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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

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationwide — 1 of 40 in NY.
  • Deposits +1.1% year over year ($1.2B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 1.56%.
  • Return on assets 0.55%.
  • Efficiency ratio 82.64% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 83.57% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 40 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

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 8.5% in tier
  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 11.7% in tier
  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 56.7% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 0.84% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.61% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NY) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.4B
+0.7% YoY +1.5% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$19.3B
+10.2% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
29%
Total Loans ? $1.0B
+2.8% YoY -0.1% QoQ
-$929.2M $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$8.2B
+12.4% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
33%
Total Deposits ? $1.2B
+1.1% YoY +1.4% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$14.8B
+8.7% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
34%
Return on Assets ? 0.55%
+62.0% YoY -6.7% QoQ
-0.84% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
0.94%
+14.0% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
Bottom 8.7% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.26%
+12.1% YoY +0.4% QoQ
-0.61% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
3.52%
+6.2% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
24%
Efficiency Ratio ? 82.64%
-7.2% YoY +0.6% QoQ
+22.91% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
67.96%
-1.8% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Bottom 5.2% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 1.56%
+8.3% YoY +12.3% QoQ
+0.69% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
1.19%
+15.7% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
Bottom 15.0% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 83.57%
+1.7% YoY -1.5% QoQ
-1.46% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
79.34%
+1.1% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
59%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 16.44%
-4.5% YoY -2.5% QoQ
-4.83% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
22.09%
+0.6% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
33%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.16%
+10.5% YoY +10.6% QoQ
+0.48% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.79%
+14.5% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
17%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.97%
+2.1% YoY -1.9% QoQ
-0.87% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
23.90%
+5.3% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
63%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.59%
+5.1% YoY +87.0% QoQ
+0.06% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
0.52%
+23.2% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
Top 14.6% in tier

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NY) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 16.4%
-0.8pp YoY
-0.4pp QoQ
-4.9pp 21.4% 22.1% 22.2% 32%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.5% 8.0% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NY) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 5.0%
0.0pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-9.0pp 14.0% 11.0% 12.5% 18%
CRE 35.5%
+1.9pp YoY
+3.0pp QoQ
-14.5pp 50.0% 46.2% 41.4% 16%
1-4 Family 58.1%
-1.3pp YoY
-2.6pp QoQ
+31.7pp 26.4% 36.6% 31.3% 94%
Consumer 2.2%
-0.1pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-2.5pp 4.7% 5.1% 5.0% 67%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NY) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 14.0%
+0.3pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-1.6pp 15.6% 26.1% 19.7% 57%
Leverage Ratio 9.8%
+0.4pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-1.5pp 11.3% 13.9% 12.6% 31%
Total Capital Ratio 15.2%
+0.3pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-1.5pp 16.7% 27.2% 20.8% 59%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NY) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 236
-11 (-4.5%) YoY
-6 (-2.5%) QoQ
-78 313 914 482 50%
Assets per Employee ($) $5.9M
+5.4% YoY
+4.1% QoQ
-$4.6M $10.5M $14.8M $8.8M 11%
Branch Count 15
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-5 20 27 18 50%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NY) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.2% 0.1% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 1.6%
+0.1pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
+0.7pp 0.8% 1.3% 1.0% 87%
Allowance Coverage 0.71x
-13.1% YoY
-11.6% QoQ
-18.00x 18.71x 1.92x 20.23x 12%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 46%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NY) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 6.2%
+2.1pp YoY
-0.5pp QoQ
-6.4pp 12.6% 7.9% 11.6% 12%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.5%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.4pp 1.9% 1.8% 1.7% 26%
Net Income ($, YTD) $3.8M
+65.1% YoY
— QoQ
-$15.4M $19.2M $111.2M $40.4M 7%

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 (3)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#35 of 402 • Bottom 8.5% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

402 of 402 Mid-Market banks match · 1401 nationally
→ Stable -58 banks QoQ

Flatlined Growth

risk
#20 of 162 • Bottom 11.7% 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: 0.55%
(Tier: 1.39%, National: 1.30%)
worse than tier avg
162 of 162 Mid-Market banks match · 719 nationally
→ Stable +34 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Efficiency Drag

risk
#35 of 60 • Bottom 56.7% in tier

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

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 82.64%
(Tier: 59.73%, National: 70.05%)
worse than tier avg
60 of 60 Mid-Market banks match · 426 nationally
↓ Shrinking -64 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 885 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (1 metrics)

130
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.59%
Peer Median: 0.53%
#130 of 885 Top 14.6% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

840
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 82.64%
Peer Median: 59.73%
#840 of 885 Bottom 5.2% in $1B-$10B
809
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.55%
Peer Median: 1.39%
#809 of 885 Bottom 8.7% in $1B-$10B
751
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.56%
Peer Median: 0.87%
#751 of 882 Bottom 15.0% in $1B-$10B
732
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.16%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#732 of 885 Bottom 17.4% in $1B-$10B
674
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.26%
Peer Median: 3.87%
#674 of 885 Bottom 24.0% in $1B-$10B
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