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Houghton State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural IA FDIC cert 15405

Red Oak, IA

5 branches across IA

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 167 in IA.
  • Deposits -1.8% year over year ($169.2M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 2.61%.
  • Return on assets 1.56%.
  • Efficiency ratio 50.78% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 85.69% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 167 in IA
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Houghton State Bank has 3 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

  • + ROA 0.24% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.29% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 13.70% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 29.4% in tier
  • - Delinquency Rate 1.70% above tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 1.18% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $204.8M
-0.6% YoY -6.3% QoQ
-$181.7M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$566.2M
+5.8% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
28%
Total Loans ? $145.0M
-5.5% YoY -1.6% QoQ
-$113.4M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$385.0M
+5.4% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
33%
Total Deposits ? $169.2M
-1.8% YoY -7.7% QoQ
-$157.5M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$472.4M
+6.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
27%
Return on Assets ? 1.56%
+0.0% YoY +4.5% QoQ
+0.24% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.58%
+39.1% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
69%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.28%
+8.1% YoY +5.2% QoQ
+0.29% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
3.58%
+9.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
69%
Efficiency Ratio ? 50.78%
+5.4% YoY -1.8% QoQ
-13.70% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
57.74%
-6.0% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
82%
Delinquency Rate ? 2.61%
+25.1% YoY -21.6% QoQ
+1.70% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
0.99%
+12.8% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
Bottom 8.0% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 85.69%
-3.7% YoY +6.6% QoQ
+7.74% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
80.39%
+2.7% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
36%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 27.59%
+0.7% YoY +11.2% QoQ
+5.56% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
17.72%
+0.8% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
75%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.85%
+19.0% YoY -17.6% QoQ
+1.18% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.63%
+7.9% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
Bottom 8.5% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 19.91%
+13.8% YoY +3.6% QoQ
+4.00% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
14.69%
+3.0% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
Top 14.1% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.19%
+5.3% YoY +117.5% QoQ
-0.38% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.24%
+5.5% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
46%

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 (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 27.6%
+0.2pp YoY
+2.8pp QoQ
+5.4pp 22.1% 17.8% 22.2% 75%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 6.0% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 11.4%
-0.2pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
-0.2pp 11.6% 12.8% 12.5% 60%
CRE 7.4%
+2.2pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
-32.2pp 39.5% 28.3% 41.4% 2%
1-4 Family 10.1%
+0.8pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-22.5pp 32.6% 23.0% 31.3% 11%
Consumer 1.0%
+0.1pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-3.1pp 4.1% 2.9% 5.0% 27%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 19.9%
+2.4pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
+1.1pp 18.8% 15.4% 19.7% 77%
Leverage Ratio 15.4%
+1.0pp YoY
+0.8pp QoQ
+3.2pp 12.2% 12.4% 12.6% 88%
Total Capital Ratio 21.2%
+2.5pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
+1.2pp 19.9% 16.5% 20.8% 78%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 30
+3 (+11.1%) YoY
+3 (+11.1%) QoQ
-29 58 64 482 26%
Assets per Employee ($) $6.8M
-10.5% YoY
-15.7% QoQ
-$690K $7.5M $8.9M $8.8M 49%
Branch Count 5
0 YoY
0 QoQ
0 4 5 18 55%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 2.3%
+0.6pp YoY
-0.5pp QoQ
+1.9pp 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 98%
Nonaccrual 0.4%
-0.1pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-0.6pp 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% 44%
Allowance Coverage 0.55x
-10.4% YoY
+28.2% QoQ
-23.60x 24.15x 18.97x 20.23x 12%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
-0.1pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 60%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 9.5%
-0.7pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-2.7pp 12.2% 12.8% 11.6% 33%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.3%
-0.1pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.4pp 1.7% 1.8% 1.7% 24%
Net Income ($, YTD) $1.7M
-0.3% YoY
— QoQ
-$904K $2.6M $4.0M $40.4M 45%

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)

Liquidity Overhang

risk
#219 of 742 • Bottom 29.4% in tier

Exceptional capital position (Tier 1 >= 16%, top quartile). Strong fundamentals - opportunity to deploy capital more productively.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 19.91%
(Tier: 15.91%, National: 17.09%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 85.69%
(Tier: 77.95%, National: 79.03%)
worse than tier avg
742 of 742 Community banks match · 940 nationally
→ Stable +7 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 (2 metrics)

374
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 19.91%
Peer Median: 15.91%
#374 of 2643 Top 14.1% in $100M-$1B
486
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 50.78%
Peer Median: 64.48%
#486 of 2643 Top 18.4% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2423
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 2.61%
Peer Median: 0.92%
#2423 of 2633 Bottom 8.0% in $100M-$1B
2420
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.85%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#2420 of 2643 Bottom 8.5% in $100M-$1B
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