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Golden Valley Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial CA FDIC cert 58278

Chico, CA

5 branches across CA

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 53 in CA

Golden Valley Bank has 2 strengths but faces 5 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

+ Credit Quality Leader: Top 9.2% in tier
+ Efficiency Ratio 3.41% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

- Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 5.6% in tier
- Flatlined Growth: Bottom 40.4% in tier
- Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 46.6% in tier
- ROA 0.28% below tier average
- Net Interest Margin 0.29% below tier average

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Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric	Current	vs Tier	Tier Avg	State Avg (CA)	National Avg	Tier Percentile
Total Assets ?	$577.7M +0.5% YoY -2.3% QoQ	+$191.7M	$386.1M +0.5% YoY	$4.7B +7.7% YoY	$6.2B +9.1% YoY	79%
Total Loans ?	$269.7M +12.0% YoY -0.6% QoQ	+$14.0M	$255.7M +1.1% YoY	$3.2B +8.4% YoY	$3.2B +10.8% YoY	63%
Total Deposits ?	$525.8M -0.6% YoY -3.0% QoQ	+$197.8M	$328.0M +0.1% YoY	$3.9B +7.0% YoY	$4.8B +8.2% YoY	82%
Return on Assets ?	0.99% +39.2% YoY +12.1% QoQ	-0.28%	1.27% +12.9% YoY	1.80% +29.4% YoY	1.23% +13.4% YoY	37%
Net Interest Margin ?	3.64% +17.3% YoY +7.6% QoQ	-0.29%	3.93% +6.0% YoY	3.85% +3.8% YoY	3.89% +5.7% YoY	37%
Efficiency Ratio ?	61.88% -8.9% YoY +1.4% QoQ	-3.41%	65.29% -4.5% YoY	68.78% -8.1% YoY	66.95% -4.1% YoY	54%
Delinquency Rate ?	0.03% -0.5% QoQ	-0.85%	0.89% +18.8% YoY	1.17% +69.3% YoY	0.95% +18.8% YoY	82%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ?	51.29% +12.7% YoY +2.4% QoQ	-25.35%	76.64% +0.8% YoY	85.13% +2.0% YoY	76.70% +0.9% YoY	Top 10.7% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ?	31.85% +1.8% YoY -7.0% QoQ	+9.83%	22.02% -1.0% YoY	25.15% -3.9% YoY	22.01% -1.2% YoY	Top 14.0% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ?	0.02% +1.3% QoQ	-0.62%	0.64% +19.7% YoY	0.91% +65.9% YoY	0.67% +19.3% YoY	85%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ?	15.41% -7.2% YoY +2.2% QoQ	-0.42%	15.83% +1.5% YoY	21.08% -3.4% YoY	17.06% +0.8% YoY	69%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ?	0.04% +3.1% YoY -77.7% QoQ	-0.24%	0.28% +9.3% YoY	0.70% +11.6% YoY	0.32% +4.1% YoY	17%

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12 performance metrics with tier, state, and national benchmarks

Signature behaviors (strengths & concerns)

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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)

Credit Quality Leader

growth

#62 of 664 • Top 9.2% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature

Delinquency Rate: 0.03%

(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)

better than tier avg

664 of 664 Community banks match · 922 nationally

→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (3)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk

#74 of 1308 • Bottom 5.6% in tier

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

Why this signature

Delinquency Rate: 0.03%

(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)

better than tier avg

1308 of 1308 Community banks match · 1899 nationally

→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Flatlined Growth

risk

#208 of 512 • Bottom 40.4% 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: 0.99%

(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)

worse than tier avg

512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally

→ Stable +32 banks QoQ

Credit Risk Growth

risk

#454 of 973 • Bottom 46.6% in tier

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

973 of 973 Community banks match · 1464 nationally

→ Stable -10 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).

Compare against:

Comparing against 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (6 metrics)

286

Loan-to-Deposit Ratio

liquidity

Value: 51.29%

Peer Median: 76.64%

#286 of 2664 Top 10.7% in $100M-$1B

375

Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share

funding

Value: 31.85%

Peer Median: 22.02%

#375 of 2664 Top 14.0% in $100M-$1B

412

Nonperforming Asset Ratio

credit_quality

Value: 0.02%

Peer Median: 0.64%

#412 of 2664 Top 15.4% in $100M-$1B

483

Delinquency Rate

credit_quality

Value: 0.03%

Peer Median: 0.89%

#483 of 2654 Top 18.2% in $100M-$1B

485

Total Deposits

size

Value: $525.77M

Peer Median: $327.97M

#485 of 2664 Top 18.2% in $100M-$1B

569

Total Assets

size

Value: $577.73M

Peer Median: $386.08M

#569 of 2664 Top 21.3% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

2218

Non-Interest Income / Assets

revenue_mix

Value: 0.04%

Peer Median: 0.28%

#2218 of 2664 Bottom 16.8% in $100M-$1B