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Mercantile Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial MI FDIC cert 34598

Grand Rapids, MI

41 branches across MI

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 18 in MI
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Mercantile Bank has 3 strengths but faces 3 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 20.0% in tier
  • + ROA 0.15% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 4.87% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 4.5% in tier
  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 7.0% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.31% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MI) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $6.4B
+4.7% YoY +1.8% QoQ
+$3.5B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$993.6M
+8.4% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 9.4% in tier
Total Loans ? $4.6B
-0.2% YoY +0.1% QoQ
+$2.6B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$752.3M
+12.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Top 8.5% in tier
Total Deposits ? $5.0B
+7.2% YoY +2.9% QoQ
+$2.7B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$797.0M
+7.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 10.6% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.51%
+2.6% YoY -6.0% QoQ
+0.15% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.15%
+25.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
72%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.51%
-1.3% YoY -3.1% QoQ
-0.31% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.99%
+5.8% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
42%
Efficiency Ratio ? 56.19%
+9.7% YoY +10.8% QoQ
-4.87% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
66.95%
-6.2% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
61%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.15%
+26.8% YoY -1.2% QoQ
-0.74% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.77%
+21.7% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
84%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 91.02%
-6.9% YoY -2.7% QoQ
+6.81% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
78.66%
+4.9% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
35%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 24.05%
-4.0% YoY -3.1% QoQ
+2.76% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
24.69%
-2.1% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
68%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.11%
+20.9% YoY -2.8% QoQ
-0.57% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.58%
+27.6% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
85%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.78%
-1.3% YoY +0.1% QoQ
-2.38% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
20.91%
+0.5% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
45%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.17%
+21.6% YoY -73.7% QoQ
-0.08% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.19%
+5.8% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
62%

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
#45 of 220 • Top 20.0% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.15%
(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)

Liquidity Strain

risk
#16 of 334 • Bottom 4.5% 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: 91.02%
(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

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#37 of 513 • Bottom 7.0% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.15%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
513 of 513 Mid-Market banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

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)

76
Total Loans
size
Value: $4.59B
Peer Median: $1.96B
#76 of 884 Top 8.5% in $1B-$10B
84
Total Assets
size
Value: $6.36B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#84 of 884 Top 9.4% in $1B-$10B
95
Total Deposits
size
Value: $5.04B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#95 of 884 Top 10.6% in $1B-$10B
135
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.11%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#135 of 884 Top 15.2% in $1B-$10B
141
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.15%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#141 of 880 Top 15.9% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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