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Guardian Bank

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

Valdosta, GA

5 branches across GA

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 99 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 0.31% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 10.10% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Net Interest Margin 0.50% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.66% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $601.1M
+1.8% YoY +1.7% QoQ
+$215.1M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$814.8M
+10.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
81%
Total Loans ? $350.5M
-2.8% YoY -3.0% QoQ
+$94.8M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$550.6M
+10.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
74%
Total Deposits ? $534.6M
-0.0% YoY +1.7% QoQ
+$206.7M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$689.3M
+8.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
83%
Return on Assets ? 1.58%
+16.1% YoY +9.2% QoQ
+0.31% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.50%
+0.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
72%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.43%
+9.2% YoY +5.2% QoQ
-0.50% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.36%
+2.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
27%
Efficiency Ratio ? 55.19%
-3.1% YoY -3.9% QoQ
-10.10% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
62.13%
-1.5% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
73%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.55%
-9.1% YoY -6.8% QoQ
+0.66% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.81%
+32.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
18%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 65.57%
-2.7% YoY -4.6% QoQ
-11.07% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.10%
+2.8% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
74%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.54%
+1.8% YoY -4.5% QoQ
-4.48% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
26.76%
-3.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
34%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.01%
-17.8% YoY -8.8% QoQ
+0.38% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.56%
+24.4% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
19%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 17.30%
+8.3% YoY +56.5% QoQ
+1.47% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
17.30%
-0.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
78%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.08%
+19.8% YoY -78.7% QoQ
-0.20% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.21%
+3.2% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
36%

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 (3 metrics)

465
Total Deposits
size
Value: $534.63M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#465 of 2664 Top 17.4% in $100M-$1B
516
Total Assets
size
Value: $601.14M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#516 of 2664 Top 19.3% in $100M-$1B
586
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 17.30%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#586 of 2664 Top 22.0% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2189
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.55%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2189 of 2654 Bottom 17.6% in $100M-$1B
2154
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.01%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2154 of 2664 Bottom 19.2% in $100M-$1B
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