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Mercer County State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial PA FDIC cert 445

Sandy Lake, PA

12 branches across PA

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 55 in PA
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Mercer County State Bank faces 5 concerns requiring attention

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

No key strengths identified

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 34.2% in tier
  • - Delinquency Rate 1.38% above tier average
  • - ROA 0.20% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.12% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 1.60% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (PA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $601.7M
+2.8% YoY +0.7% QoQ
+$215.6M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$3.1B
+7.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
81%
Total Loans ? $392.4M
+2.1% YoY +1.5% QoQ
+$136.7M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$2.2B
+7.7% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
79%
Total Deposits ? $527.4M
+5.6% YoY +2.1% QoQ
+$199.4M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$2.6B
+7.1% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
82%
Return on Assets ? 1.07%
+35.1% YoY +10.6% QoQ
-0.20% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.46%
+26.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
42%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.81%
+8.0% YoY +3.0% QoQ
-0.12% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.32%
+8.7% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
47%
Efficiency Ratio ? 66.88%
-9.2% YoY -2.4% QoQ
+1.60% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
69.09%
-7.7% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
40%
Delinquency Rate ? 2.27%
+68.2% YoY +12.7% QoQ
+1.38% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.92%
+20.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 10.0% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 74.40%
-3.3% YoY -0.6% QoQ
-2.24% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
83.35%
-0.2% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
58%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 27.02%
-5.8% YoY +0.4% QoQ
+5.00% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
17.71%
-0.1% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
73%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.48%
+67.2% YoY +13.6% QoQ
+0.84% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.67%
+14.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 11.7% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.46%
+4.1% YoY +3.0% QoQ
-5.37% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
20.10%
+0.3% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
16%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.16%
+8.3% YoY -75.5% QoQ
-0.12% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.69%
+18.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
76%

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 (1)

Capital Thin

risk
#229 of 666 • Bottom 34.2% in tier

Tier 1 capital ratio in the bottom quartile of peers. Capital cushion thin relative to peers - regulator-watching cohort.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 10.46%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

483
Total Deposits
size
Value: $527.39M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#483 of 2664 Top 18.1% in $100M-$1B
514
Total Assets
size
Value: $601.73M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#514 of 2664 Top 19.3% in $100M-$1B
563
Total Loans
size
Value: $392.37M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#563 of 2664 Top 21.1% in $100M-$1B
651
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.16%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#651 of 2664 Top 24.4% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2390
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 2.27%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2390 of 2654 Bottom 10.0% in $100M-$1B
2354
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.48%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2354 of 2664 Bottom 11.7% in $100M-$1B
2246
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.46%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2246 of 2664 Bottom 15.7% in $100M-$1B
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