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Houghton State Bank

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

Red Oak, IA

5 branches across IA

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 166 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 0.23% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.14% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 13.58% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 39.6% in tier
  • - Delinquency Rate 2.45% above tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 1.61% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $218.7M
+2.2% YoY +4.1% QoQ
-$167.4M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$560.1M
+4.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
31%
Total Loans ? $147.4M
-5.6% YoY -5.3% QoQ
-$108.3M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$379.9M
+5.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
35%
Total Deposits ? $183.3M
+1.3% YoY +4.7% QoQ
-$144.6M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$469.6M
+4.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
30%
Return on Assets ? 1.50%
+0.5% YoY -1.6% QoQ
+0.23% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.31%
+22.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
67%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.07%
+5.7% YoY +0.6% QoQ
+0.14% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.52%
+10.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
60%
Efficiency Ratio ? 51.70%
+5.3% YoY +5.7% QoQ
-13.58% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
58.40%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
81%
Delinquency Rate ? 3.33%
+503.0% YoY +366.0% QoQ
+2.45% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.92%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 5.0% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 80.40%
-6.8% YoY -9.6% QoQ
+3.76% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
77.40%
+1.1% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
46%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 24.82%
-8.5% YoY -5.8% QoQ
+2.80% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
17.87%
+0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
65%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 2.25%
+457.4% YoY +323.7% QoQ
+1.61% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.58%
+11.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 5.2% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 19.22%
+11.3% YoY +7.0% QoQ
+3.39% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
14.34%
+1.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
85%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.09%
+5.2% YoY -76.4% QoQ
-0.19% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.12%
+10.7% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
43%

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
#294 of 739 • Bottom 39.6% 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: 19.22%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 80.40%
(Tier: 76.64%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
739 of 739 Community banks match · 939 nationally
→ Stable +13 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

403
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 19.22%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#403 of 2664 Top 15.1% in $100M-$1B
508
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 51.70%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#508 of 2664 Top 19.0% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2523
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 3.33%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2523 of 2654 Bottom 5.0% in $100M-$1B
2527
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 2.25%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2527 of 2664 Bottom 5.2% in $100M-$1B
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