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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

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 152 in MN
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Northern State Bank of Thief River Falls has 2 strengths but faces 3 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 13.05% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.23% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Net Interest Margin 1.35% below tier average
  • - Non-Interest Income / Assets 0.25% below tier average
  • - ROA 0.20% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $482.2M
+7.9% YoY -2.5% QoQ
+$96.1M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$512.9M
+5.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
70%
Total Loans ? $188.3M
-1.9% YoY -4.1% QoQ
-$67.4M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$288.3M
+6.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
46%
Total Deposits ? $432.7M
+8.6% YoY -2.7% QoQ
+$104.7M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$443.8M
+5.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
73%
Return on Assets ? 1.07%
+16.0% YoY +13.1% QoQ
-0.20% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.13%
+10.7% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
42%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.58%
-4.2% YoY -2.3% QoQ
-1.35% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.93%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 3.8% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 52.24%
-7.8% YoY -7.0% QoQ
-13.05% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
64.77%
-3.3% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
80%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.66%
+281.6% YoY +84.1% QoQ
-0.23% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.04%
+28.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
38%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 43.52%
-9.6% YoY -1.4% QoQ
-33.12% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
76.69%
-0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 5.6% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 12.07%
-4.3% YoY +4.5% QoQ
-9.95% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
21.87%
-0.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 14.9% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.27%
+267.6% YoY +91.8% QoQ
-0.37% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.77%
+27.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
53%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 24.65%
-2.6% YoY +5.5% QoQ
+8.82% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
15.37%
+0.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 6.9% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.03%
-11.7% YoY -78.2% QoQ
-0.25% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.16%
+5.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Bottom 9.9% in tier

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

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

151
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 43.52%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#151 of 2664 Top 5.6% in $100M-$1B
184
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 24.65%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#184 of 2664 Top 6.9% in $100M-$1B
537
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 52.24%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#537 of 2664 Top 20.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2565
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.58%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2565 of 2664 Bottom 3.8% in $100M-$1B
2400
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2400 of 2664 Bottom 9.9% in $100M-$1B
2267
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 12.07%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2267 of 2664 Bottom 14.9% in $100M-$1B
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