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Peoples Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial NC FDIC cert 5956

Designations: ✓ Community bank

Newton, NC

16 branches across NC

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 9 in NC.
  • Deposits +3.5% year over year ($1.6B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.41%.
  • Return on assets 1.18%.
  • Efficiency ratio 68.93% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 80.99% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 9 in NC
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Peoples 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

  • + Revenue Diversifier: Top 37.8% in tier
  • + Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 23.42% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.46% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.21% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 9.20% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.8B
+4.2% YoY +1.8% QoQ
-$1.0B $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$92.1B
+0.4% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
45%
Total Loans ? $1.3B
+10.5% YoY +2.9% QoQ
-$692.6M $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$45.3B
+5.8% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
46%
Total Deposits ? $1.6B
+3.5% YoY +1.8% QoQ
-$749.9M $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$72.9B
+1.1% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
48%
Return on Assets ? 1.18%
-2.2% YoY +8.3% QoQ
-0.21% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
1.06%
+26.4% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
43%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.86%
+4.7% YoY +1.9% QoQ
-0.01% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
3.48%
+5.1% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
59%
Efficiency Ratio ? 68.93%
-0.9% YoY -1.3% QoQ
+9.20% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
69.25%
-8.2% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
23%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.41%
-2.4% YoY +4.2% QoQ
-0.46% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
0.62%
+17.0% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
60%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 80.99%
+6.7% YoY +1.2% QoQ
-4.05% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
80.66%
+1.6% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
65%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 44.69%
+58.4% YoY +17.6% QoQ
+23.42% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
18.90%
+1.9% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
Top 2.9% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.29%
+3.5% YoY +5.4% QoQ
-0.38% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.44%
+14.6% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
63%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.55%
-1.6% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-0.29% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
20.01%
+3.4% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
70%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.77%
-8.2% YoY +106.7% QoQ
+0.24% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
0.43%
+2.6% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
Top 9.0% in tier

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 (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 44.7%
+16.5pp YoY
+6.7pp QoQ
+23.3pp 21.4% 21.8% 22.2% 97%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.5% 7.7% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 5.2%
+0.7pp YoY
+0.4pp QoQ
-8.8pp 14.0% 10.5% 12.5% 19%
CRE 57.5%
+0.4pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
+7.5pp 50.0% 46.3% 41.4% 69%
1-4 Family 33.5%
-1.2pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
+7.1pp 26.4% 44.2% 31.3% 73%
Consumer 1.1%
+0.6pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-3.6pp 4.7% 1.6% 5.0% 48%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 14.6%
-0.2pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-1.0pp 15.6% 22.8% 19.7% 65%
Leverage Ratio 11.5%
+0.5pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
+0.2pp 11.3% 14.4% 12.6% 70%
Total Capital Ratio 15.4%
-0.2pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-1.3pp 16.7% 23.8% 20.8% 62%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 266
-11 (-4.0%) YoY
+2 (+0.8%) QoQ
-48 313 5,103 482 58%
Assets per Employee ($) $6.6M
+8.5% YoY
+1.0% QoQ
-$3.8M $10.5M $9.4M $8.8M 20%
Branch Count 16
-1 (-5.9%) YoY
0 QoQ
-4 20 170 18 53%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.2% 0.1% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.4%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.4pp 0.8% 0.7% 1.0% 41%
Allowance Coverage 2.04x
+0.7% YoY
-5.3% QoQ
-16.67x 18.71x 3.36x 20.23x 50%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 43%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 11.9%
-1.5pp YoY
+0.9pp QoQ
-0.7pp 12.6% 8.7% 11.6% 48%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.3%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.6pp 1.9% 1.8% 1.7% 14%
Net Income ($, YTD) $10.3M
+0.9% YoY
— QoQ
-$9.0M $19.2M $518.0M $40.4M 41%

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
#85 of 222 • Top 37.8% 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: 0.77%
(Tier: 0.53%, National: 0.66%)
better than tier avg
Return on Assets: 1.18%
(Tier: 1.39%, National: 1.30%)
but worse than tier avg
222 of 222 Mid-Market banks match · 923 nationally
→ Stable | QoQ rank improving

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 (2 metrics)

27
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 44.69%
Peer Median: 21.27%
#27 of 885 Top 2.9% in $1B-$10B
81
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.77%
Peer Median: 0.53%
#81 of 885 Top 9.0% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

683
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 68.93%
Peer Median: 59.73%
#683 of 885 Bottom 22.9% in $1B-$10B
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