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OPTUS Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial SC FDIC cert 35241

Designations: CDFI-certified Minority Depository Institution

Columbia, SC

2 branches across SC

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 27 in SC
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OPTUS 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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 18.81% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Net Interest Margin 0.99% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 2.81% above tier average
  • - Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 13.51% below tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 1.60% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $785.2M
+16.6% YoY +0.9% QoQ
+$399.1M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$1.5B
+4.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 8.7% in tier
Total Loans ? $462.0M
+23.0% YoY +3.2% QoQ
+$206.3M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$993.8M
+7.7% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Top 14.4% in tier
Total Deposits ? $660.8M
+12.5% YoY -2.2% QoQ
+$332.9M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.3B
+4.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 9.0% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.32%
+57.1% YoY +18.8% QoQ
+0.05% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.18%
+45.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
57%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.94%
+4.8% YoY -3.7% QoQ
-0.99% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.64%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 9.8% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 46.47%
-20.1% YoY -11.2% QoQ
-18.81% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
67.38%
-5.7% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Top 10.5% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 3.70%
+413.2% YoY -18.9% QoQ
+2.81% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.54%
+11.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 3.8% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 69.92%
+9.3% YoY +5.5% QoQ
-6.72% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
73.64%
+1.6% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
67%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 8.51%
-14.3% YoY -12.8% QoQ
-13.51% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
20.84%
-0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 8.1% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 2.24%
+327.8% YoY -16.7% QoQ
+1.60% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.34%
+10.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 5.2% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 18.68%
-3.4% YoY -0.7% QoQ
+2.85% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
17.50%
+3.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
83%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.13%
+228.8% YoY -31.5% QoQ
-0.15% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.17%
+48.2% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
68%

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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

234
Total Assets
size
Value: $785.21M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#234 of 2664 Top 8.7% in $100M-$1B
242
Total Deposits
size
Value: $660.83M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#242 of 2664 Top 9.0% in $100M-$1B
282
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 46.47%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#282 of 2664 Top 10.5% in $100M-$1B
385
Total Loans
size
Value: $462.04M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#385 of 2664 Top 14.4% in $100M-$1B
444
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 18.68%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#444 of 2664 Top 16.6% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2553
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 3.70%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2553 of 2654 Bottom 3.8% in $100M-$1B
2526
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 2.24%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2526 of 2664 Bottom 5.2% in $100M-$1B
2450
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 8.51%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2450 of 2664 Bottom 8.1% in $100M-$1B
2403
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.94%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2403 of 2664 Bottom 9.8% in $100M-$1B
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