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Bank Iowa

$1B-$10B Specialty: Agricultural IA FDIC cert 14521

Designations: Community bank

West Des Moines, IA

25 branches across IA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 27 in IA
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Bank Iowa faces 5 concerns requiring attention

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

No key strengths identified

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 38.3% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 48.6% in tier
  • - ROA 0.12% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.23% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 2.27% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $2.3B
+8.8% YoY -2.7% QoQ
-$466.7M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$560.1M
+4.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
59%
Total Loans ? $1.8B
+10.1% YoY +0.8% QoQ
-$186.6M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$379.9M
+5.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
62%
Total Deposits ? $2.0B
+9.2% YoY -3.1% QoQ
-$375.1M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$469.6M
+4.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
59%
Return on Assets ? 1.24%
+1.5% YoY +4.8% QoQ
-0.12% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.31%
+22.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
52%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.59%
+5.6% YoY +4.9% QoQ
-0.23% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.52%
+10.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
46%
Efficiency Ratio ? 63.33%
+0.1% YoY -0.5% QoQ
+2.27% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
58.40%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
39%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.60%
+5.3% YoY +14.6% QoQ
+0.71% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.92%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 14.0% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 90.35%
+0.8% YoY +4.0% QoQ
+6.14% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
77.40%
+1.1% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
37%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 15.00%
-4.7% YoY -5.6% QoQ
-6.29% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
17.87%
+0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
27%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.21%
+1.3% YoY +18.8% QoQ
+0.53% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.58%
+11.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
15%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.49%
-1.0% YoY -0.6% QoQ
-4.67% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
14.34%
+1.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 8.8% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.11%
+4.0% YoY -73.8% QoQ
-0.15% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.12%
+10.7% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
37%

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 (2)

Liquidity Strain

risk
#129 of 334 • Bottom 38.3% 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: 90.35%
(Tier: 84.20%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
334 of 334 Mid-Market banks match · 1013 nationally
→ Stable -50 banks QoQ

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#205 of 420 • Bottom 48.6% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

420 of 420 Mid-Market banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

807
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.49%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#807 of 884 Bottom 8.8% in $1B-$10B
758
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.60%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#758 of 880 Bottom 14.0% in $1B-$10B
749
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.21%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#749 of 884 Bottom 15.4% in $1B-$10B
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