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Essex Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial CT FDIC cert 17262

Designations: Mutual

Essex, CT

8 branches across CT

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 12 in CT
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Essex 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

  • + Revenue Diversifier: Top 15.5% in tier
  • + Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 15.88% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.38% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.26% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 19.91% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.42% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $525.7M
+2.6% YoY +1.1% QoQ
+$139.6M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$4.6B
+6.9% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
74%
Total Loans ? $367.3M
+3.5% YoY +1.0% QoQ
+$111.5M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$3.2B
+8.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
76%
Total Deposits ? $439.7M
+1.5% YoY +1.1% QoQ
+$111.7M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$3.7B
+5.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
74%
Return on Assets ? 0.89%
+56.8% YoY -3.1% QoQ
-0.38% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.98%
+59.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
31%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.67%
+6.7% YoY -0.2% QoQ
-0.26% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.30%
+11.1% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
39%
Efficiency Ratio ? 85.19%
-4.2% YoY +0.8% QoQ
+19.91% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
74.04%
-0.3% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 10.1% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 1.30%
-5.1% QoQ
+0.42% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.76%
+15.1% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
22%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 83.53%
+1.9% YoY -0.1% QoQ
+6.89% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
87.65%
+0.6% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
38%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 37.90%
+0.6% YoY +1.7% QoQ
+15.88% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
20.48%
-2.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 6.6% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.91%
-5.2% QoQ
+0.27% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.54%
+14.2% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
22%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.78%
+6.2% YoY +1.3% QoQ
-3.05% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
15.66%
+1.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
45%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 1.30%
+12.4% YoY -73.7% QoQ
+1.02% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.74%
+3.6% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 1.5% 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 (1)

Revenue Diversifier

growth
#104 of 666 • Top 15.5% in tier

Top-quartile non-interest income relative to assets. Revenue less dependent on spread - more resilient to rate cycles.

Why this signature
Noninterest Income / Assets: 1.30%
(Tier: 0.28%, National: 0.32%)
better than tier avg
Return on Assets: 0.89%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
but worse than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Concerns (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

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 (3 metrics)

40
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 1.30%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#40 of 2664 Top 1.5% in $100M-$1B
176
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 37.90%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#176 of 2664 Top 6.6% in $100M-$1B
629
Total Loans
size
Value: $367.26M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#629 of 2664 Top 23.6% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2397
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 85.19%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2397 of 2664 Bottom 10.1% in $100M-$1B
2078
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.91%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2078 of 2664 Bottom 22.0% in $100M-$1B
2068
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.30%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2068 of 2654 Bottom 22.1% in $100M-$1B
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