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Blackhawk Bank & Trust

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial IL FDIC cert 18402

Designations: Community bank

Milan, IL

19 branches across IL · IA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 50 in IL
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Blackhawk Bank & Trust has 2 strengths but faces 2 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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 11.64% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.79% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 18.1% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.61% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $2.0B
+2.0% YoY +2.5% QoQ
-$860.4M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$2.3B
+4.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
49%
Total Loans ? $1.2B
+8.1% YoY +2.4% QoQ
-$740.9M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$1.2B
+5.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
44%
Total Deposits ? $1.6B
+12.8% YoY -0.6% QoQ
-$771.0M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$1.9B
+3.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
47%
Return on Assets ? 1.33%
+60.4% YoY +25.5% QoQ
-0.03% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.04%
+3.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
59%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.20%
+31.2% YoY +14.0% QoQ
-0.61% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.61%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
24%
Efficiency Ratio ? 49.42%
-18.4% YoY -10.8% QoQ
-11.64% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
63.68%
-7.4% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
80%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.10%
-72.8% YoY -70.9% QoQ
-0.79% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.15%
+15.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 11.4% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 77.84%
-4.2% YoY +3.1% QoQ
-6.36% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
71.92%
+1.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
71%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 15.38%
-9.2% YoY -0.2% QoQ
-5.91% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
20.45%
-1.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
29%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.94%
-6.9% YoY -11.1% QoQ
+0.27% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.78%
+18.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
22%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.78%
+6.9% YoY +3.1% QoQ
-4.38% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
16.97%
+0.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 13.6% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.09%
+19.2% YoY -72.9% QoQ
-0.17% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.34%
+6.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
28%

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 (1)

Capital Thin

risk
#41 of 221 • Bottom 18.1% in tier

Tier 1 capital ratio in the bottom quartile of peers. Capital cushion thin relative to peers - regulator-watching cohort.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 10.78%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

101
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.10%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#101 of 880 Top 11.4% in $1B-$10B
180
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 49.42%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#180 of 884 Top 20.2% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

765
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.78%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#765 of 884 Bottom 13.6% in $1B-$10B
690
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.94%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#690 of 884 Bottom 22.1% in $1B-$10B
669
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.20%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#669 of 884 Bottom 24.4% in $1B-$10B
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