FDIC Cert #5956 · Newton, North Carolina · Est. 1912

Peoples Bank - FDIC Bank Health Profile

A community-scale look at Peoples Bank's own numbers, pulled straight from its quarterly FDIC Call Report.

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$1.7B
Total assets
A
Health grade · Excellent
1.24%
Return on assets
14.8%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

Peoples Bank earns a PlainBankData health grade of A (83/100), with well-capitalized at 14.83% Tier 1, profitable at 1.24% ROA, 69% efficiency ratio.

#667
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
85th
percentile by asset size, nationally
14.83%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
60th
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

The grade above reflects PlainBankData's own read of the bank's regulatory filings, not an FDIC judgment, deposit coverage stays at $250,000 per depositor, per category, unaffected by it.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 5956 · NC A · 83/100

GRADE-A · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-WELL · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-PAR · SIZE-REGIONAL · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-A A (83/100)
  • MID-PACK #1555/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hardin County Saving… · IA
  • TIER1-WELL 14.8% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 2.3% Texas
  • ROA-PAR 1.24% ROA
  • SIZE-REGIONAL $1–10B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside North Carolina: Hardin County Savings Bank, IA (±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 Peoples Bank

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest scored peers outside North Carolina, not a full FDIC corpus board reprint.

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100Community National B… · VT ·…83/100Hardin County Saving… · IA ·…83/100Peoples Bank · NC · this bank83/100State Bank of the La… · IL ·…83/100Troy Bank & Trust Co… · AL ·…83/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around Peoples Bank · July 2026

What Peoples Bank's Call Report plate shows

Peoples Bank (FDIC Cert #5956) carries a PlainBankData health grade of A at 83/100, 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 #1,555 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 14.83%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 2.31%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 1.24%. Balance-sheet scale is $1.7B, 667th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Hardin County Savings Bank (IA), 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 Peoples Bank

7 FAILURE resolutions in North Carolina since 2000 (7 since 2008)

Peoples Bank'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; Peoples Bank 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 Peoples Bank's 83/100 score adds up

Each factor is scored from this bank's own FDIC Call Report figures, then summed to the composite health score.

0/100100/100National avg77/10083/100
Peoples Bank's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (14.83%) 35/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (1.24%) 20/25
Texas Ratio (2.31%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (68.71%) 8/15

83 of 100 points earned across four weighted factors. See our methodology for the full scoring formula.

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$1.7B

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$1.5B

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$1.2B

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$21M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 3% 6% 9% 12% 15% 18% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 13.43% 14.83% 16.23%
Basel III capital ratios - Peoples Bank

Where Peoples Bank ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. Peoples Bank's score of 83/100 falls in the highlighted band.

Peoples Bank: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

83 Top 36% higher than 64% of 4,307 FDIC-insured banks

0–10: 3 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 10–20: 6 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 20–30: 26 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 36 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 98 FDIC-insured banks (2%). Below this entry. 50–60: 279 FDIC-insured banks (6%). Below this entry. 60–70: 777 FDIC-insured banks (18%). Below this entry. 70–80: 1,030 FDIC-insured banks (24%). Below this entry. 80–90: 1,237 FDIC-insured banks (29%). This entry sits in this band. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). Above this entry. Peoples Bank 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

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

Peoples Bank'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). Peoples Bank's $1.7B falls in the highlighted band.

Safety ratios for Peoples Bank

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

14.83% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
14.83%
Texas Ratio
2.31%
Equity Capital
$170M

What these ratios mean →

Earnings posture at Peoples Bank

Return on Assets (ROA)
60th percentile nationally
1.24%
Return on Equity (ROE)
13.41%
Efficiency Ratio
68.71%

What these mean →

Income & expense at Peoples Bank

$84M
Interest Income
$31M
Non-Interest Income
$63M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. Peoples Bank reports a Texas Ratio of 2.31% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

2.31% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View Peoples Bank on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in North Carolina by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in North Carolina
  1. 1
    Bank of America $2.64T

    Charlotte, NC · Grade A

  2. 2
    Truist Bank $539.5B

    Charlotte, NC · Grade A

  3. 3
    First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company $229.3B

    Raleigh, NC · Grade B

  4. 4
    Live Oak Banking Company $15.1B

    Wilmington, NC · Grade C

  5. 5
    First Bank $12.7B

    Southern Pines, NC · Grade A

Top 5 banks in North Carolina ranked by total assets · FDIC Call Report Q4 2025.

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($1.7B here), outside North Carolina so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Waterford Bank $1.7B · OH Square Financial Services, Inc. $1.7B · UT Availa Bank $1.7B · IA American Bank of Commerce $1.7B · TX

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) Peoples Bank (FDIC Cert #5956) - 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.

Peoples Bank 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

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BankAssetsGradeROA
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%