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Watertown Savings Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Mortgage MA FDIC cert 23298

Designations: Community bank Mutual

Watertown, MA

10 branches across MA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 46 in MA
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Watertown Savings Bank has 1 strength but faces 7 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.62% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 8.3% in tier
  • - Deposit Outflow: Bottom 15.4% in tier
  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 42.0% in tier
  • - Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 13.23% below tier average
  • - ROA 0.67% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.84% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 9.32% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.4B
-3.6% YoY +0.7% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$6.8B
+9.3% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
31%
Total Loans ? $631.5M
+1.4% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$2.4B
+16.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 5.5% in tier
Total Deposits ? $1.3B
-5.0% YoY +0.8% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$5.3B
+11.5% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
35%
Return on Assets ? 0.70%
+26.0% YoY +12.6% QoQ
-0.67% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
0.49%
+59.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
17%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.97%
+18.0% YoY +11.3% QoQ
-0.84% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.03%
+10.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
16%
Efficiency Ratio ? 70.38%
-3.2% YoY -1.2% QoQ
+9.32% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
80.02%
-2.5% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
22%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.26%
+272.2% YoY -19.8% QoQ
-0.62% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.73%
+28.2% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
73%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 50.14%
+6.8% YoY -1.3% QoQ
-34.07% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
92.37%
-0.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 4.1% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 8.06%
-2.3% YoY -2.8% QoQ
-13.23% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
15.85%
-3.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 8.3% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.12%
+291.5% YoY -20.8% QoQ
-0.56% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.58%
+29.6% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
83%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 28.92%
+5.0% YoY +0.6% QoQ
+13.76% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
14.58%
+1.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 2.5% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.06%
+5.1% YoY -75.8% QoQ
-0.20% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.11%
+1.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Bottom 14.9% 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 (0)

No matched strength signatures this quarter

Concerns (3)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#36 of 420 • Bottom 8.3% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

420 of 420 Mid-Market banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Deposit Outflow

decline
#21 of 130 • Bottom 15.4% in tier

Deposits down 0.5%+ YoY. Funding base eroding - rate competition or franchise weakness.

130 of 130 Mid-Market banks match · 656 nationally
→ Stable -8 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Liquidity Overhang

risk
#74 of 174 • Bottom 42.0% 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: 28.92%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 50.14%
(Tier: 84.20%, National: 76.70%)
better than tier avg
174 of 174 Mid-Market banks match · 939 nationally
→ Stable +13 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

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)

23
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 28.92%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#23 of 884 Top 2.5% in $1B-$10B
37
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 50.14%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#37 of 884 Top 4.1% in $1B-$10B
148
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.12%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#148 of 884 Top 16.6% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (6 metrics)

836
Total Loans
size
Value: $631.52M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#836 of 884 Bottom 5.5% in $1B-$10B
812
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 8.06%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#812 of 884 Bottom 8.3% in $1B-$10B
753
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.06%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#753 of 884 Bottom 14.9% in $1B-$10B
746
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.97%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#746 of 884 Bottom 15.7% in $1B-$10B
738
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.70%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#738 of 884 Bottom 16.6% in $1B-$10B
690
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 70.38%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#690 of 884 Bottom 22.1% in $1B-$10B
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