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Guardian Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial GA FDIC cert 57127

Valdosta, GA

5 branches across GA

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 2,643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationwide — 1 of 96 in GA.
  • Deposits +2.9% year over year ($524.3M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 1.51%.
  • Return on assets 1.54%.
  • Efficiency ratio 56.50% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 68.55% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 96 in GA
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Guardian Bank has 2 strengths 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

  • + ROA 0.22% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 7.98% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Net Interest Margin 0.55% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.59% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $597.9M
+5.5% YoY -0.5% QoQ
+$211.3M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$843.5M
+13.2% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
81%
Total Loans ? $359.4M
+2.7% YoY +2.5% QoQ
+$101.1M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$581.6M
+14.3% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
75%
Total Deposits ? $524.3M
+2.9% YoY -1.9% QoQ
+$197.6M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$711.6M
+12.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
82%
Return on Assets ? 1.54%
+10.4% YoY -2.5% QoQ
+0.22% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.55%
+0.3% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
68%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.43%
+7.2% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-0.55% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
4.42%
+1.2% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
24%
Efficiency Ratio ? 56.50%
-2.4% YoY +2.4% QoQ
-7.98% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
63.07%
+1.6% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
68%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.51%
-13.9% YoY -2.2% QoQ
+0.59% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
0.77%
+14.9% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
18%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 68.55%
-0.3% YoY +4.5% QoQ
-9.40% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
78.13%
+10.7% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
72%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 16.28%
-7.6% YoY -7.2% QoQ
-5.75% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
26.00%
-3.3% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
29%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.98%
-20.9% YoY -3.1% QoQ
+0.31% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.54%
+11.1% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
21%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 17.36%
+4.7% YoY +0.4% QoQ
+1.45% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
19.50%
+7.6% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
78%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.14%
-21.6% YoY +86.1% QoQ
-0.42% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.44%
+3.6% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
31%

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 (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 16.3%
-1.3pp YoY
-1.3pp QoQ
-5.9pp 22.1% 26.2% 22.2% 28%
Brokered Deposits 0.9%
-1.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-7.0pp 7.9% 7.5% 8.5% 17%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 9.9%
-1.6pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-1.7pp 11.6% 9.7% 12.5% 52%
CRE 63.3%
-0.1pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
+23.7pp 39.5% 48.9% 41.4% 88%
1-4 Family 23.5%
+2.1pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-9.2pp 32.6% 31.7% 31.3% 38%
Consumer 1.2%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-3.0pp 4.1% 4.8% 5.0% 32%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 17.4%
+0.8pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-1.5pp 18.8% 20.9% 19.7% 66%
Leverage Ratio 11.5%
+0.5pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-0.6pp 12.2% 14.0% 12.6% 58%
Total Capital Ratio 18.6%
+0.8pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-1.3pp 19.9% 22.1% 20.8% 66%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 48
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-11 58 98 482 50%
Assets per Employee ($) $12.5M
+5.5% YoY
-0.5% QoQ
+$4.9M $7.5M $7.5M $8.8M 94%
Branch Count 5
0 YoY
0 QoQ
0 4 6 18 55%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 1.5%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.6pp 0.9% 0.8% 1.0% 82%
Allowance Coverage 1.05x
+14.1% YoY
-0.3% QoQ
-23.11x 24.15x 38.10x 20.23x 28%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 57%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 17.7%
-1.1pp YoY
-0.6pp QoQ
+5.5pp 12.2% 13.6% 11.6% 81%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.8%
-0.3pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.1pp 1.7% 1.6% 1.7% 60%
Net Income ($, YTD) $4.6M
+14.3% YoY
— QoQ
+$2.0M $2.6M $6.6M $40.4M 85%

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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

469
Total Deposits
size
Value: $524.35M
Peer Median: $326.73M
#469 of 2643 Top 17.7% in $100M-$1B
515
Total Assets
size
Value: $597.90M
Peer Median: $386.57M
#515 of 2643 Top 19.4% in $100M-$1B
576
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 17.36%
Peer Median: 15.91%
#576 of 2643 Top 21.8% in $100M-$1B
661
Total Loans
size
Value: $359.44M
Peer Median: $258.35M
#661 of 2643 Top 25.0% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2148
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.51%
Peer Median: 0.92%
#2148 of 2633 Bottom 18.5% in $100M-$1B
2097
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.98%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#2097 of 2643 Bottom 20.7% in $100M-$1B
1998
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.43%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#1998 of 2643 Bottom 24.4% in $100M-$1B
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