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Peoples Bank

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

Designations: Community bank

Newton, NC

16 branches across NC

884 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 43.4% in tier
  • + Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 16.72% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.50% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.27% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 8.76% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.7B
+2.4% YoY +1.9% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$92.4B
+2.4% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
43%
Total Loans ? $1.2B
+8.0% YoY +3.3% QoQ
-$730.4M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$45.0B
+8.2% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
44%
Total Deposits ? $1.5B
+1.5% YoY +2.1% QoQ
-$801.4M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$72.8B
+2.6% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
46%
Return on Assets ? 1.09%
-2.1% YoY -12.3% QoQ
-0.27% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
0.99%
+29.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
40%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.78%
+4.5% YoY +0.6% QoQ
-0.03% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.42%
+5.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
59%
Efficiency Ratio ? 69.82%
+0.4% YoY +1.6% QoQ
+8.76% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
69.88%
-8.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
23%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.39%
-10.0% YoY +12.4% QoQ
-0.50% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.64%
+21.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
62%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 80.06%
+6.4% YoY +1.2% QoQ
-4.15% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
79.67%
+1.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
66%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 38.01%
+33.8% YoY +38.8% QoQ
+16.72% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
18.50%
+0.3% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 5.9% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.28%
-7.4% YoY +13.9% QoQ
-0.39% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.45%
+20.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
65%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.62%
+1.2% YoY -1.4% QoQ
-0.54% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
20.13%
+3.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
70%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.37%
-3.3% YoY -79.6% QoQ
+0.12% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.21%
+7.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 9.6% 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
#97 of 221 • Top 43.4% 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: 0.37%
(Tier: 0.26%, National: 0.32%)
better than tier avg
Return on Assets: 1.09%
(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 declining

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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

53
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 38.01%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#53 of 884 Top 5.9% in $1B-$10B
86
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.37%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#86 of 884 Top 9.6% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

680
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 69.82%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#680 of 884 Bottom 23.2% in $1B-$10B
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