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Merchants and Planters Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial MS FDIC cert 327

Raymond, MS

6 branches across MS

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 42 in MS
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Merchants and Planters Bank has 2 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.89% below tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.23% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 1.0% in tier
  • - Deposit Outflow: Bottom 14.0% in tier
  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 19.3% in tier
  • - Cost Spiral: Bottom 95.2% in tier

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $207.2M
-1.9% YoY -7.9% QoQ
-$178.9M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+11.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
28%
Total Loans ? $96.8M
+5.5% YoY +0.8% QoQ
-$158.9M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.5B
+13.2% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
19%
Total Deposits ? $170.7M
-3.2% YoY -9.6% QoQ
-$157.3M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+10.5% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
27%
Return on Assets ? 1.01%
-43.2% YoY -15.5% QoQ
-0.26% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.16%
+5.3% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
38%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.16%
+1.6% YoY +1.3% QoQ
+0.23% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.97%
+6.6% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
66%
Efficiency Ratio ? 69.50%
+25.4% YoY +6.0% QoQ
+4.21% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
67.65%
-1.2% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
33%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY -100.0% QoQ
-0.89% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.06%
+2.0% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 56.69%
+9.0% YoY +11.5% QoQ
-19.94% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
70.20%
+3.2% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
85%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 30.40%
-6.3% YoY +30.6% QoQ
+8.38% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
22.68%
-1.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
83%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.21%
-14.5% YoY +7.6% QoQ
-0.43% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.74%
+0.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
58%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 16.61%
+1.6% YoY +4.8% QoQ
+0.78% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
13.90%
-1.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
75%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.20%
-55.6% YoY -81.3% QoQ
-0.08% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.17%
-9.5% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 14.6% 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 (4)

Margin Compression

decline
#4 of 305 • Bottom 1.0% in tier

Profitability above 0.75% ROA but margins eroding by at least 0.10pp YoY. Something changed - rising costs or falling yields need addressing.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.01%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
305 of 305 Community banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 banks QoQ

Deposit Outflow

decline
#72 of 506 • Bottom 14.0% in tier

Deposits down 0.5%+ YoY. Funding base eroding - rate competition or franchise weakness.

506 of 506 Community banks match · 656 nationally
→ Stable -8 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Flatlined Growth

risk
#100 of 512 • Bottom 19.3% in tier

Asset growth stalled (-2% to +2% YoY) despite healthy profitability (>0.25% ROA). Suggests untapped opportunity or strategic drift worth investigating.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.01%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ

Cost Spiral

risk
#121 of 126 • Bottom 95.2% in tier

Historically lean operator (efficiency < 75%) now seeing 5+ point efficiency ratio increase YoY despite strong profitability. Efficiency advantage eroding.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 69.50%
(Tier: 65.29%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
126 of 126 Community banks match · 176 nationally
↑ Growing +82 banks QoQ

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 (5 metrics)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#1 of 2654 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
389
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.20%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#389 of 2664 Top 14.6% in $100M-$1B
406
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 56.69%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#406 of 2664 Top 15.2% in $100M-$1B
459
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 30.40%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#459 of 2664 Top 17.2% in $100M-$1B
657
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 16.61%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#657 of 2664 Top 24.6% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

2165
Total Loans
size
Value: $96.77M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2165 of 2664 Bottom 18.8% in $100M-$1B
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