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Central Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial IA FDIC cert 15555

Designations: Community bank

Storm Lake, IA

23 branches across IA · SD

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 27 in IA
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Central Bank has 1 strength but faces 6 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.54% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 17.2% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 32.6% in tier
  • - Loan-to-Deposit Ratio 19.37% above tier average
  • - ROA 0.53% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.29% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 14.23% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $2.2B
+2.7% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-$566.6M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$560.1M
+4.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
57%
Total Loans ? $2.0B
+4.7% YoY +0.8% QoQ
-$10.2M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$379.9M
+5.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
66%
Total Deposits ? $1.9B
+1.5% YoY -0.7% QoQ
-$456.2M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$469.6M
+4.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
56%
Return on Assets ? 0.83%
+47.0% YoY +5.4% QoQ
-0.53% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.31%
+22.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
22%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.53%
+20.1% YoY +7.2% QoQ
-0.29% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.52%
+10.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
42%
Efficiency Ratio ? 75.29%
-3.8% YoY +3.0% QoQ
+14.23% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
58.40%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 14.1% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.35%
+449.4% YoY +444.6% QoQ
-0.54% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.92%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
65%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 103.58%
+3.1% YoY +1.5% QoQ
+19.37% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
77.40%
+1.1% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 8.4% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 13.03%
-0.5% YoY -3.5% QoQ
-8.26% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
17.87%
+0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
20%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.30%
+460.0% YoY +451.7% QoQ
-0.37% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.58%
+11.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
63%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.51%
+9.3% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-4.65% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
14.34%
+1.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 9.3% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.21%
+11.8% YoY -74.1% QoQ
-0.05% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.12%
+10.7% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
73%

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)

Capital Thin

risk
#39 of 221 • Bottom 17.2% in tier

Tier 1 capital ratio in the bottom quartile of peers. Capital cushion thin relative to peers - regulator-watching cohort.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 10.51%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#138 of 420 • Bottom 32.6% 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 (5 metrics)

811
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 103.58%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#811 of 884 Bottom 8.4% in $1B-$10B
803
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.51%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#803 of 884 Bottom 9.3% in $1B-$10B
760
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 75.29%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#760 of 884 Bottom 14.1% in $1B-$10B
708
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 13.03%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#708 of 884 Bottom 20.0% in $1B-$10B
690
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.83%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#690 of 884 Bottom 22.1% in $1B-$10B
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