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Defiance State Bank

under $100M Specialty: Agricultural IA FDIC cert 17450

Designations: Community bank

Defiance, IA

2 branches across IA

541 banks in the under $100M peer group nationally 33 in IA
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Defiance State Bank has 2 strengths but faces 1 concern

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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 7.06% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 1.29% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.14% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $42.5M
+2.7% YoY +1.7% QoQ
-$19.7M $62.2M
-0.6% YoY
$560.1M
+4.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
24%
Total Loans ? $31.8M
+4.8% YoY +1.0% QoQ
-$2.4M $34.2M
-1.4% YoY
$379.9M
+5.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
49%
Total Deposits ? $33.7M
+0.9% YoY +8.4% QoQ
-$18.1M $51.7M
-0.7% YoY
$469.6M
+4.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
23%
Return on Assets ? 0.69%
-43.1% YoY +19.5% QoQ
-0.14% 0.84%
-2.3% YoY
1.31%
+22.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
38%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.84%
-6.4% YoY -4.7% QoQ
-0.02% 3.86%
+2.8% YoY
3.52%
+10.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
51%
Efficiency Ratio ? 81.28%
+16.5% YoY -1.7% QoQ
-7.06% 88.34%
+0.3% YoY
58.40%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
33%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.08%
-35.6% YoY -10.9% QoQ
-1.29% 1.37%
+33.8% YoY
0.92%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
65%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 94.58%
+3.8% YoY -6.8% QoQ
+30.36% 64.22%
-0.7% YoY
77.40%
+1.1% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 11.8% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 14.20%
-6.9% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-9.51% 23.71%
+0.3% YoY
17.87%
+0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
22%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.06%
-34.3% YoY -11.5% QoQ
-0.72% 0.79%
+28.2% YoY
0.58%
+11.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
63%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.79%
+1.3% YoY -5.4% QoQ
-16.90% 26.68%
+2.0% YoY
14.34%
+1.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 5.5% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.04%
-13.4% YoY -75.4% QoQ
-0.63% 0.67%
+1.9% YoY
0.12%
+10.7% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
30%

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 (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 541 peers in under $100M

Top Strengths (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

512
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.79%
Peer Median: 26.68%
#512 of 541 Bottom 5.5% in under $100M
478
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 94.58%
Peer Median: 64.22%
#478 of 541 Bottom 11.8% in under $100M
425
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 14.20%
Peer Median: 23.71%
#425 of 541 Bottom 21.6% in under $100M
420
Total Deposits
size
Value: $33.67M
Peer Median: $51.74M
#420 of 541 Bottom 22.6% in under $100M
414
Total Assets
size
Value: $42.49M
Peer Median: $62.16M
#414 of 541 Bottom 23.7% in under $100M
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