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Northwoods Bank of Minnesota

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial MN FDIC cert 1415

Park Rapids, MN

4 branches across MN

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 152 in MN
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Northwoods Bank of Minnesota has 2 strengths but faces 2 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 31.8% in tier
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.64% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.21% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 7.19% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $140.5M
+4.4% YoY -1.8% QoQ
-$245.6M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$512.9M
+5.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 11.4% in tier
Total Loans ? $76.1M
+1.8% YoY -0.7% QoQ
-$179.7M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$288.3M
+6.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 9.5% in tier
Total Deposits ? $124.4M
+3.4% YoY -1.5% QoQ
-$203.6M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$443.8M
+5.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 13.3% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.06%
+50.7% YoY +7.5% QoQ
-0.21% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.13%
+10.7% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
41%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.90%
+10.9% YoY +4.0% QoQ
-0.03% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.93%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
52%
Efficiency Ratio ? 72.48%
-9.0% YoY -4.8% QoQ
+7.19% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
64.77%
-3.3% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
27%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00%
-100.0% QoQ
-0.89% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.04%
+28.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 61.13%
-1.6% YoY +0.8% QoQ
-15.51% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
76.69%
-0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
80%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 24.68%
-0.9% YoY +0.2% QoQ
+2.66% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
21.87%
-0.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
65%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00%
-100.0% QoQ
-0.64% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.77%
+27.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.00%
-3.9% YoY +0.6% QoQ
-4.83% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
15.37%
+0.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
23%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.09%
-9.4% YoY -78.7% QoQ
-0.19% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.16%
+5.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
44%

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 (1)

Credit Quality Leader

growth
#212 of 664 • Top 31.8% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.00%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
664 of 664 Community banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

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).
Comparing against 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#1 of 2654 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
1
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#1 of 2664 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
538
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 61.13%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#538 of 2664 Top 20.2% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2413
Total Loans
size
Value: $76.05M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2413 of 2664 Bottom 9.5% in $100M-$1B
2362
Total Assets
size
Value: $140.51M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2362 of 2664 Bottom 11.4% in $100M-$1B
2312
Total Deposits
size
Value: $124.41M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2312 of 2664 Bottom 13.3% in $100M-$1B
2059
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 11.00%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2059 of 2664 Bottom 22.7% in $100M-$1B
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