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LifeStore Bank

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

West Jefferson, NC

4 branches across NC

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 17 in NC
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LifeStore 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 1.26% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 9.7% in tier
  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 39.7% in tier
  • - ROA 0.20% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.24% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $503.0M
+4.8% YoY +1.1% QoQ
+$116.9M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$92.4B
+2.4% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
72%
Total Loans ? $305.2M
+4.8% YoY +0.9% QoQ
+$49.4M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$45.0B
+8.2% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
68%
Total Deposits ? $443.4M
+3.8% YoY +0.9% QoQ
+$115.4M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$72.8B
+2.6% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
74%
Return on Assets ? 1.07%
+39.7% YoY -5.6% QoQ
-0.20% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.99%
+29.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
42%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.69%
+9.0% YoY +1.9% QoQ
-0.24% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.42%
+5.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
40%
Efficiency Ratio ? 64.03%
-10.7% YoY -2.2% QoQ
-1.26% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
69.88%
-8.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
48%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.22%
+0.0% YoY -4.6% QoQ
+0.33% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.64%
+21.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
24%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 68.82%
+1.0% YoY -0.0% QoQ
-7.81% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
79.67%
+1.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
69%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.84%
-5.5% YoY -4.1% QoQ
-2.18% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
18.50%
+0.3% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
44%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.89%
-1.1% YoY -4.2% QoQ
+0.25% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.45%
+20.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
23%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 18.97%
+10.5% YoY +1.6% QoQ
+3.14% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
20.13%
+3.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
84%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.10%
-8.2% YoY -79.7% QoQ
-0.18% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.21%
+7.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
55%

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)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#95 of 973 • Bottom 9.7% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

973 of 973 Community banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#520 of 1308 • Bottom 39.7% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 1.22%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
worse than tier avg
1308 of 1308 Community banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

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)

420
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 18.97%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#420 of 2664 Top 15.7% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2061
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.89%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2061 of 2664 Bottom 22.7% in $100M-$1B
2024
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.22%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2024 of 2654 Bottom 23.8% in $100M-$1B
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