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Malaga Bank F.S.B.

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial CA FDIC cert 32282

Designations: Community bank

Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA

5 branches across CA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 49 in CA
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Malaga Bank F.S.B. has 4 strengths 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 33.30% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.89% below tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.67% below tier average
  • + ROA 0.37% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 2.3% in tier
  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 48.2% in tier
  • - Non-Interest Income / Assets 0.24% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.38% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.4B
+4.4% YoY +0.5% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$4.7B
+7.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
31%
Total Loans ? $1.2B
+0.7% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-$733.9M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$3.2B
+8.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
44%
Total Deposits ? $940.5M
-0.1% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$3.9B
+7.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 10.5% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.74%
+8.4% YoY +9.7% QoQ
+0.37% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.80%
+29.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
82%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.43%
+3.1% YoY +4.3% QoQ
-0.38% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.85%
+3.8% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
37%
Efficiency Ratio ? 27.76%
-11.7% YoY -11.6% QoQ
-33.30% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
68.78%
-8.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Top 1.1% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00% -0.89% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.17%
+69.3% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 130.88%
+0.8% YoY -0.7% QoQ
+46.68% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
85.13%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 1.1% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.34%
+7.3% YoY -4.2% QoQ
-1.94% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
25.15%
-3.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
48%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00% -0.67% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.91%
+65.9% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 27.57%
-2.1% YoY -4.7% QoQ
+12.41% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
21.08%
-3.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 3.1% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.01%
-7.0% YoY -78.5% QoQ
-0.24% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.70%
+11.6% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Bottom 1.9% in tier

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)

Liquidity Overhang

risk
#5 of 174 • Bottom 2.3% in tier

Exceptional capital position (Tier 1 >= 16%, top quartile). Strong fundamentals - opportunity to deploy capital more productively.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 27.57%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 130.88%
(Tier: 84.20%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
174 of 174 Mid-Market banks match · 939 nationally
→ Stable +13 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Liquidity Strain

risk
#162 of 334 • Bottom 48.2% in tier

Loan-to-deposit ratio above 90% - loan demand outpacing deposits. Bumping against liquidity limits, funding solutions needed.

Why this signature
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 130.88%
(Tier: 84.20%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
334 of 334 Mid-Market banks match · 1013 nationally
→ Stable -50 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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#1 of 880 Top 0.1% in $1B-$10B
1
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#1 of 884 Top 0.1% in $1B-$10B
11
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 27.76%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#11 of 884 Top 1.1% in $1B-$10B
28
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 27.57%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#28 of 884 Top 3.1% in $1B-$10B
164
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.74%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#164 of 884 Top 18.4% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

875
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 130.88%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#875 of 884 Bottom 1.1% in $1B-$10B
868
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.01%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#868 of 884 Bottom 1.9% in $1B-$10B
792
Total Deposits
size
Value: $940.52M
Peer Median: $2.34B
#792 of 884 Bottom 10.5% in $1B-$10B
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