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US Metro Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial CA FDIC cert 58310

Designations: Community bank Minority Depository Institution

Garden Grove, CA

11 branches across CA · WA · GA · NY

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 49 in CA
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US Metro Bank has 1 strength 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

  • + Revenue Diversifier: Top 34.8% in tier

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 45.8% in tier
  • - ROA 0.35% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.51% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 1.07% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.75% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.6B
+10.3% YoY +0.8% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$4.7B
+7.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
36%
Total Loans ? $1.3B
+8.7% YoY +1.9% QoQ
-$678.5M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$3.2B
+8.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
46%
Total Deposits ? $1.4B
+10.1% YoY +0.8% QoQ
-$980.4M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$3.9B
+7.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
39%
Return on Assets ? 1.01%
+23.1% YoY +21.9% QoQ
-0.35% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.80%
+29.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
34%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.31%
+10.4% YoY +3.1% QoQ
-0.51% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.85%
+3.8% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
30%
Efficiency Ratio ? 62.13%
-6.5% YoY -5.3% QoQ
+1.07% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
68.78%
-8.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
42%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.64%
+53.6% YoY +2.7% QoQ
+0.75% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.17%
+69.3% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 13.2% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 94.39%
-1.3% YoY +1.2% QoQ
+10.18% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
85.13%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
26%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.68%
-7.2% YoY +5.4% QoQ
-3.61% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
25.15%
-3.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
39%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.56%
+75.5% YoY +3.2% QoQ
+0.89% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.91%
+65.9% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 10.5% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.80%
+10.6% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-2.36% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
21.08%
-3.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
45%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.42%
+94.2% YoY -59.7% QoQ
+0.16% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.70%
+11.6% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 7.9% in tier

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)

Revenue Diversifier

growth
#78 of 221 • Top 34.8% in tier

Top-quartile non-interest income relative to assets. Revenue less dependent on spread - more resilient to rate cycles.

Why this signature
Noninterest Income / Assets: 0.42%
(Tier: 0.26%, National: 0.32%)
better than tier avg
Return on Assets: 1.01%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
but worse than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

Liquidity Strain

risk
#154 of 334 • Bottom 45.8% in tier

Loan-to-deposit ratio above 90% - loan demand outpacing deposits. Bumping against liquidity limits, funding solutions needed.

Why this signature
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 94.39%
(Tier: 84.20%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
334 of 334 Mid-Market banks match · 1013 nationally
→ Stable -50 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

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)

71
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.42%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#71 of 884 Top 7.9% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

792
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.56%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#792 of 884 Bottom 10.5% in $1B-$10B
765
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.64%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#765 of 880 Bottom 13.2% in $1B-$10B
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