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Pioneer Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial IA FDIC cert 19540

Sergeant Bluff, IA

4 branches across IA · SD

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 166 in IA
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Pioneer Bank has 3 strengths 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

  • + ROA 0.32% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 12.28% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.79% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 11.9% in tier
  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 15.5% in tier
  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 22.5% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.36% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $295.2M
+2.9% YoY +3.2% QoQ
-$90.8M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$560.1M
+4.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
45%
Total Loans ? $200.9M
+4.3% YoY +1.2% QoQ
-$54.8M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$379.9M
+5.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
49%
Total Deposits ? $261.8M
+1.7% YoY +3.4% QoQ
-$66.2M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$469.6M
+4.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
47%
Return on Assets ? 1.59%
+27.3% YoY +20.7% QoQ
+0.32% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.31%
+22.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
72%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.57%
+18.9% YoY +10.5% QoQ
-0.36% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.52%
+10.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
34%
Efficiency Ratio ? 53.01%
-9.5% YoY -5.6% QoQ
-12.28% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
58.40%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
78%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.09% -0.79% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.92%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
75%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 76.74%
+2.6% YoY -2.1% QoQ
+0.10% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
77.40%
+1.1% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
53%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.79%
-9.3% YoY -4.2% QoQ
-2.23% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
17.87%
+0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
44%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.06% -0.57% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.58%
+11.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
75%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.92%
+6.3% YoY +0.9% QoQ
-5.91% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
14.34%
+1.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 9.0% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.06%
-41.8% YoY -75.2% QoQ
-0.22% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.12%
+10.7% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
25%

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 (3)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#117 of 973 • Bottom 11.9% 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

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#204 of 1308 • Bottom 15.5% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.09%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
1308 of 1308 Community banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ

Capital Thin

risk
#151 of 666 • Bottom 22.5% 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: 9.92%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
666 of 666 Community 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

579
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 53.01%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#579 of 2664 Top 21.7% in $100M-$1B
655
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.06%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#655 of 2664 Top 24.5% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

2425
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.92%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2425 of 2664 Bottom 9.0% in $100M-$1B
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