Total Assets
$42M
Total balance-sheet footings
FDIC Cert #27897 · Black Mountain, North Carolina · Est. 1923
Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB - FDIC Bank Health Profile
This profile flags real pressure points from the bank's own quarterly Call Report, read past the headline grade before drawing conclusions.
- $42M
- Total assets
- C
- Health grade · Fair
- -0.15%
- Return on assets
- 12.2%
- Tier 1 capital
Data updated July 2026
The verdict
Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB earns a PlainBankData health grade of C (55/100), with well-capitalized at 12.21% Tier 1, -0.15% ROA, 107% efficiency ratio.
- #4,175
- largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
- 3rd
- percentile by asset size, nationally
- 12.21%
- Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
- 4th
- percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally
A weak grade is PlainBankData's own read of the Call Report data, not an official FDIC rating, and it does not change your insurance coverage: every dollar stays protected to $250,000 per depositor, per category.
FDIC Call Report plate
Cert 27897 · NC C · 55/100
GRADE-C · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-WELL · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-LOSS · SIZE-COMMUNITY · BOOK-FULL
- GRADE-C C (55/100)
- BOTTOM-DECILE #4062/4307
- PHOTO-FINISH Huntington Federal S… · WV
- TIER1-WELL 12.2% Tier 1
- TEXAS-CLEAN 0.0% Texas
- ROA-LOSS -0.15% ROA
- SIZE-COMMUNITY <$100M
- BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields
Nearest health peer outside North Carolina: Huntington Federal Savings Bank, WV (±0 health pts)
Instrument codes from this bank’s FDIC Call Report sheet: grade band, health peer rank, photo-finish gap, Tier 1, Texas Ratio, ROA, size band, and book completeness. Not an official FDIC rating.
Health-score neighbourhood around Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest scored peers outside North Carolina, not a full FDIC corpus board reprint.
What Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB's Call Report plate shows
Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB (FDIC Cert #27897) carries a PlainBankData health grade of C at 55/100, built only from this bank's own Call Report Tier 1 capital, ROA, Texas Ratio, and efficiency inputs. On the scored corpus it sits at health rank #4,062 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 12.21%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 0.00%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is -0.15%. Balance-sheet scale is $42M, 4,175th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Huntington Federal Savings Bank (WV), tied on the composite. These are instrument codes from the Call Report sheet, not an official FDIC CAMELS rating, and insured deposits stay protected to $250,000 per depositor per ownership category regardless of grade. Compare the plate stamps against the score breakdown and the health-score neighbourhood before treating any single ratio as decisive.
State failure history around Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB
7 FAILURE resolutions in North Carolina since 2000 (7 since 2008)
Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB's home state sits in the middle band of post-2000 FAILURE counts (7; 7 since the 2008 crisis window). Recent named resolutions below are Failed Bank List rows for this state only; Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB remains an active FDIC-insured reporter.
- PISGAH COMMUNITY BANK ASHEVILLE, NC 2013 → CAPITAL BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
- PARKWAY BANK LENOIR, NC 2013 → CERTUSBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
- WACCAMAW BANK WHITEVILLE, NC 2012 → FIRST COMMUNITY BANK
Source: FDIC Failed Bank List (resolution_type=FAILURE only; ASSISTANCE excluded). See the depositor failures guide and North Carolina banks.
How Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB's 55/100 score adds up
Each factor is scored from this bank's own FDIC Call Report figures, then summed to the composite health score.
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (12.21%) 35/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (-0.15%) 0/25
Texas Ratio (0.00%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (106.71%) 0/15
55 of 100 points earned across four weighted factors. See our methodology for the full scoring formula.
Balance sheet at a glance
Total Deposits
$37M
Customer-funded liabilities
Net Loans
$27M
Outstanding loan book
Net Income
$-65K
Bottom-line earnings
Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds
Where Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB ranks
Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB's score of 55/100 falls in the highlighted band.
Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank
0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports
55 6th percentile higher than 6% of 4,307 FDIC-insured banks
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more FDIC-insured banks. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026
Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB's size among FDIC-insured banks
Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with reported assets, bucketed by total-asset scale (note the buckets are powers of 10, most banks cluster in the $100M-$1B range). Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB's $42M falls in the highlighted band.
Safety ratios for Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB
Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%
12.21% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
12.21%
Texas Ratio
0.00%
Equity Capital
$5M
Profitability metrics: Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB
Return on Assets (ROA)
4th percentile nationally
-0.15%
Return on Equity (ROE)
-1.26%
Efficiency Ratio
106.71%
Income & expense: loss period at Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB
$2M
Interest Income
$156K
Non-Interest Income
$1M
Non-Interest Expense
Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail
The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB reports a Texas Ratio of 0.00% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.
Texas Ratio
Caution 50%
0.00% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.
What to watch at Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB
Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB's grade of C reflects specific pressure points in the FDIC Call Report. The bank reported negative net income of $-65K for the period, a loss that, if sustained, erodes the equity cushion.
Your deposits are still protected. Regardless of grade, FDIC insurance covers every dollar on deposit at Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category. A weak grade signals institutional financial stress for analysts, it is not a prediction of failure, and it does not affect insured-deposit safety.
Top banks in North Carolina by total assets
Nationwide banks with similar total assets
Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($42M here), outside North Carolina so the neighborhood is not state containment.
Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB (FDIC Cert #27897) - Tier 1 capital ratio, total assets, deposits, ROA/ROE · 2025 FDIC Call Reports filed quarterly; latest publicly-available vintage shown. Health grades are PlainBankData's interpretation of regulatory filings and are not official FDIC ratings.
Black Mountain Savings Bank, SSB Call Report profile · FDIC Failed Bank List · North Carolina FAILURE history · Informational only, not financial advice; consult a licensed professional before acting. See the disclaimer and methodology.
Other banks in North Carolina
All North Carolina banks →| Bank | Assets | Grade | ROA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of America, National AssociationCharlotte | $2.64T | A | 1.15% |
| Truist BankCharlotte | $539.5B | A | 1.04% |
| First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyRaleigh | $229.3B | B | 1.00% |
| Live Oak Banking CompanyWilmington | $15.1B | C | 0.82% |
| First BankSouthern Pines | $12.7B | A | 0.94% |
| Southern Bank and Trust CompanyMount Olive | $5.2B | A | 1.19% |
| HomeTrust BankAsheville | $4.5B | A | 1.43% |
| The Fidelity BankFuquay Varina | $4.4B | A | 1.74% |