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American Riviera Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial CA FDIC cert 58281

Designations: Community bank

Santa Barbara, CA

9 branches across CA

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 885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationwide — 1 of 49 in CA.
  • Deposits +8.9% year over year ($1.2B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.69%.
  • Return on assets 1.11%.
  • Efficiency ratio 61.26% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 92.00% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 49 in CA
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American Riviera Bank has 3 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

  • + Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 18.38% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.20% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.17% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.28% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 1.53% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.4B
+11.0% YoY +1.4% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$4.9B
+8.2% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
31%
Total Loans ? $1.1B
+13.1% YoY +4.9% QoQ
-$823.3M $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$3.3B
+8.0% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
40%
Total Deposits ? $1.2B
+8.9% YoY -2.3% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$4.0B
+7.9% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
34%
Return on Assets ? 1.11%
+29.8% YoY -8.1% QoQ
-0.28% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
1.69%
+23.4% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
38%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.07%
+7.4% YoY +0.9% QoQ
+0.20% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
3.84%
+2.9% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
72%
Efficiency Ratio ? 61.26%
-7.4% YoY -0.5% QoQ
+1.53% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
64.67%
-10.5% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
43%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.69%
-17.4% YoY -6.0% QoQ
-0.17% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
1.15%
+46.6% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
39%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 92.00%
+3.9% YoY +7.4% QoQ
+6.97% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
86.69%
+1.8% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
34%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 39.66%
-0.6% YoY +5.2% QoQ
+18.38% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
25.07%
-3.4% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
Top 4.6% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.55%
-15.8% YoY -2.7% QoQ
-0.13% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.91%
+41.3% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
40%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.40%
-7.7% YoY -2.3% QoQ
-2.44% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
20.69%
-2.9% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
40%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.16%
+15.4% YoY +87.9% QoQ
-0.37% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
1.26%
+3.5% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
20%

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 (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 39.7%
-0.2pp YoY
+2.0pp QoQ
+18.3pp 21.4% 25.5% 22.2% 95%
Brokered Deposits 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-9.5pp 9.5% 11.0% 8.5% 1%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 7.4%
-1.2pp YoY
+0.4pp QoQ
-6.6pp 14.0% 11.8% 12.5% 30%
CRE 72.4%
+2.6pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+22.4pp 50.0% 67.5% 41.4% 90%
1-4 Family 18.5%
-1.4pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-7.9pp 26.4% 16.5% 31.3% 39%
Consumer 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-4.7pp 4.7% 5.3% 5.0% 7%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 12.4%
-1.0pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-3.2pp 15.6% 23.7% 19.7% 31%
Leverage Ratio 11.3%
-0.5pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-0.1pp 11.3% 14.5% 12.6% 65%
Total Capital Ratio 13.6%
-1.1pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-3.1pp 16.7% 25.1% 20.8% 31%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 138
-5 (-3.5%) YoY
-6 (-4.2%) QoQ
-176 313 337 482 19%
Assets per Employee ($) $10.5M
+15.0% YoY
+5.8% QoQ
-$30K $10.5M $11.3M $8.8M 69%
Branch Count 9
+1 (+12.5%) YoY
0 QoQ
-11 20 15 18 25%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.2% 0.3% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.7%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.8% 1.4% 1.0% 62%
Allowance Coverage 1.74x
+17.6% YoY
+9.6% QoQ
-16.97x 18.71x 17.11x 20.23x 43%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) n/a n/a 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% n/a

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 10.9%
+2.6pp YoY
-1.0pp QoQ
-1.7pp 12.6% 8.2% 11.6% 40%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.2%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.8pp 1.9% 1.9% 1.7% 9%
Net Income ($, YTD) $7.8M
+42.1% YoY
— QoQ
-$11.4M $19.2M $28.5M $40.4M 29%

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 885 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (1 metrics)

42
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 39.66%
Peer Median: 21.27%
#42 of 885 Top 4.6% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

707
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.16%
Peer Median: 0.53%
#707 of 885 Bottom 20.2% in $1B-$10B
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