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Grinnell State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial IA FDIC cert 11347

Grinnell, IA

4 branches across IA

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 166 in IA
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Grinnell State Bank has 2 strengths but faces 4 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 1.98% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.17% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 5.9% in tier
  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 9.2% in tier
  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 16.3% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.49% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $496.8M
-1.7% YoY -0.7% QoQ
+$110.7M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$560.1M
+4.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
72%
Total Loans ? $361.2M
-5.3% YoY +1.4% QoQ
+$105.4M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$379.9M
+5.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
76%
Total Deposits ? $351.8M
+2.6% YoY +1.1% QoQ
+$23.8M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$469.6M
+4.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
63%
Return on Assets ? 0.76%
-23.7% YoY -19.9% QoQ
-0.51% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.31%
+22.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
24%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.44%
+6.6% YoY +0.9% QoQ
-0.49% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.52%
+10.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
28%
Efficiency Ratio ? 63.30%
+2.9% YoY +4.7% QoQ
-1.98% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
58.40%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
50%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.71%
-59.8% YoY -53.9% QoQ
-0.17% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.92%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
36%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 102.67%
-7.7% YoY +0.3% QoQ
+26.03% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
77.40%
+1.1% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 6.3% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 22.48%
-6.8% YoY +3.6% QoQ
+0.46% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
17.87%
+0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
57%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.61%
+20.4% YoY +4.7% QoQ
+0.98% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.58%
+11.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 10.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.07%
+7.3% YoY +0.0% QoQ
-0.76% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
14.34%
+1.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
66%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.09%
+7.2% YoY -75.7% QoQ
-0.19% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.12%
+10.7% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
43%

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 (3)

Margin Compression

decline
#19 of 305 • Bottom 5.9% in tier

Profitability above 0.75% ROA but margins eroding by at least 0.10pp YoY. Something changed - rising costs or falling yields need addressing.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 0.76%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
305 of 305 Community banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 banks QoQ

Flatlined Growth

risk
#48 of 512 • Bottom 9.2% in tier

Asset growth stalled (-2% to +2% YoY) despite healthy profitability (>0.25% ROA). Suggests untapped opportunity or strategic drift worth investigating.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 0.76%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Liquidity Strain

risk
#106 of 643 • Bottom 16.3% in tier

Loan-to-deposit ratio above 90% - loan demand outpacing deposits. Bumping against liquidity limits, funding solutions needed.

Why this signature
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 102.67%
(Tier: 76.64%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
643 of 643 Community banks match · 1013 nationally
→ Stable -50 banks QoQ

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)

651
Total Loans
size
Value: $361.16M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#651 of 2664 Top 24.4% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2496
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 102.67%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#2496 of 2664 Bottom 6.3% in $100M-$1B
2395
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.61%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2395 of 2664 Bottom 10.1% in $100M-$1B
2037
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.76%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2037 of 2664 Bottom 23.6% in $100M-$1B
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