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LifeStore Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Other NC FDIC cert 31217

West Jefferson, NC

4 branches across NC

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 2,643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationwide — 1 of 17 in NC.
  • Deposits +2.3% year over year ($429.7M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 1.13%.
  • Return on assets 1.14%.
  • Efficiency ratio 60.96% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 74.54% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 17 in NC
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LifeStore Bank has 1 strength but faces 3 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 3.51% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.18% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.22% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.21% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $491.3M
+3.6% YoY -2.3% QoQ
+$104.8M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$92.1B
+0.4% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
71%
Total Loans ? $320.3M
+9.0% YoY +5.0% QoQ
+$61.9M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$45.3B
+5.8% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
70%
Total Deposits ? $429.7M
+2.3% YoY -3.1% QoQ
+$103.0M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$72.9B
+1.1% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
73%
Return on Assets ? 1.14%
+14.8% YoY +6.6% QoQ
-0.18% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.06%
+26.4% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
43%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.76%
+6.7% YoY +1.9% QoQ
-0.22% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
3.48%
+5.1% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
40%
Efficiency Ratio ? 60.96%
-9.7% YoY -4.8% QoQ
-3.51% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
69.25%
-8.2% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
54%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.13%
-3.0% YoY -7.7% QoQ
+0.21% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
0.62%
+17.0% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
25%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 74.54%
+6.6% YoY +8.3% QoQ
-3.42% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
80.66%
+1.6% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
61%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 20.17%
-7.1% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-1.86% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
18.90%
+1.9% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
46%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.86%
-2.2% YoY -3.3% QoQ
+0.19% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.44%
+14.6% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
24%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 18.65%
+4.8% YoY -1.7% QoQ
+2.74% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
20.01%
+3.4% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
83%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.22%
-22.0% YoY +113.7% QoQ
-0.34% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.43%
+2.6% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
57%

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 20.2%
-1.5pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-2.0pp 22.1% 21.8% 22.2% 46%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 7.7% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 3.4%
-1.7pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-8.2pp 11.6% 10.5% 12.5% 11%
CRE 33.5%
-1.9pp YoY
+0.6pp QoQ
-6.1pp 39.5% 46.3% 41.4% 41%
1-4 Family 60.2%
+3.6pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
+27.6pp 32.6% 44.2% 31.3% 90%
Consumer 0.8%
+0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-3.3pp 4.1% 1.6% 5.0% 24%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 18.6%
+0.8pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-0.2pp 18.8% 22.8% 19.7% 73%
Leverage Ratio 11.9%
+0.6pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
-0.3pp 12.2% 14.4% 12.6% 64%
Total Capital Ratio 19.9%
+0.8pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
0.0pp 19.9% 23.8% 20.8% 73%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 74
+4 (+5.7%) YoY
0 QoQ
+15 58 5,103 482 73%
Assets per Employee ($) $6.6M
-2.0% YoY
-2.3% QoQ
-$879K $7.5M $9.4M $8.8M 45%
Branch Count 4
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-1 4 170 18 42%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 1.3%
-0.1pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
+0.4pp 0.9% 0.7% 1.0% 78%
Allowance Coverage 1.25x
-3.3% YoY
+8.0% QoQ
-22.90x 24.15x 3.36x 20.23x 34%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) -0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 9%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 10.4%
+0.8pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
-1.8pp 12.2% 8.7% 11.6% 39%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.8%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.1pp 1.7% 1.8% 1.7% 57%
Net Income ($, YTD) $2.8M
+20.6% YoY
— QoQ
+$282K $2.6M $518.0M $40.4M 67%

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 (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (1 metrics)

447
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 18.65%
Peer Median: 15.91%
#447 of 2643 Top 16.9% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

2001
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.86%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#2001 of 2643 Bottom 24.3% in $100M-$1B
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