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The Mer Rouge State Bank

under $100M Specialty: Agricultural LA FDIC cert 314

Designations: Community bank CDFI-certified

Mer Rouge, LA

541 banks in the under $100M peer group nationally 11 in LA
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The Mer Rouge State Bank demonstrates 5 strengths

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 1.21% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 1.37% below tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.79% below tier average
  • + ROA 0.20% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 14.24% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

No key concerns identified

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $49.6M
-1.9% YoY -0.9% QoQ
-$12.6M $62.2M
-0.6% YoY
$784.8M
+7.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
31%
Total Loans ? $29.5M
+25.7% YoY +18.4% QoQ
-$4.8M $34.2M
-1.4% YoY
$523.7M
+4.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
45%
Total Deposits ? $44.0M
-3.3% YoY -1.4% QoQ
-$7.8M $51.7M
-0.7% YoY
$671.5M
+6.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
35%
Return on Assets ? 1.04%
+40.0% YoY +68.6% QoQ
+0.20% 0.84%
-2.3% YoY
1.24%
+12.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
54%
Net Interest Margin ? 5.07%
+3.9% YoY +6.8% QoQ
+1.21% 3.86%
+2.8% YoY
4.12%
+1.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 9.1% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 74.10%
+1.3% YoY -5.7% QoQ
-14.24% 88.34%
+0.3% YoY
70.37%
-1.0% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
46%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY
-1.37% 1.37%
+33.8% YoY
1.51%
+4.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 67.00%
+30.0% YoY +20.1% QoQ
+2.78% 64.22%
-0.7% YoY
75.16%
-1.5% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
49%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 35.14%
-2.6% YoY -1.7% QoQ
+11.42% 23.71%
+0.3% YoY
24.55%
-1.4% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 13.9% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY
-0.79% 0.79%
+28.2% YoY
1.07%
+4.2% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.57%
+4.5% YoY -3.4% QoQ
-14.11% 26.68%
+2.0% YoY
16.56%
+0.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
28%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.07%
-9.1% YoY -73.4% QoQ
-0.60% 0.67%
+1.9% YoY
0.11%
-17.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
54%

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 541 peers in under $100M

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#1 of 521 Top 0.1% in under $100M
1
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.79%
#1 of 541 Top 0.1% in under $100M
50
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 5.07%
Peer Median: 3.86%
#50 of 541 Top 9.1% in under $100M
76
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 35.14%
Peer Median: 23.71%
#76 of 541 Top 13.9% in under $100M

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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