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Meridian Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial PA FDIC cert 57777

Designations: Community bank

Wayne, PA

7 branches across PA · FL

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 37 in PA
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Meridian Bank has 1 strength but faces 7 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.15% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 6.3% in tier
  • - NIB Deposit Bleed: Bottom 13.9% in tier
  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 18.7% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 29.0% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 0.91% below tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 1.74% above tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 2.70% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (PA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $2.6B
+2.0% YoY +0.6% QoQ
-$240.6M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$3.1B
+7.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
62%
Total Loans ? $2.2B
+5.8% YoY +0.8% QoQ
+$234.4M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$2.2B
+7.7% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
72%
Total Deposits ? $2.2B
+2.0% YoY +0.5% QoQ
-$169.6M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$2.6B
+7.1% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
63%
Return on Assets ? 0.46%
-17.4% YoY -56.4% QoQ
-0.91% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.46%
+26.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 8.4% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.97%
+11.5% YoY +2.9% QoQ
+0.15% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.32%
+8.7% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
70%
Efficiency Ratio ? 63.76%
-2.9% YoY +1.9% QoQ
+2.70% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
69.09%
-7.7% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
38%
Delinquency Rate ? 2.67%
+6.2% YoY +5.7% QoQ
+1.78% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.92%
+20.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 6.4% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 101.18%
+3.8% YoY +0.3% QoQ
+16.97% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
83.35%
-0.2% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 11.2% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 11.37%
-25.8% YoY -1.8% QoQ
-9.92% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
17.71%
-0.1% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
15%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 2.42%
+16.6% YoY +5.5% QoQ
+1.74% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.67%
+14.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 4.5% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.58%
+3.1% YoY +0.9% QoQ
-5.58% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
20.10%
+0.3% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 2.1% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.27%
-3.5% YoY -81.7% QoQ
+0.02% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.69%
+18.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
84%

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 (4)

Capital Thin

risk
#15 of 221 • Bottom 6.3% 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: 9.58%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

NIB Deposit Bleed

decline
#6 of 36 • Bottom 13.9% in tier

Non-interest-bearing deposit share dropped 2+ pp YoY and now below the tier median. Cheap funding leaving for higher-yield competitors.

Why this signature
Noninterest-Bearing Deposit Share: 11.37%
(Tier: 21.29%, National: 22.01%)
worse than tier avg
36 of 36 Mid-Market banks match · 238 nationally
↓ Shrinking -31 banks QoQ

Flatlined Growth

risk
#29 of 150 • Bottom 18.7% 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: 0.46%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
150 of 150 Mid-Market banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#123 of 420 • Bottom 29.0% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

420 of 420 Mid-Market banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (1 metrics)

142
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.27%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#142 of 884 Top 16.0% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (6 metrics)

866
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.58%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#866 of 884 Bottom 2.1% in $1B-$10B
845
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 2.42%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#845 of 884 Bottom 4.5% in $1B-$10B
825
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 2.67%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#825 of 880 Bottom 6.4% in $1B-$10B
811
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.46%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#811 of 884 Bottom 8.4% in $1B-$10B
786
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 101.18%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#786 of 884 Bottom 11.2% in $1B-$10B
751
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 11.37%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#751 of 884 Bottom 15.2% in $1B-$10B
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