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Bank of the James

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial VA FDIC cert 35207

Designations: Community bank

Lynchburg, VA

22 branches across VA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 24 in VA
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Bank of the James has 1 strength 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 25.5% in tier

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.45% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.07% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 14.55% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (VA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.1B
+5.0% YoY +2.0% QoQ
-$1.8B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$17.9B
+25.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 5.7% in tier
Total Loans ? $652.0M
+0.8% YoY -1.9% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$10.6B
+27.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 6.6% in tier
Total Deposits ? $959.2M
+4.4% YoY +2.0% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$14.1B
+22.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 11.8% in tier
Return on Assets ? 0.91%
+292.2% YoY +17.6% QoQ
-0.45% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.15%
+53.9% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
27%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.74%
+7.3% YoY +1.7% QoQ
-0.07% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.81%
+7.1% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
56%
Efficiency Ratio ? 75.61%
-17.7% YoY -4.0% QoQ
+14.55% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
65.58%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 13.3% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.22%
-20.0% YoY -13.2% QoQ
-0.67% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.77%
+12.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
76%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 67.97%
-3.5% YoY -3.8% QoQ
-16.23% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
79.34%
+0.5% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
85%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 15.37%
-3.2% YoY +7.1% QoQ
-5.92% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
25.27%
-0.4% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
29%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.14%
-23.2% YoY -16.6% QoQ
-0.54% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.55%
+12.2% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
80%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.12%
+2.3% YoY +3.3% QoQ
-3.04% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
16.28%
+2.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
34%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.23%
+13.6% YoY -76.6% QoQ
-0.02% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.18%
+27.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
78%

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
#57 of 220 • Top 25.5% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.22%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
220 of 220 Mid-Market banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ

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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

136
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 67.97%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#136 of 884 Top 15.3% in $1B-$10B
174
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.14%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#174 of 884 Top 19.6% in $1B-$10B
195
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.23%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#195 of 884 Top 21.9% in $1B-$10B
210
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.22%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#210 of 880 Top 23.8% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

835
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.05B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#835 of 884 Bottom 5.7% in $1B-$10B
827
Total Loans
size
Value: $652.01M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#827 of 884 Bottom 6.6% in $1B-$10B
781
Total Deposits
size
Value: $959.22M
Peer Median: $2.34B
#781 of 884 Bottom 11.8% in $1B-$10B
767
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 75.61%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#767 of 884 Bottom 13.3% in $1B-$10B
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