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West Gate Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial NE FDIC cert 19850

Designations: Community bank

Lincoln, NE

10 branches across NE

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 21 in NE
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West Gate Bank has 2 strengths 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 25.9% in tier
  • + Revenue Diversifier: Top 45.2% in tier

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 8.1% in tier
  • - ROA 0.63% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.36% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NE) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.4B
+14.3% YoY +2.9% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$791.1M
+6.6% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
31%
Total Loans ? $1.0B
+13.6% YoY +5.4% QoQ
-$931.1M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$551.6M
+6.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
33%
Total Deposits ? $1.2B
+13.1% YoY +2.0% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$661.1M
+6.6% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
31%
Return on Assets ? 0.73%
-18.9% YoY -21.8% QoQ
-0.63% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.36%
+20.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
18%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.46%
+6.6% YoY +2.0% QoQ
-0.36% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.79%
+6.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
38%
Efficiency Ratio ? 80.74%
+8.7% YoY +6.0% QoQ
+19.68% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
60.11%
-6.9% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 7.8% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.17%
-9.6% YoY -42.9% QoQ
-0.72% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.72%
+6.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
82%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 86.07%
+0.4% YoY +3.3% QoQ
+1.87% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
79.63%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
51%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 20.89%
-9.3% YoY -6.3% QoQ
-0.40% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
17.92%
-1.5% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
56%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.12%
-10.2% YoY -41.6% QoQ
-0.55% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.55%
+6.0% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
82%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.28%
-5.6% YoY -2.0% QoQ
-3.88% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
14.10%
+3.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
20%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.41%
+27.0% YoY -73.4% QoQ
+0.15% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.12%
+3.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 8.4% 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 (2)

Credit Quality Leader

growth
#58 of 220 • Top 25.9% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.17%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
220 of 220 Mid-Market banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ

Revenue Diversifier

growth
#101 of 221 • Top 45.2% 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: 0.41%
(Tier: 0.26%, National: 0.32%)
better than tier avg
Return on Assets: 0.73%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
but worse than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

Efficiency Drag

risk
#7 of 74 • Bottom 8.1% in tier

Efficiency ratio above 80% - operating costs elevated relative to revenue. Margin improvement opportunity.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 80.74%
(Tier: 61.06%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
74 of 74 Mid-Market banks match · 492 nationally
→ Stable

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 (3 metrics)

75
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.41%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#75 of 884 Top 8.4% in $1B-$10B
156
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.12%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#156 of 884 Top 17.5% in $1B-$10B
162
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.17%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#162 of 880 Top 18.3% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

816
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 80.74%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#816 of 884 Bottom 7.8% in $1B-$10B
723
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.73%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#723 of 884 Bottom 18.3% in $1B-$10B
705
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 11.28%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#705 of 884 Bottom 20.4% in $1B-$10B
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