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The Western State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural KS FDIC cert 21121

Garden City, KS

9 branches across KS

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 2,643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationwide — 1 of 117 in KS.
  • Deposits +0.5% year over year ($717.2M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 3.12%.
  • Return on assets 1.43%.
  • Efficiency ratio 43.24% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 72.36% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 117 in KS
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The Western State Bank has 3 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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 21.24% below tier average
  • + ROA 0.11% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.49% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 12.7% in tier
  • - Delinquency Rate 2.20% above tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 1.35% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $802.1M
+1.3% YoY -2.7% QoQ
+$415.6M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$513.9M
+7.1% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
Top 8.1% in tier
Total Loans ? $519.0M
-2.6% YoY -2.2% QoQ
+$260.6M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$343.7M
+7.8% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Top 10.0% in tier
Total Deposits ? $717.2M
+0.5% YoY -3.1% QoQ
+$390.5M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$426.3M
+7.4% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
Top 5.8% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.43%
-41.2% YoY -39.8% QoQ
+0.11% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.56%
+14.6% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
61%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.48%
-1.6% YoY +1.8% QoQ
+0.49% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
3.99%
+4.5% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
79%
Efficiency Ratio ? 43.24%
+3.9% YoY +1.2% QoQ
-21.24% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
60.13%
-4.7% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Top 6.8% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 3.12%
+361.8% YoY +140.9% QoQ
+2.20% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
0.82%
+9.9% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
Bottom 5.8% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 72.36%
-3.0% YoY +0.9% QoQ
-5.59% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
72.94%
+0.4% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
65%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 22.76%
+4.7% YoY -1.4% QoQ
+0.73% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
22.01%
-1.4% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
58%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 2.02%
+344.1% YoY +142.2% QoQ
+1.35% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.53%
+8.8% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
Bottom 6.9% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.78%
+3.3% YoY +0.7% QoQ
-2.13% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
17.75%
-1.2% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
56%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.16%
+3.1% YoY +113.9% QoQ
-0.40% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.59%
-1.1% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
38%

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 22.8%
+1.0pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
+0.6pp 22.1% 22.3% 22.2% 58%
Brokered Deposits 1.4%
-4.7pp YoY
-0.6pp QoQ
-6.4pp 7.9% 8.7% 8.5% 24%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 25.0%
0.0pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
+13.4pp 11.6% 12.6% 12.5% 93%
CRE 16.5%
0.0pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-23.0pp 39.5% 28.8% 41.4% 12%
1-4 Family 14.2%
+1.5pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
-18.4pp 32.6% 26.7% 31.3% 18%
Consumer 1.7%
+0.3pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-2.4pp 4.1% 4.6% 5.0% 42%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 13.8%
+0.4pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-5.0pp 18.8% 23.3% 19.7% 37%
Leverage Ratio 10.7%
+0.2pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-1.5pp 12.2% 12.6% 12.6% 45%
Total Capital Ratio 15.0%
+0.4pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-4.9pp 19.9% 24.4% 20.8% 38%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 124
+3 (+2.5%) YoY
0 QoQ
+65 58 70 482 94%
Assets per Employee ($) $6.5M
-1.1% YoY
-2.7% QoQ
-$1.0M $7.5M $7.1M $8.8M 42%
Branch Count 9
0 YoY
0 QoQ
+4 4 6 18 86%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 3.1%
+2.4pp YoY
+1.8pp QoQ
+2.2pp 0.9% 0.8% 1.0% 94%
Allowance Coverage 0.83x
-74.3% YoY
-54.1% QoQ
-23.33x 24.15x 22.44x 20.23x 21%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 1.3%
+1.3pp YoY
+1.2pp QoQ
+1.2pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 98%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 14.3%
-11.9pp YoY
-9.7pp QoQ
+2.1pp 12.2% 14.3% 11.6% 64%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.7%
-0.3pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
0.0pp 1.7% 1.6% 1.7% 51%
Net Income ($, YTD) $5.8M
-38.3% YoY
— QoQ
+$3.3M $2.6M $3.7M $40.4M 91%

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)

Margin Compression

decline
#40 of 307 • Bottom 12.7% 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: 1.43%
(Tier: 1.32%, National: 1.30%)
better than tier avg
307 of 307 Community banks match · 413 nationally
→ Stable +8 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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

154
Total Deposits
size
Value: $717.19M
Peer Median: $326.73M
#154 of 2643 Top 5.8% in $100M-$1B
181
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 43.24%
Peer Median: 64.48%
#181 of 2643 Top 6.8% in $100M-$1B
214
Total Assets
size
Value: $802.15M
Peer Median: $386.57M
#214 of 2643 Top 8.1% in $100M-$1B
265
Total Loans
size
Value: $518.98M
Peer Median: $258.35M
#265 of 2643 Top 10.0% in $100M-$1B
558
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.48%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#558 of 2643 Top 21.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2480
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 3.12%
Peer Median: 0.92%
#2480 of 2633 Bottom 5.8% in $100M-$1B
2461
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 2.02%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#2461 of 2643 Bottom 6.9% in $100M-$1B
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