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Northern State Bank of Thief River Falls

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural MN FDIC cert 15286

Thief River Falls, MN

3 branches across MN

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 2,643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationwide — 1 of 151 in MN.
  • Deposits +21.4% year over year ($499.3M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.58%.
  • Return on assets 1.10%.
  • Efficiency ratio 53.73% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 38.70% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 151 in MN
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Northern State Bank of Thief River Falls 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 10.75% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.34% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 46.3% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.42% below tier average
  • - Non-Interest Income / Assets 0.51% below tier average
  • - ROA 0.23% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $550.0M
+19.2% YoY +14.1% QoQ
+$163.4M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$524.5M
+5.8% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
76%
Total Loans ? $193.2M
-1.5% YoY +2.6% QoQ
-$65.1M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$300.2M
+7.3% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
47%
Total Deposits ? $499.3M
+21.4% YoY +15.4% QoQ
+$172.6M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$452.1M
+5.5% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
80%
Return on Assets ? 1.10%
+29.6% YoY +2.9% QoQ
-0.23% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.26%
+17.2% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
40%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.57%
-4.1% YoY -0.3% QoQ
-1.42% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
4.00%
+6.8% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
Bottom 3.4% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 53.73%
-3.5% YoY +2.9% QoQ
-10.75% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
63.00%
-3.5% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
75%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.58%
+107.2% YoY -11.5% QoQ
-0.34% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
1.01%
+19.3% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
43%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 38.70%
-18.8% YoY -11.1% QoQ
-39.25% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
78.29%
-0.6% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Top 3.6% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 10.05%
-13.5% YoY -16.7% QoQ
-11.98% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
21.79%
+0.9% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
Bottom 10.7% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.22%
+82.6% YoY -19.9% QoQ
-0.45% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.76%
+16.9% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
59%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 24.96%
-0.9% YoY +1.3% QoQ
+9.05% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
15.35%
-0.4% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
Top 6.9% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.06%
-23.8% YoY +74.8% QoQ
-0.51% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.31%
+3.9% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
Bottom 7.3% in tier

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 10.1%
-1.6pp YoY
-2.0pp QoQ
-12.1pp 22.1% 21.9% 22.2% 10%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 8.3% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 15.7%
+2.5pp YoY
+0.8pp QoQ
+4.1pp 11.6% 14.6% 12.5% 78%
CRE 26.3%
+0.1pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-13.2pp 39.5% 36.5% 41.4% 28%
1-4 Family 23.4%
+0.8pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-9.2pp 32.6% 29.4% 31.3% 38%
Consumer 9.6%
-0.1pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
+5.5pp 4.1% 4.5% 5.0% 91%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 25.0%
-0.2pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
+6.1pp 18.8% 16.5% 19.7% 89%
Leverage Ratio 9.9%
-0.9pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-2.3pp 12.2% 11.0% 12.6% 29%
Total Capital Ratio 26.2%
-0.2pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
+6.3pp 19.9% 17.6% 20.8% 89%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 48
-3 (-5.9%) YoY
-1 (-2.0%) QoQ
-11 58 55 482 50%
Assets per Employee ($) $11.5M
+26.6% YoY
+16.4% QoQ
+$3.9M $7.5M $8.6M $8.8M 91%
Branch Count 3
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-2 4 4 18 26%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.3%
+0.1pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
0.0pp 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 73%
Nonaccrual 0.3%
+0.2pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-0.6pp 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% 38%
Allowance Coverage 2.39x
-52.5% YoY
+13.3% QoQ
-21.76x 24.15x 20.41x 20.23x 52%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) n/a n/a 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% n/a

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 11.5%
+3.3pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
-0.7pp 12.2% 13.1% 11.6% 46%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.0%
-0.3pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
+0.3pp 1.7% 1.7% 1.7% 73%
Net Income ($, YTD) $2.8M
+43.4% YoY
— QoQ
+$232K $2.6M $4.5M $40.4M 67%

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 (1)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#582 of 1256 • Bottom 46.3% in tier

Delinquencies rising year-over-year. Credit risk is building - underwriting tools or reserves may need attention.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.58%
(Tier: 0.92%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
1256 of 1256 Community banks match · 1820 nationally
→ Stable -71 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

97
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 38.70%
Peer Median: 77.95%
#97 of 2643 Top 3.6% in $100M-$1B
183
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 24.96%
Peer Median: 15.91%
#183 of 2643 Top 6.9% in $100M-$1B
537
Total Deposits
size
Value: $499.31M
Peer Median: $326.73M
#537 of 2643 Top 20.3% in $100M-$1B
630
Total Assets
size
Value: $549.99M
Peer Median: $386.57M
#630 of 2643 Top 23.8% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2554
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.57%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#2554 of 2643 Bottom 3.4% in $100M-$1B
2450
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.06%
Peer Median: 0.57%
#2450 of 2643 Bottom 7.3% in $100M-$1B
2361
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 10.05%
Peer Median: 22.03%
#2361 of 2643 Bottom 10.7% in $100M-$1B
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