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Bank Independent

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial AL FDIC cert 16604

Designations: Community bank

Sheffield, AL

34 branches across AL

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 16 in AL.
  • Deposits +3.4% year over year ($2.5B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.22%.
  • Return on assets 0.63%.
  • Efficiency ratio 80.19% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 74.37% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 16 in AL
View $1B-$10B leaderboard (AL) →

Bank Independent has 2 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 15.4% in tier
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.66% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 5.0% in tier
  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 8.7% in tier
  • - ROA 0.76% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $2.9B
+2.8% YoY -3.1% QoQ
+$66.9M $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$2.5B
+1.5% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
68%
Total Loans ? $1.8B
+0.3% YoY +1.0% QoQ
-$129.4M $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$1.6B
+2.8% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
63%
Total Deposits ? $2.5B
+3.4% YoY -3.7% QoQ
+$146.8M $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$2.1B
+0.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
70%
Return on Assets ? 0.63%
-37.7% YoY -32.1% QoQ
-0.76% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
0.89%
-13.0% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
Bottom 10.6% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 4.53%
-7.3% YoY -6.6% QoQ
+0.66% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
4.02%
+3.4% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
Top 11.8% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 80.19%
+10.5% YoY +10.3% QoQ
+20.46% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
69.53%
+4.0% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Bottom 6.8% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.22%
+7.7% YoY -65.9% QoQ
-0.65% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
1.13%
+25.5% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
77%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 74.37%
-3.0% YoY +4.9% QoQ
-10.66% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
67.62%
+0.9% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
77%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 21.42%
-4.2% YoY +0.8% QoQ
+0.15% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
24.04%
+0.1% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
58%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.15%
-15.3% YoY -63.5% QoQ
-0.53% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.74%
+25.2% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
79%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.22%
+17.1% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-1.62% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
15.01%
+1.3% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
52%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.43%
-4.7% YoY +116.6% QoQ
-0.09% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
0.35%
-14.4% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
74%

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 (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 21.4%
-0.9pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
+0.1pp 21.4% 24.0% 22.2% 57%
Brokered Deposits 0.4%
-1.5pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-9.0pp 9.5% 5.5% 8.5% 11%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 23.1%
+0.8pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
+9.1pp 14.0% 16.9% 12.5% 85%
CRE 55.5%
-0.7pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
+5.4pp 50.0% 43.5% 41.4% 65%
1-4 Family 20.6%
+0.2pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-5.8pp 26.4% 30.6% 31.3% 43%
Consumer 1.3%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-3.4pp 4.7% 5.7% 5.0% 51%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 13.2%
+1.9pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-2.4pp 15.6% 15.1% 19.7% 45%
Leverage Ratio 9.8%
+1.0pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-1.5pp 11.3% 13.2% 12.6% 32%
Total Capital Ratio 14.4%
+2.0pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-2.3pp 16.7% 16.2% 20.8% 45%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 655
-41 (-5.9%) YoY
-7 (-1.1%) QoQ
+341 313 304 482 91%
Assets per Employee ($) $4.4M
+9.2% YoY
-2.0% QoQ
-$6.1M $10.5M $6.9M $8.8M 2%
Branch Count 34
0 YoY
0 QoQ
+14 20 20 18 85%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.2%
+0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
0.0pp 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 86%
Nonaccrual 0.0%
-0.1pp YoY
-0.4pp QoQ
-0.8pp 0.8% 1.2% 1.0% 5%
Allowance Coverage 6.39x
-4.5% YoY
+211.2% QoQ
-12.32x 18.71x 7.50x 20.23x 82%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.2%
+0.1pp YoY
-0.4pp QoQ
0.0pp 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 83%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 6.5%
-5.1pp YoY
-3.4pp QoQ
-6.1pp 12.6% 10.0% 11.6% 13%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.5%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.4pp 1.9% 1.7% 1.7% 21%
Net Income ($, YTD) $9.3M
-34.5% YoY
— QoQ
-$10.0M $19.2M $17.2M $40.4M 36%

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)

Credit Quality Leader

growth
#35 of 221 • Top 15.4% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.22%
(Tier: 0.87%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 920 nationally
→ Stable +1 banks QoQ

Concerns (2)

Efficiency Drag

risk
#4 of 60 • Bottom 5.0% in tier

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

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 80.19%
(Tier: 59.73%, National: 70.05%)
worse than tier avg
60 of 60 Mid-Market banks match · 426 nationally
↓ Shrinking -64 banks QoQ

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#44 of 492 • Bottom 8.7% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.22%
(Tier: 0.87%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
492 of 492 Mid-Market banks match · 1820 nationally
→ Stable -71 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 (4 metrics)

105
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.53%
Peer Median: 3.87%
#105 of 885 Top 11.8% in $1B-$10B
188
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.15%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#188 of 885 Top 21.1% in $1B-$10B
202
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 74.37%
Peer Median: 85.04%
#202 of 885 Top 22.7% in $1B-$10B
206
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.22%
Peer Median: 0.87%
#206 of 882 Top 23.2% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

826
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 80.19%
Peer Median: 59.73%
#826 of 885 Bottom 6.8% in $1B-$10B
792
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.63%
Peer Median: 1.39%
#792 of 885 Bottom 10.6% in $1B-$10B
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