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Ulster Savings Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial NY FDIC cert 15970

Designations: Community bank Mutual

Kingston, NY

15 branches across NY

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 38 in NY
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Ulster Savings Bank faces 5 concerns requiring attention

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

No key strengths identified

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 20.0% in tier
  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 56.8% in tier
  • - ROA 0.77% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.57% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.50% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NY) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.4B
+1.3% YoY -0.9% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$19.3B
+17.3% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
27%
Total Loans ? $1.0B
+3.1% YoY -1.0% QoQ
-$930.3M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$8.1B
+14.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
33%
Total Deposits ? $1.2B
+1.6% YoY -0.3% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$15.1B
+16.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
32%
Return on Assets ? 0.59%
+105.3% YoY +36.3% QoQ
-0.77% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
0.86%
+14.3% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 12.1% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.25%
+14.5% YoY +7.2% QoQ
-0.57% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.45%
+7.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
26%
Efficiency Ratio ? 82.15%
-9.5% YoY -5.5% QoQ
+21.09% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
69.17%
-3.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 6.7% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 1.39%
-16.3% YoY +2.0% QoQ
+0.50% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.13%
+6.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
17%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 84.80%
+1.5% YoY -0.8% QoQ
+0.60% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
77.98%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
54%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 16.86%
+0.4% YoY -2.9% QoQ
-4.43% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
21.94%
+1.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
35%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.05%
-15.5% YoY +1.8% QoQ
+0.37% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.73%
+4.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
19%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.24%
+4.9% YoY +2.9% QoQ
-0.92% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
24.83%
+10.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
65%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.31%
+5.5% YoY -71.6% QoQ
+0.06% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.21%
+9.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 12.4% in tier

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)

Flatlined Growth

risk
#31 of 150 • Bottom 20.0% 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: 0.59%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
150 of 150 Mid-Market banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ

Efficiency Drag

risk
#43 of 74 • Bottom 56.8% in tier

Efficiency ratio above 80% - operating costs elevated relative to revenue. Margin improvement opportunity.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 82.15%
(Tier: 61.06%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
74 of 74 Mid-Market banks match · 492 nationally
→ Stable | 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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (1 metrics)

111
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.31%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#111 of 884 Top 12.4% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

826
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 82.15%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#826 of 884 Bottom 6.7% in $1B-$10B
778
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.59%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#778 of 884 Bottom 12.1% in $1B-$10B
730
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.39%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#730 of 880 Bottom 17.2% in $1B-$10B
714
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.05%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#714 of 884 Bottom 19.3% in $1B-$10B
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