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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

537 banks in the under $100M peer group nationally 11 in LA

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 1.20% above tier average
+ Delinquency Rate 1.36% below tier average
+ Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.77% below tier average
+ ROA 0.18% above tier average
+ Efficiency Ratio 13.53% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

No key concerns identified

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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	-$12.7M	$62.3M -0.5% YoY	$784.8M +7.0% YoY	$6.2B +9.0% YoY	31%
Total Loans ?	$29.5M +25.7% YoY +18.4% QoQ	-$4.8M	$34.3M -1.5% YoY	$523.7M +4.0% YoY	$3.2B +10.7% YoY	45%
Total Deposits ?	$44.0M -3.3% YoY -1.4% QoQ	-$7.8M	$51.8M -0.6% YoY	$671.5M +6.9% YoY	$4.8B +8.0% YoY	35%
Return on Assets ?	1.04% +40.0% YoY +68.6% QoQ	+0.18%	0.86% -3.6% YoY	1.24% +12.4% YoY	1.24% +13.1% YoY	54%
Net Interest Margin ?	5.07% +3.9% YoY +6.8% QoQ	+1.20%	3.87% +2.7% 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	-13.53%	87.63% +2.3% YoY	70.37% -1.0% YoY	66.84% -3.8% YoY	46%
Delinquency Rate ?	0.00% -100.0% YoY	-1.36%	1.36% +33.7% 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	+2.89%	64.11% -0.9% YoY	75.16% -1.5% YoY	76.69% +0.9% YoY	49%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ?	35.14% -2.6% YoY -1.7% QoQ	+11.35%	23.79% +0.5% YoY	24.55% -1.4% YoY	22.01% -1.1% YoY	Top 14.0% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ?	0.00% -100.0% YoY	-0.77%	0.77% +28.7% YoY	1.07% +4.2% YoY	0.66% +19.3% YoY	Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ?	12.57% +4.5% YoY -3.4% QoQ	-14.20%	26.77% +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% +1.6% YoY	0.11% -17.3% YoY	0.32% +4.0% YoY	54%

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Signature behaviors (strengths & concerns)

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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).

Compare against:

Comparing against 537 peers in under $100M

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

Delinquency Rate

credit_quality

Value: 0.00%

Peer Median: 1.36%

#1 of 517 Top 0.1% in under $100M

Nonperforming Asset Ratio

credit_quality

Value: 0.00%

Peer Median: 0.77%

#1 of 537 Top 0.1% in under $100M

Net Interest Margin

profitability

Value: 5.07%

Peer Median: 3.87%

#50 of 537 Top 9.1% in under $100M

Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share

funding

Value: 35.14%

Peer Median: 23.79%

#76 of 537 Top 14.0% in under $100M

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available