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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

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 536 banks in the under $100M peer group nationwide — 1 of 11 in LA.
  • Deposits +8.9% year over year ($45.0M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.55%.
  • Return on assets 1.15%.
  • Efficiency ratio 72.45% vs a 119.40% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 75.28% vs a 74.21% peer average.

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536 banks in the under $100M peer group nationally 11 in LA
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The Mer Rouge State Bank shows strong momentum with 4 strengths and 11.3% YoY asset growth

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

  • + ROA 0.15% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 1.14% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 46.95% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.93% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

No key concerns identified

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $51.8M
+11.3% YoY +4.5% QoQ
-$10.6M $62.4M
-0.0% YoY
$799.3M
+7.8% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
34%
Total Loans ? $33.9M
+35.9% YoY +14.9% QoQ
-$1.0M $34.9M
-0.6% YoY
$538.5M
+5.3% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
51%
Total Deposits ? $45.0M
+8.9% YoY +2.3% QoQ
-$6.6M $51.6M
-0.2% YoY
$677.9M
+7.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
36%
Return on Assets ? 1.15%
+104.1% YoY +10.9% QoQ
+0.15% 1.00%
+3.5% YoY
1.37%
+23.6% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
59%
Net Interest Margin ? 5.05%
+5.5% YoY -0.4% QoQ
+1.14% 3.91%
+2.3% YoY
4.15%
+0.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
Top 11.4% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 72.45%
-6.0% YoY -2.2% QoQ
-46.95% 119.40%
+49.6% YoY
69.40%
-0.9% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
47%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.55%
-61.6% YoY
-0.93% 1.48%
+31.8% YoY
1.53%
+7.9% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
48%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 75.28%
+24.8% YoY +12.4% QoQ
+1.07% 74.21%
+12.6% YoY
77.15%
-1.0% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
37%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 34.51%
+10.3% YoY -1.8% QoQ
+11.02% 23.49%
+0.6% YoY
24.65%
+0.5% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
84%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.36%
-53.1% YoY
-0.48% 0.84%
+23.0% YoY
1.11%
+4.1% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
46%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.61%
-6.1% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-14.51% 27.13%
+3.0% YoY
17.35%
+5.4% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
28%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.12%
-14.4% YoY +76.9% QoQ
-1.26% 1.38%
+6.3% YoY
0.33%
+19.6% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
47%

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 (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 34.5%
+3.2pp YoY
-0.6pp QoQ
+9.9pp 24.6% 24.6% 22.2% 83%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.8% 6.7% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 13.2%
-8.8pp YoY
-1.8pp QoQ
-0.2pp 13.4% 12.6% 12.5% 62%
CRE 39.6%
+26.6pp YoY
+5.7pp QoQ
+14.4pp 25.2% 44.9% 41.4% 84%
1-4 Family 8.8%
-3.6pp YoY
+0.6pp QoQ
-26.2pp 35.0% 34.2% 31.3% 19%
Consumer 1.8%
-1.2pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-5.9pp 7.7% 4.2% 5.0% 21%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 38.7% 22.5% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 12.6%
-0.8pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-5.1pp 17.7% 13.4% 12.6% 48%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 39.7% 23.6% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 11
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-1 12 114 482 50%
Assets per Employee ($) $4.7M
+11.3% YoY
+4.5% QoQ
-$1.5M $6.2M $6.8M $8.8M 31%
Branch Count 1
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-1 1 9 18 0%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.6%
-0.9pp YoY
-0.4pp 1.0% 0.4% 0.4% 53%
Nonaccrual n/a n/a 1.7% 1.4% 1.0% n/a
Allowance Coverage 1.73x
+97.6% YoY
-4.68x 6.41x 27.36x 20.23x 58%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) n/a n/a 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% n/a

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 10.6%
+5.0pp YoY
+1.0pp QoQ
+4.2pp 6.4% 12.5% 11.6% 66%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.2%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 1.4% 1.7% 1.7% 37%
Net Income ($, YTD) $290,000
+110.1% YoY
— QoQ
-$28K $317,817 $5.1M $40.4M 50%

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 536 peers in under $100M

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

62
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 5.05%
Peer Median: 3.91%
#62 of 536 Top 11.4% in under $100M
86
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 34.51%
Peer Median: 23.49%
#86 of 536 Top 15.9% in under $100M

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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