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North State Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial NC FDIC cert 35519

Designations: ✓ Community bank

Raleigh, NC

7 branches across NC

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 9 in NC.
  • Deposits +6.7% year over year ($1.2B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.17%.
  • Return on assets 0.79%.
  • Efficiency ratio 82.03% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 94.20% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 9 in NC
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North State Bank has 2 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 40.3% in tier
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.13% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 8.9% in tier
  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 28.3% in tier
  • - ROA 0.60% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.5B
+5.8% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$92.1B
+0.4% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
32%
Total Loans ? $1.2B
-0.6% YoY -1.0% QoQ
-$807.6M $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$45.3B
+5.8% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
41%
Total Deposits ? $1.2B
+6.7% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$72.9B
+1.1% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
33%
Return on Assets ? 0.79%
+5.6% YoY +2.6% QoQ
-0.60% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
1.06%
+26.4% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
18%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.00%
+2.9% YoY +1.8% QoQ
+0.13% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
3.48%
+5.1% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
68%
Efficiency Ratio ? 82.03%
+2.1% YoY -0.5% QoQ
+22.31% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
69.25%
-8.2% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Bottom 5.5% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.17%
-29.9% YoY +30.8% QoQ
-0.70% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
0.62%
+17.0% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
81%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 94.20%
-6.9% YoY -1.2% QoQ
+9.17% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
80.66%
+1.6% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
28%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 32.65%
-5.7% YoY -7.0% QoQ
+11.38% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
18.90%
+1.9% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
Top 10.7% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.15%
-26.8% YoY +43.6% QoQ
-0.52% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.44%
+14.6% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
79%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.34%
+4.3% YoY +1.8% QoQ
-3.50% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
20.01%
+3.4% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
23%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.32%
+2.9% YoY +80.6% QoQ
-0.20% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
0.43%
+2.6% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
57%

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 (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 32.7%
-2.0pp YoY
-2.5pp QoQ
+11.3pp 21.4% 21.8% 22.2% 89%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.5% 7.7% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 11.4%
+0.7pp YoY
+0.4pp QoQ
-2.6pp 14.0% 10.5% 12.5% 51%
CRE 56.2%
+0.2pp YoY
-0.4pp QoQ
+6.2pp 50.0% 46.3% 41.4% 67%
1-4 Family 32.7%
-0.9pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+6.3pp 26.4% 44.2% 31.3% 71%
Consumer 0.3%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-4.5pp 4.7% 1.6% 5.0% 21%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 11.3%
+0.5pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-4.3pp 15.6% 22.8% 19.7% 14%
Leverage Ratio 8.5%
+0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-2.8pp 11.3% 14.4% 12.6% 5%
Total Capital Ratio 12.1%
+0.4pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-4.6pp 16.7% 23.8% 20.8% 9%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 196
+7 (+3.7%) YoY
0 QoQ
-118 313 5,103 482 40%
Assets per Employee ($) $7.5M
+2.1% YoY
+0.3% QoQ
-$3.0M $10.5M $9.4M $8.8M 30%
Branch Count 7
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-13 20 170 18 17%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.1% -0.1pp 0.2% 0.1% 0.4% 65%
Nonaccrual 0.1%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.7pp 0.8% 0.7% 1.0% 12%
Allowance Coverage 3.92x
+33.5% YoY
-23.1% QoQ
-14.79x 18.71x 3.36x 20.23x 72%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) -0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.3pp 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 3%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 9.3%
+0.2pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-3.3pp 12.6% 8.7% 11.6% 28%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.4%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.5pp 1.9% 1.8% 1.7% 19%
Net Income ($, YTD) $5.7M
+7.6% YoY
— QoQ
-$13.6M $19.2M $518.0M $40.4M 15%

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
#90 of 221 • Top 40.3% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.17%
(Tier: 0.87%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 920 nationally
→ Stable +1 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (2)

Liquidity Strain

risk
#33 of 361 • Bottom 8.9% 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: 94.20%
(Tier: 85.04%, National: 79.03%)
worse than tier avg
361 of 361 Mid-Market banks match · 1092 nationally
→ Stable +81 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Efficiency Drag

risk
#18 of 60 • Bottom 28.3% in tier

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

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 82.03%
(Tier: 59.73%, National: 70.05%)
worse than tier avg
60 of 60 Mid-Market banks match · 426 nationally
↓ Shrinking -64 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

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 (3 metrics)

96
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 32.65%
Peer Median: 21.27%
#96 of 885 Top 10.7% in $1B-$10B
172
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.17%
Peer Median: 0.87%
#172 of 882 Top 19.4% in $1B-$10B
191
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.15%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#191 of 885 Top 21.5% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

837
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 82.03%
Peer Median: 59.73%
#837 of 885 Bottom 5.5% in $1B-$10B
727
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.79%
Peer Median: 1.39%
#727 of 885 Bottom 18.0% in $1B-$10B
680
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 11.34%
Peer Median: 14.84%
#680 of 885 Bottom 23.3% in $1B-$10B
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