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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

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationwide — 1 of 23 in VA.
  • Deposits +2.2% year over year ($938.1M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.16%.
  • Return on assets 1.01%.
  • Efficiency ratio 72.05% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 73.74% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 23 in VA
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Bank of the James has 1 strength but faces 2 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 0.71% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.39% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 12.32% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (VA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.0B
+3.4% YoY -1.8% QoQ
-$1.8B $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$17.9B
+3.0% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
Bottom 3.3% in tier
Total Loans ? $691.7M
+5.9% YoY +6.1% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$10.9B
+3.1% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Bottom 7.6% in tier
Total Deposits ? $938.1M
+2.2% YoY -2.2% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$14.1B
+3.2% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
Bottom 11.4% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.01%
+67.8% YoY +10.2% QoQ
-0.39% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
1.34%
+70.7% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
30%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.85%
+7.4% YoY +2.9% QoQ
-0.02% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
3.88%
+6.6% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
59%
Efficiency Ratio ? 72.05%
-14.9% YoY -4.7% QoQ
+12.32% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
62.24%
-10.7% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
18%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.16%
-44.2% YoY -29.1% QoQ
-0.71% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
0.72%
+0.1% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
82%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 73.74%
+3.6% YoY +8.5% QoQ
-11.30% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
80.15%
+0.8% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
79%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 14.85%
-5.9% YoY -3.4% QoQ
-6.42% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
26.19%
+3.5% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
27%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.11%
-42.8% YoY -23.4% QoQ
-0.57% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.52%
-0.4% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
84%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.80%
+3.7% YoY -2.6% QoQ
-3.04% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
16.58%
+3.9% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
29%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.52%
+7.2% YoY +125.1% QoQ
+0.00% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
0.52%
+72.6% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
82%

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (VA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 14.9%
-0.9pp YoY
-0.5pp QoQ
-6.5pp 21.4% 26.2% 22.2% 26%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.5% 8.5% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (VA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 9.7%
-0.4pp YoY
+0.8pp QoQ
-4.3pp 14.0% 11.0% 12.5% 43%
CRE 60.3%
+1.0pp YoY
-0.5pp QoQ
+10.3pp 50.0% 46.9% 41.4% 76%
1-4 Family 26.8%
-0.5pp YoY
-0.4pp QoQ
+0.4pp 26.4% 32.6% 31.3% 59%
Consumer 2.0%
-0.4pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-2.7pp 4.7% 8.0% 5.0% 64%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (VA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 11.8%
+0.4pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-3.8pp 15.6% 17.2% 19.7% 20%
Leverage Ratio 9.4%
+0.5pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-1.9pp 11.3% 12.2% 12.6% 20%
Total Capital Ratio 12.7%
+0.5pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-4.0pp 16.7% 18.3% 20.8% 16%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (VA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 163
+9 (+5.8%) YoY
0 QoQ
-151 313 1,956 482 28%
Assets per Employee ($) $6.3M
-2.4% YoY
-1.8% QoQ
-$4.1M $10.5M $9.9M $8.8M 16%
Branch Count 22
0 YoY
0 QoQ
+2 20 28 18 70%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (VA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.2%
-0.1pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.7pp 0.8% 0.7% 1.0% 17%
Allowance Coverage 6.05x
+77.0% YoY
+41.4% QoQ
-12.66x 18.71x 9.47x 20.23x 81%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.1%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 54%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (VA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 13.1%
+4.5pp YoY
+1.0pp QoQ
+0.5pp 12.6% 12.0% 11.6% 58%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.2%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.7pp 1.9% 1.7% 1.7% 11%
Net Income ($, YTD) $5.2M
+76.0% YoY
— QoQ
-$14.0M $19.2M $137.1M $40.4M 13%

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 (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 885 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

140
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.11%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#140 of 885 Top 15.7% in $1B-$10B
159
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.52%
Peer Median: 0.53%
#159 of 885 Top 17.9% in $1B-$10B
162
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.16%
Peer Median: 0.87%
#162 of 882 Top 18.3% in $1B-$10B
189
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 73.74%
Peer Median: 85.04%
#189 of 885 Top 21.2% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

857
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.03B
Peer Median: $2.79B
#857 of 885 Bottom 3.3% in $1B-$10B
819
Total Loans
size
Value: $691.74M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#819 of 885 Bottom 7.6% in $1B-$10B
785
Total Deposits
size
Value: $938.14M
Peer Median: $2.32B
#785 of 885 Bottom 11.4% in $1B-$10B
730
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 72.05%
Peer Median: 59.73%
#730 of 885 Bottom 17.6% in $1B-$10B
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