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The Bennington State Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial KS FDIC cert 16402

Designations: Community bank

Salina, KS

15 branches across KS

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 20 in KS
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The Bennington State Bank has 4 strengths but faces 2 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

  • + Profitability Leader: Top 20.4% in tier
  • + Efficiency Ratio 18.57% below tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.08% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.58% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 23.4% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 43.1% in tier

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.2B
+10.9% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-$1.6B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$509.2M
+7.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
20%
Total Loans ? $810.5M
+8.7% YoY +0.8% QoQ
-$1.2B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$338.5M
+8.8% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
16%
Total Deposits ? $1.1B
+10.4% YoY -1.1% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$424.4M
+7.3% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
20%
Return on Assets ? 2.33%
+18.6% YoY +2.6% QoQ
+0.96% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.40%
+19.8% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Top 5.0% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.90%
+6.1% YoY +0.8% QoQ
+0.08% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.92%
+4.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
66%
Efficiency Ratio ? 42.49%
-11.5% YoY +0.1% QoQ
-18.57% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
62.29%
-5.0% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Top 8.9% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.31%
+48.3% YoY +94.4% QoQ
-0.58% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.77%
+10.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
69%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 76.73%
-1.5% YoY +1.9% QoQ
-7.47% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
71.79%
+1.2% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
73%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 18.66%
-9.2% YoY +3.4% QoQ
-2.63% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
22.83%
-2.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
44%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.20%
+45.5% YoY +96.6% QoQ
-0.47% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.51%
+12.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
73%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.34%
+4.2% YoY +3.7% QoQ
+0.18% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
17.98%
-0.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
76%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.18%
+13.4% YoY -71.3% QoQ
-0.08% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.28%
-1.8% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
64%

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 (1)

Profitability Leader

growth
#46 of 221 • Top 20.4% in tier

Top-quartile profitability for peers of this size. Strong fundamentals and operational efficiency.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 2.33%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Concerns (2)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#121 of 513 • Bottom 23.4% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.31%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
513 of 513 Mid-Market banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#182 of 420 • Bottom 43.1% 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

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 (3 metrics)

45
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 2.33%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#45 of 884 Top 5.0% in $1B-$10B
80
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 42.49%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#80 of 884 Top 8.9% in $1B-$10B
213
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 15.34%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#213 of 884 Top 24.0% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

744
Total Loans
size
Value: $810.51M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#744 of 884 Bottom 16.0% in $1B-$10B
711
Total Deposits
size
Value: $1.06B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#711 of 884 Bottom 19.7% in $1B-$10B
707
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.25B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#707 of 884 Bottom 20.1% in $1B-$10B
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