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Pioneer Bank, National Association

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial NY FDIC cert 20741

Designations: Community bank

Albany, NY

21 branches across NY

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 38 in NY
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Pioneer Bank, National Association 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.18% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.36% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 45.4% in tier
  • - Cost Spiral: Bottom 74.2% in tier
  • - ROA 0.37% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NY) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $2.2B
+7.0% YoY +2.9% QoQ
-$602.8M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$19.3B
+17.3% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
56%
Total Loans ? $1.7B
+14.4% YoY +3.3% QoQ
-$263.9M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$8.1B
+14.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
60%
Total Deposits ? $1.9B
+6.7% YoY +6.0% QoQ
-$452.7M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$15.1B
+16.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
56%
Return on Assets ? 1.00%
-7.0% YoY +8.5% QoQ
-0.37% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
0.86%
+14.3% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
32%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.99%
+2.0% YoY +1.9% QoQ
+0.18% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.45%
+7.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
72%
Efficiency Ratio ? 72.47%
+12.0% YoY +8.4% QoQ
+11.40% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
69.17%
-3.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
19%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.52%
-27.2% YoY -23.4% QoQ
-0.36% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.13%
+6.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
52%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 89.97%
+7.2% YoY -2.5% QoQ
+5.77% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
77.98%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
38%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 25.29%
-12.0% YoY -2.1% QoQ
+4.00% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
21.94%
+1.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
72%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.41%
-21.5% YoY -22.4% QoQ
-0.27% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.73%
+4.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
52%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 16.20%
-9.3% YoY -0.6% QoQ
+1.04% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
24.83%
+10.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
82%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.18%
+1.1% YoY -77.2% QoQ
-0.08% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.21%
+9.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
66%

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)

Liquidity Overhang

risk
#80 of 174 • Bottom 45.4% in tier

Exceptional capital position (Tier 1 >= 16%, top quartile). Strong fundamentals - opportunity to deploy capital more productively.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 16.20%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 89.97%
(Tier: 84.20%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
174 of 174 Mid-Market banks match · 939 nationally
→ Stable +13 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Cost Spiral

risk
#24 of 31 • Bottom 74.2% 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: 72.47%
(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 (1 metrics)

160
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 16.20%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#160 of 884 Top 18.0% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

718
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 72.47%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#718 of 884 Bottom 18.9% in $1B-$10B
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