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The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia

$100M-$1B Specialty: Other GA FDIC cert 9245

La Fayette, GA

3 branches across GA

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 99 in GA
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The Bank of LaFayette, Georgia has 1 strength but faces 3 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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 9.19% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 38.0% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.36% below tier average
  • - ROA 0.35% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $452.0M
+9.9% YoY +0.8% QoQ
+$65.9M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$814.8M
+10.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
67%
Total Loans ? $173.6M
+6.4% YoY +1.3% QoQ
-$82.1M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$550.6M
+10.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
42%
Total Deposits ? $386.5M
+1.2% YoY +2.3% QoQ
+$58.5M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$689.3M
+8.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
68%
Return on Assets ? 0.92%
-6.1% YoY +9.7% QoQ
-0.35% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.50%
+0.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
33%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.57%
-9.0% YoY -12.5% QoQ
-1.36% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.36%
+2.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 3.7% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 56.10%
-2.5% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-9.19% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
62.13%
-1.5% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
71%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.20%
+41.3% YoY +39.8% QoQ
+0.31% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.81%
+32.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
24%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 44.91%
+5.1% YoY -1.0% QoQ
-31.73% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.10%
+2.8% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 6.3% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 13.72%
-11.2% YoY -8.3% QoQ
-8.30% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
26.76%
-3.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
20%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.46%
+36.8% YoY +40.5% QoQ
-0.18% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.56%
+24.4% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
40%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.20%
-1.6% YoY -3.9% QoQ
-6.63% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
17.30%
-0.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 1.7% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.07%
-4.7% YoY -75.6% QoQ
-0.21% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.21%
+3.2% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
31%

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 (1)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#371 of 973 • Bottom 38.0% 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 | 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (1 metrics)

170
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 44.91%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#170 of 2664 Top 6.3% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2619
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.20%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2619 of 2664 Bottom 1.7% in $100M-$1B
2566
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.57%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2566 of 2664 Bottom 3.7% in $100M-$1B
2143
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 13.72%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2143 of 2664 Bottom 19.6% in $100M-$1B
2012
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.20%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2012 of 2654 Bottom 24.2% in $100M-$1B
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