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Ascend Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial CT FDIC cert 18194

Designations: Community bank

Guilford, CT

13 branches across CT

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 14 in CT
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Ascend Bank has 1 strength 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.48% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.49% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.40% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 8.20% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.5B
+23.9% YoY +1.3% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$4.6B
+6.9% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
33%
Total Loans ? $1.1B
+28.8% YoY -0.7% QoQ
-$842.9M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$3.2B
+8.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
39%
Total Deposits ? $1.3B
+24.6% YoY +1.3% QoQ
-$1.0B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$3.7B
+5.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
37%
Return on Assets ? 0.87%
+272.7% YoY +146.1% QoQ
-0.49% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
0.98%
+59.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
24%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.42%
+28.0% YoY +7.6% QoQ
-0.40% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.30%
+11.1% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
36%
Efficiency Ratio ? 69.26%
-20.1% YoY -19.1% QoQ
+8.20% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
74.04%
-0.3% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
24%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.41%
+169.0% YoY +12.4% QoQ
-0.48% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.76%
+15.1% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
61%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 86.15%
+3.4% YoY -2.0% QoQ
+1.95% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
87.65%
+0.6% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
50%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 12.78%
+13.5% YoY +0.4% QoQ
-8.51% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
20.48%
-2.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
19%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.31%
+179.7% YoY +10.3% QoQ
-0.36% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.54%
+14.2% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
62%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.68%
-10.3% YoY +2.6% QoQ
-5.48% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
15.66%
+1.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 2.4% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.15%
-2.1% YoY -74.3% QoQ
-0.11% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.74%
+3.6% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
55%

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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

864
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.68%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#864 of 884 Bottom 2.4% in $1B-$10B
716
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 12.78%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#716 of 884 Bottom 19.1% in $1B-$10B
671
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 69.26%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#671 of 884 Bottom 24.2% in $1B-$10B
671
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.87%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#671 of 884 Bottom 24.2% in $1B-$10B
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