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Partners Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial AR FDIC cert 15729

Designations: CDFI-certified

Helena, AR

10 branches across AR

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 50 in AR
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Partners Bank has 2 strengths but faces 4 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.50% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.30% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 3.7% in tier
  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 45.8% in tier
  • - ROA 0.23% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 0.33% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $404.1M
-5.9% YoY -2.7% QoQ
+$18.0M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+2.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
62%
Total Loans ? $335.6M
-8.2% YoY -3.5% QoQ
+$79.9M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.7B
+6.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
73%
Total Deposits ? $346.2M
+1.0% YoY -0.6% QoQ
+$18.3M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+3.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
62%
Return on Assets ? 1.04%
+5.9% YoY -11.6% QoQ
-0.23% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.34%
+14.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
40%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.43%
+10.1% YoY +4.2% QoQ
+0.50% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.08%
+8.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
79%
Efficiency Ratio ? 65.62%
+1.7% YoY +7.7% QoQ
+0.33% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
61.77%
-4.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
43%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.59%
+110.8% YoY -58.2% QoQ
-0.30% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.02%
+24.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
41%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 96.92%
-9.1% YoY -2.9% QoQ
+20.28% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
80.49%
+1.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 12.6% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 22.93%
-13.0% YoY -5.3% QoQ
+0.91% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
19.62%
+0.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
58%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.49%
+105.5% YoY -58.5% QoQ
-0.15% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.79%
+32.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
38%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.67%
-5.7% YoY +5.4% QoQ
-2.16% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
13.59%
+0.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
54%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.07%
+6.6% YoY -80.4% QoQ
-0.21% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.18%
-3.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
35%

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)

Liquidity Strain

risk
#25 of 643 • Bottom 3.7% in tier

Loan-to-deposit ratio above 90% - loan demand outpacing deposits. Bumping against liquidity limits, funding solutions needed.

Why this signature
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 96.92%
(Tier: 76.64%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
643 of 643 Community banks match · 1013 nationally
→ Stable -50 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#600 of 1308 • Bottom 45.8% in tier

Delinquencies rising year-over-year. Credit risk is building - underwriting tools or reserves may need attention.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.59%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
1308 of 1308 Community banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (1 metrics)

554
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.43%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#554 of 2664 Top 20.8% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

2329
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 96.92%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#2329 of 2664 Bottom 12.6% in $100M-$1B
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