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Pickens Savings and Loan Association, FA

$100M-$1B Specialty: Mortgage SC FDIC cert 31089

Pickens, SC

2 branches across SC

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 27 in SC
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Pickens Savings and Loan Association, FA has 2 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 44.0% in tier
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.64% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 40.7% in tier
  • - Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 16.66% below tier average
  • - ROA 0.55% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.84% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 6.62% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $136.0M
+5.0% YoY +1.0% QoQ
-$250.1M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$1.5B
+4.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 9.9% in tier
Total Loans ? $83.7M
+9.9% YoY +0.5% QoQ
-$172.1M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$993.8M
+7.7% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 12.8% in tier
Total Deposits ? $115.7M
+3.1% YoY +1.1% QoQ
-$212.3M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.3B
+4.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 10.6% in tier
Return on Assets ? 0.72%
+64.5% YoY +40.9% QoQ
-0.55% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.18%
+45.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
22%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.09%
+7.5% YoY +3.3% QoQ
-0.84% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.64%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 14.0% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 71.90%
-13.7% YoY -7.5% QoQ
+6.62% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
67.38%
-5.7% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
28%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00%
-100.0% QoQ
-0.89% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.54%
+11.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 72.31%
+6.6% YoY -0.6% QoQ
-4.32% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
73.64%
+1.6% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
63%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 5.36%
-0.5% YoY +0.4% QoQ
-16.66% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
20.84%
-0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 3.8% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00%
-100.0% QoQ
-0.64% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.34%
+10.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 21.47%
-1.9% YoY +0.3% QoQ
+5.64% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
17.50%
+3.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 10.8% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.05%
-17.2% YoY -77.6% QoQ
-0.23% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.17%
+48.2% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
21%

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
#293 of 664 • Top 44.0% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.00%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
664 of 664 Community banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

Liquidity Overhang

risk
#302 of 739 • Bottom 40.7% 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: 21.47%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 72.31%
(Tier: 76.64%, National: 76.70%)
better 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 (3 metrics)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#1 of 2654 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
1
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#1 of 2664 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
289
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 21.47%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#289 of 2664 Top 10.8% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (7 metrics)

2563
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 5.36%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2563 of 2664 Bottom 3.8% in $100M-$1B
2400
Total Assets
size
Value: $135.96M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2400 of 2664 Bottom 9.9% in $100M-$1B
2382
Total Deposits
size
Value: $115.69M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2382 of 2664 Bottom 10.6% in $100M-$1B
2324
Total Loans
size
Value: $83.66M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2324 of 2664 Bottom 12.8% in $100M-$1B
2293
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.09%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2293 of 2664 Bottom 14.0% in $100M-$1B
2093
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.05%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2093 of 2664 Bottom 21.5% in $100M-$1B
2090
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.72%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2090 of 2664 Bottom 21.6% in $100M-$1B
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