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Better Banks

$100M-$1B Specialty: Other IL FDIC cert 1808

Peoria, IL

10 branches across IL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 211 in IL
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Better Banks has 1 strength 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 28.5% in tier

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 35.0% in tier
  • - Deposit Outflow: Bottom 41.5% in tier
  • - Efficiency Ratio 3.98% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.53% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $425.9M
-1.3% YoY -1.7% QoQ
+$39.8M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+4.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
65%
Total Loans ? $288.2M
+1.8% YoY +0.2% QoQ
+$32.5M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.2B
+5.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
66%
Total Deposits ? $388.4M
-2.3% YoY -1.6% QoQ
+$60.4M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+3.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
68%
Return on Assets ? 1.22%
+35.9% YoY +29.3% QoQ
-0.04% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.04%
+3.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
51%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.89%
+19.7% YoY +10.6% QoQ
-0.04% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.61%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
52%
Efficiency Ratio ? 69.27%
-7.0% YoY -2.8% QoQ
+3.98% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
63.68%
-7.4% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
34%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.42%
-5.7% YoY +17.4% QoQ
+0.53% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.15%
+15.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
20%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 74.21%
+4.2% YoY +1.8% QoQ
-2.43% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.92%
+1.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
59%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.19%
-3.1% YoY +1.8% QoQ
-2.83% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
20.45%
-1.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
41%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.96%
-21.3% YoY -7.2% QoQ
+0.32% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.78%
+18.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
20%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.37%
+0.2% YoY +0.1% QoQ
-2.46% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.97%
+0.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
51%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.32%
+0.1% YoY -75.6% QoQ
+0.04% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.34%
+6.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 6.2% 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
#191 of 666 • Top 28.5% 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: 0.32%
(Tier: 0.28%, National: 0.32%)
better than tier avg
Return on Assets: 1.22%
(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 improving

Concerns (2)

Flatlined Growth

risk
#180 of 512 • Bottom 35.0% in tier

Asset growth stalled (-2% to +2% YoY) despite healthy profitability (>0.25% ROA). Suggests untapped opportunity or strategic drift worth investigating.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.22%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ

Deposit Outflow

decline
#211 of 506 • Bottom 41.5% in tier

Deposits down 0.5%+ YoY. Funding base eroding - rate competition or franchise weakness.

506 of 506 Community banks match · 656 nationally
→ Stable -8 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

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 (1 metrics)

166
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.32%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#166 of 2664 Top 6.2% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2132
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.42%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2132 of 2654 Bottom 19.7% in $100M-$1B
2119
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.96%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2119 of 2664 Bottom 20.5% in $100M-$1B
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