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Benton County State Bank

under $100M Specialty: Agricultural IA FDIC cert 13774

Designations: ✓ Community bank

Blairstown, IA

541 banks in the under $100M peer group nationally 33 in IA

Benton County State Bank has 4 strengths but faces 1 concern

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

+ Delinquency Rate 1.37% below tier average
+ Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.79% below tier average
+ ROA 0.11% above tier average
+ Efficiency Ratio 22.19% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

- Net Interest Margin 0.25% below tier average

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Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric	Current	vs Tier	Tier Avg	State Avg (IA)	National Avg	Tier Percentile
Total Assets ?	$53.2M +3.6% YoY +5.4% QoQ	-$8.9M	$62.2M -0.6% YoY	$560.1M +4.8% YoY	$6.2B +9.1% YoY	35%
Total Loans ?	$32.2M -1.2% YoY -6.0% QoQ	-$2.1M	$34.2M -1.4% YoY	$379.9M +5.0% YoY	$3.2B +10.8% YoY	50%
Total Deposits ?	$40.1M +0.2% YoY +6.1% QoQ	-$11.7M	$51.7M -0.7% YoY	$469.6M +4.4% YoY	$4.8B +8.2% YoY	30%
Return on Assets ?	0.94% -2.6% YoY -7.4% QoQ	+0.11%	0.84% -2.3% YoY	1.31% +22.6% YoY	1.23% +13.4% YoY	50%
Net Interest Margin ?	3.61% -2.4% YoY -3.3% QoQ	-0.25%	3.86% +2.8% YoY	3.52% +10.3% YoY	3.89% +5.7% YoY	38%
Efficiency Ratio ?	66.16% +0.2% YoY +1.3% QoQ	-22.19%	88.34% +0.3% YoY	58.40% -7.6% YoY	66.95% -4.1% YoY	62%
Delinquency Rate ?	0.00%	-1.37%	1.37% +33.8% YoY	0.92% +14.5% YoY	0.95% +18.8% YoY	Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ?	80.31% -1.4% YoY -11.4% QoQ	+16.09%	64.22% -0.7% YoY	77.40% +1.1% YoY	76.70% +0.9% YoY	26%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ?	17.15% -20.5% YoY -6.4% QoQ	-6.56%	23.71% +0.3% YoY	17.87% +0.7% YoY	22.01% -1.2% YoY	30%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ?	0.00%	-0.79%	0.79% +28.2% YoY	0.58% +11.7% YoY	0.67% +19.3% YoY	Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ?	15.76% +5.2% YoY +0.6% QoQ	-10.92%	26.68% +2.0% YoY	14.34% +1.8% YoY	17.06% +0.8% YoY	53%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ?	0.02% -31.9% YoY -89.3% QoQ	-0.64%	0.67% +1.9% YoY	0.12% +10.7% YoY	0.32% +4.1% YoY	17%

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Signature behaviors (strengths & concerns)

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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 (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

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).

Compare against:

Comparing against 541 peers in under $100M

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

Delinquency Rate

credit_quality

Value: 0.00%

Peer Median: 1.37%

#1 of 521 Top 0.1% in under $100M

Nonperforming Asset Ratio

credit_quality

Value: 0.00%

Peer Median: 0.79%

#1 of 541 Top 0.1% in under $100M

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

452

Non-Interest Income / Assets

revenue_mix

Value: 0.02%

Peer Median: 0.67%

#452 of 541 Bottom 16.6% in under $100M