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
46%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.94%
+30.1% YoY +7.3% QoQ
-2.08% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
24.55%
-1.4% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
45%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.95%
+48.1% YoY -0.7% QoQ
+0.31% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
1.07%
+4.2% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
21%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 44.29%
-5.7% YoY +4.3% QoQ
+28.46% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.56%
+0.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 1.1% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.12%
-40.1% YoY -76.3% QoQ
-0.16% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.11%
-17.3% 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 (0)

No matched strength signatures this quarter

Concerns (1)

Liquidity Overhang

risk
#52 of 739 • Bottom 6.9% in tier

Exceptional capital position (Tier 1 >= 16%, top quartile). Strong fundamentals - opportunity to deploy capital more productively.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 44.29%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 80.43%
(Tier: 76.64%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
739 of 739 Community banks match · 939 nationally
→ Stable +13 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)

30
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 44.29%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#30 of 2664 Top 1.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2228
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.66%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2228 of 2654 Bottom 16.1% in $100M-$1B
2111
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.95%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2111 of 2664 Bottom 20.8% in $100M-$1B
2029
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 74.14%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2029 of 2664 Bottom 23.9% in $100M-$1B
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