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Community Bank of Santa Maria

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial CA FDIC cert 57073

Santa Maria, CA

2 branches across CA

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 53 in CA
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Community Bank of Santa Maria has 2 strengths 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

  • + Deposit Franchise: Top 65.4% in tier
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.75% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 18.7% in tier
  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 44.9% in tier
  • - ROA 0.26% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 2.47% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $405.1M
+0.8% YoY -5.5% QoQ
+$19.0M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$4.7B
+7.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
62%
Total Loans ? $294.1M
+13.2% YoY +3.1% QoQ
+$38.4M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$3.2B
+8.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
67%
Total Deposits ? $357.1M
-1.1% YoY -7.1% QoQ
+$29.1M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$3.9B
+7.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
63%
Return on Assets ? 1.01%
+18.5% YoY -2.6% QoQ
-0.26% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.80%
+29.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
38%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.35%
+10.2% YoY +4.5% QoQ
+0.42% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.85%
+3.8% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
75%
Efficiency Ratio ? 67.75%
-3.8% YoY +3.0% QoQ
+2.47% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
68.78%
-8.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
38%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.14%
+441.0% YoY
-0.75% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.17%
+69.3% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
70%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 82.36%
+14.4% YoY +11.0% QoQ
+5.72% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
85.13%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
41%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 38.04%
+1.2% YoY -8.0% QoQ
+16.02% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
25.15%
-3.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 6.3% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.10%
+507.5% YoY
-0.54% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.91%
+65.9% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
71%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.30%
-12.2% YoY -8.8% QoQ
-2.53% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
21.08%
-3.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
50%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.07%
-3.8% YoY -79.0% QoQ
-0.21% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.70%
+11.6% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
33%

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)

Deposit Franchise

growth
#179 of 272 • Top 65.4% in tier

Top-quartile non-interest-bearing deposits AND top-quartile NIM. A premium deposit franchise translating into above-peer spread.

Why this signature
Noninterest-Bearing Deposit Share: 38.04%
(Tier: 22.02%, National: 22.01%)
better than tier avg
Net Interest Margin: 4.35%
(Tier: 3.93%, National: 3.89%)
better than tier avg
272 of 272 Community banks match · 369 nationally
→ Stable -14 banks QoQ

Concerns (2)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#245 of 1308 • Bottom 18.7% in tier

Delinquencies rising year-over-year. Credit risk is building - underwriting tools or reserves may need attention.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.14%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
1308 of 1308 Community banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ

Flatlined Growth

risk
#231 of 512 • Bottom 44.9% in tier

Asset growth stalled (-2% to +2% YoY) despite healthy profitability (>0.25% ROA). Suggests untapped opportunity or strategic drift worth investigating.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.01%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ

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 (2 metrics)

170
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 38.04%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#170 of 2664 Top 6.3% in $100M-$1B
658
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.35%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#658 of 2664 Top 24.7% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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