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ENCORE BANK

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial AR FDIC cert 34562

Little Rock, AR

19 branches across AR · TX · CO · NC · SC · FL · MO

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 19 in AR
View $1B-$10B leaderboard (AR) →

ENCORE BANK has 1 strength 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 4.5% in tier

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 19.3% in tier
  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 64.9% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 1.06% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.27% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $3.6B
-3.1% YoY -1.0% QoQ
+$773.0M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$2.3B
+2.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
77%
Total Loans ? $2.7B
-8.4% YoY +0.5% QoQ
+$742.7M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$1.7B
+6.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
79%
Total Deposits ? $3.2B
+10.4% YoY -0.9% QoQ
+$895.0M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$1.9B
+3.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
80%
Return on Assets ? 0.31%
+137.0% YoY +59.0% QoQ
-1.06% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.34%
+14.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 5.8% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 2.55%
+27.5% YoY +13.6% QoQ
-1.27% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
4.08%
+8.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 6.3% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 87.96%
-6.8% YoY -1.3% QoQ
+26.90% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
61.77%
-4.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 3.7% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.23%
+74.1% YoY +2.9% QoQ
-0.66% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.02%
+24.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
76%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 83.61%
-17.1% YoY +1.4% QoQ
-0.60% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
80.49%
+1.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
57%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.83%
+66.8% YoY +21.5% QoQ
-1.45% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
19.62%
+0.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
52%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.18%
+63.7% YoY -10.1% QoQ
-0.49% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.79%
+32.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
76%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.70%
+11.5% YoY -1.0% QoQ
-3.46% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
13.59%
+0.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
27%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.12%
+6.7% YoY -73.3% QoQ
-0.14% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.18%
-3.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
38%

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 (1)

Credit Quality Leader

growth
#11 of 220 • Top 4.5% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.23%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
220 of 220 Mid-Market banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (2)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#100 of 513 • Bottom 19.3% in tier

Delinquencies rising year-over-year. Credit risk is building - underwriting tools or reserves may need attention.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.23%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
513 of 513 Mid-Market banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ

Efficiency Drag

risk
#49 of 74 • Bottom 64.9% in tier

Efficiency ratio above 80% - operating costs elevated relative to revenue. Margin improvement opportunity.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 87.96%
(Tier: 61.06%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
74 of 74 Mid-Market banks match · 492 nationally
→ Stable

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)

181
Total Deposits
size
Value: $3.24B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#181 of 884 Top 20.4% in $1B-$10B
183
Total Loans
size
Value: $2.71B
Peer Median: $1.96B
#183 of 884 Top 20.6% in $1B-$10B
202
Total Assets
size
Value: $3.59B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#202 of 884 Top 22.7% in $1B-$10B
214
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.23%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#214 of 880 Top 24.2% in $1B-$10B
216
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.18%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#216 of 884 Top 24.3% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

852
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 87.96%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#852 of 884 Bottom 3.7% in $1B-$10B
834
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.31%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#834 of 884 Bottom 5.8% in $1B-$10B
829
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.55%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#829 of 884 Bottom 6.3% in $1B-$10B
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