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Sterling State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial MN FDIC cert 17863

Austin, MN

6 branches across MN

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 152 in MN
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Sterling State Bank has 1 strength but faces 5 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.41% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 34.1% in tier
  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 48.5% in tier
  • - ROA 0.35% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.49% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 10.14% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $462.3M
-9.9% YoY -4.1% QoQ
+$76.2M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$512.9M
+5.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
68%
Total Loans ? $310.4M
+4.9% YoY +0.4% QoQ
+$54.7M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$288.3M
+6.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
69%
Total Deposits ? $363.6M
+0.6% YoY +0.7% QoQ
+$35.6M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$443.8M
+5.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
65%
Return on Assets ? 0.92%
+49.5% YoY +43.8% QoQ
-0.35% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.13%
+10.7% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
33%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.44%
+23.1% YoY +16.7% QoQ
-0.49% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.93%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
28%
Efficiency Ratio ? 75.43%
-12.9% YoY -10.4% QoQ
+10.14% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
64.77%
-3.3% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
22%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.48%
+473.1% YoY +1.4% QoQ
-0.41% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.04%
+28.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
46%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 85.38%
+4.2% YoY -0.4% QoQ
+8.74% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
76.69%
-0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
34%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 24.51%
-1.8% YoY +9.3% QoQ
+2.49% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
21.87%
-0.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
64%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.32%
+37.4% YoY +6.2% QoQ
-0.31% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.77%
+27.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
49%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.52%
+2.2% YoY +1.3% QoQ
-3.31% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
15.37%
+0.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
41%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.12%
+16.9% YoY -76.9% QoQ
-0.16% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.16%
+5.0% 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 (0)

No matched strength signatures this quarter

Concerns (2)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#333 of 973 • Bottom 34.1% in tier

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

973 of 973 Community banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#636 of 1308 • Bottom 48.5% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.48%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
1308 of 1308 Community banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

2090
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 75.43%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2090 of 2664 Bottom 21.6% in $100M-$1B
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