Bridge Bank Recognized as a Top Performing Bank of 2014 by SNL Financial

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - Mar 27, 2015) - SNL Financial, a leading provider of financial information on more than 6,500 public companies and 50,000 private companies in the business sectors critical to the global economy, recently released its ranking of 2014's Top 100 Best Performing Banks. Bridge Capital Holdings (NASDAQ: BBNK), whose subsidiary is Bridge Bank, a full-service professional business bank headquartered in Silicon Valley and with offices located nationwide, was named on the list as one of the 100-best performing community banks among those with assets between $500 million and $5 billion.

"In 2014, our team was intently focused on building our franchise and continuing to add value to our client relationships -- the outcome of that combined effort was another great year of performance for Bridge Bank and our shareholders," stated Dan Myers, president and chief executive officer of Bridge Bank and Bridge Capital Holdings. "Our story is not only about growth, but also about consistency in our financial performance and risk management, which this recognition acknowledges," added Myers.

SNL ranked the best-performing community banks using six core financial performance metrics that focus on profitability, asset quality and growth for the 12-month period ending December 31, 2014. The metrics used were: return on average tangible assets before tax, net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans, adjusted Texas ratio, efficiency ratio, net interest margin and loan growth. SNL measured each company's standard deviation from the mean of each metric. The standard deviations, which are equally weighted, were added together to calculate a performance score for each company.

For the ranking of banks with between $500M and $5B, SNL ranked companies at the bank holding company level if consolidated data was reported; otherwise, the commercial bank subsidiary was used. Thrifts were excluded, and companies that have parents with assets above $5 billion were also excluded. Based on these criteria, 784 companies were eligible for the top 100 ranking of banks with assets between $500 million and $5 billion.