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Heartland Bank and Trust Company

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial IL FDIC cert 20369

Designations: Community bank

Bloomington, IL

88 branches across IL · IA · MO

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 50 in IL
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Heartland Bank and Trust Company 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.30% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.60% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 46.4% in tier
  • - Cost Spiral: Bottom 83.9% in tier

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $6.8B
+33.0% YoY +33.6% QoQ
+$4.0B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$2.3B
+4.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 8.1% in tier
Total Loans ? $4.6B
+35.3% YoY +35.5% QoQ
+$2.7B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$1.2B
+5.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Top 8.4% in tier
Total Deposits ? $5.8B
+32.6% YoY +33.4% QoQ
+$3.5B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$1.9B
+3.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 7.0% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.08%
-33.6% YoY -35.4% QoQ
-0.29% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.04%
+3.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
39%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.12%
-1.7% YoY -3.6% QoQ
+0.30% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.61%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
77%
Efficiency Ratio ? 70.15%
+37.5% YoY +39.9% QoQ
+9.09% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
63.68%
-7.4% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
23%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.29%
+91.5% YoY +29.2% QoQ
-0.60% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.15%
+15.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
71%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 79.38%
+2.0% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-4.82% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
71.92%
+1.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
68%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 23.51%
-4.2% YoY -3.1% QoQ
+2.22% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
20.45%
-1.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
66%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.21%
+95.2% YoY +24.5% QoQ
-0.46% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.78%
+18.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
73%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.44%
-6.1% YoY -6.3% QoQ
-0.72% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
16.97%
+0.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
68%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.16%
-10.6% YoY -78.4% QoQ
-0.09% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.34%
+6.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
59%

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 (2)

Margin Compression

decline
#40 of 84 • Bottom 46.4% in tier

Profitability above 0.75% ROA but margins eroding by at least 0.10pp YoY. Something changed - rising costs or falling yields need addressing.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.08%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
84 of 84 Mid-Market banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 banks QoQ

Cost Spiral

risk
#27 of 31 • Bottom 83.9% in tier

Historically lean operator (efficiency < 75%) now seeing 5+ point efficiency ratio increase YoY despite strong profitability. Efficiency advantage eroding.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 70.15%
(Tier: 61.06%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
31 of 31 Mid-Market banks match · 176 nationally
↑ Growing +82 banks QoQ

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 (4 metrics)

63
Total Deposits
size
Value: $5.83B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#63 of 884 Top 7.0% in $1B-$10B
73
Total Assets
size
Value: $6.77B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#73 of 884 Top 8.1% in $1B-$10B
75
Total Loans
size
Value: $4.63B
Peer Median: $1.96B
#75 of 884 Top 8.4% in $1B-$10B
204
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.12%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#204 of 884 Top 23.0% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

683
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 70.15%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#683 of 884 Bottom 22.9% in $1B-$10B
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