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West Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial IA FDIC cert 15614

Designations: Community bank

West Des Moines, IA

12 branches across IA · MN

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 27 in IA
View $1B-$10B leaderboard (IA) →

West 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.89% below tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.67% below tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 14.37% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 46.0% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.10% below tier average
  • - ROA 0.20% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $4.0B
+0.6% YoY -3.2% QoQ
+$1.2B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$560.1M
+4.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
80%
Total Loans ? $3.0B
-0.8% YoY -0.3% QoQ
+$996.4M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$379.9M
+5.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
82%
Total Deposits ? $3.3B
+0.4% YoY -3.8% QoQ
+$998.5M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$469.6M
+4.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
80%
Return on Assets ? 1.16%
+26.8% YoY +24.2% QoQ
-0.20% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.31%
+22.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
45%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.71%
+12.5% YoY +7.3% QoQ
-1.10% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.52%
+10.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 8.4% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 46.69%
-10.6% YoY -7.5% QoQ
-14.37% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
58.40%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Top 13.8% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY
-0.89% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.92%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 88.61%
-1.2% YoY +3.6% QoQ
+4.41% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
77.40%
+1.1% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
43%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 15.50%
-1.6% YoY -1.5% QoQ
-5.79% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
17.87%
+0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
30%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY
-0.67% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.58%
+11.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.61%
+5.1% YoY +1.4% QoQ
-2.55% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
14.34%
+1.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
41%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.06%
+13.3% YoY -74.2% QoQ
-0.19% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.12%
+10.7% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
16%

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)

Flatlined Growth

risk
#70 of 150 • Bottom 46.0% in tier

Asset growth stalled (-2% to +2% YoY) despite healthy profitability (>0.25% ROA). Suggests untapped opportunity or strategic drift worth investigating.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.16%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
150 of 150 Mid-Market banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ

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 (6 metrics)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#1 of 880 Top 0.1% in $1B-$10B
1
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#1 of 884 Top 0.1% in $1B-$10B
123
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 46.69%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#123 of 884 Top 13.8% in $1B-$10B
161
Total Loans
size
Value: $2.96B
Peer Median: $1.96B
#161 of 884 Top 18.1% in $1B-$10B
178
Total Assets
size
Value: $4.01B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#178 of 884 Top 20.0% in $1B-$10B
178
Total Deposits
size
Value: $3.34B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#178 of 884 Top 20.0% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

811
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.71%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#811 of 884 Bottom 8.4% in $1B-$10B
745
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.06%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#745 of 884 Bottom 15.8% in $1B-$10B
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