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Northwestern Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial WI FDIC cert 2468

Chippewa Falls, WI

7 branches across WI

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 113 in WI

Northwestern Bank has 6 strengths but faces 1 concern

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

+ Profitability Leader: Top 2.4% in tier
+ Credit Quality Leader: Top 40.7% in tier
+ Efficiency Ratio 22.04% below tier average
+ Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 18.67% above tier average
+ Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.64% below tier average
+ Net Interest Margin 0.13% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

- Liquidity Strain: Bottom 22.9% in tier

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Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric	Current	vs Tier	Tier Avg	State Avg (WI)	National Avg	Tier Percentile
Total Assets ?	$712.0M +3.5% YoY +1.0% QoQ	+$325.9M	$386.1M +0.5% YoY	$1.1B +10.1% YoY	$6.2B +9.1% YoY	Top 12.0% in tier
Total Loans ?	$565.1M -0.0% YoY +3.1% QoQ	+$309.4M	$255.7M +1.1% YoY	$816.7M +9.9% YoY	$3.2B +10.8% YoY	Top 7.3% in tier
Total Deposits ?	$577.2M +10.9% YoY +1.4% QoQ	+$249.3M	$328.0M +0.1% YoY	$905.4M +9.0% YoY	$4.8B +8.2% YoY	Top 14.1% in tier
Return on Assets ?	2.96% +50.9% YoY +45.7% QoQ	+1.69%	1.27% +12.9% YoY	1.50% +15.4% YoY	1.23% +13.4% YoY	Top 2.1% in tier
Net Interest Margin ?	4.06% +11.6% YoY +4.5% QoQ	+0.13%	3.93% +6.0% YoY	3.77% +9.2% YoY	3.89% +5.7% YoY	60%
Efficiency Ratio ?	43.24% -8.7% YoY -11.1% QoQ	-22.04%	65.29% -4.5% YoY	64.74% -4.5% YoY	66.95% -4.1% YoY	Top 6.9% in tier
Delinquency Rate ?	0.00%	-0.89%	0.89% +18.8% YoY	0.87% +31.3% YoY	0.95% +18.8% YoY	Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ?	97.90% -9.8% YoY +1.6% QoQ	+21.26%	76.64% +0.8% YoY	86.53% +1.6% YoY	76.70% +0.9% YoY	Bottom 11.1% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ?	40.69% +10.0% YoY +14.4% QoQ	+18.67%	22.02% -1.0% YoY	18.27% -0.8% YoY	22.01% -1.2% YoY	Top 4.2% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ?	0.00%	-0.64%	0.64% +19.7% YoY	0.63% +35.0% YoY	0.67% +19.3% YoY	Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ?	12.99% +11.2% YoY +2.7% QoQ	-2.84%	15.83% +1.5% YoY	14.74% +0.5% YoY	17.06% +0.8% YoY	47%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ?	0.08% +21.8% YoY -70.9% QoQ	-0.20%	0.28% +9.3% YoY	1.15% +12.5% YoY	0.32% +4.1% YoY	37%

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Signature behaviors (strengths & concerns)

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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)

Profitability Leader

growth

#17 of 666 • Top 2.4% in tier

Top-quartile profitability for peers of this size. Strong fundamentals and operational efficiency.

Why this signature

Return on Assets: 2.96%

(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)

better than tier avg

666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally

→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Credit Quality Leader

growth

#271 of 664 • Top 40.7% in tier

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

Why this signature

Delinquency Rate: 0.00%

(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)

better than tier avg

664 of 664 Community banks match · 922 nationally

→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

Liquidity Strain

risk

#148 of 643 • Bottom 22.9% in tier

Loan-to-deposit ratio above 90% - loan demand outpacing deposits. Bumping against liquidity limits, funding solutions needed.

Why this signature

Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 97.90%

(Tier: 76.64%, National: 76.70%)

worse than tier avg

643 of 643 Community banks match · 1013 nationally

→ Stable -50 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).

Compare against:

Comparing against 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (8 metrics)

Delinquency Rate

credit_quality

Value: 0.00%

Peer Median: 0.89%

#1 of 2654 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B

Nonperforming Asset Ratio

credit_quality

Value: 0.00%

Peer Median: 0.64%

#1 of 2664 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B

Return on Assets

profitability

Value: 2.96%

Peer Median: 1.27%

#58 of 2664 Top 2.1% in $100M-$1B

113

Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share

funding

Value: 40.69%

Peer Median: 22.02%

#113 of 2664 Top 4.2% in $100M-$1B

186

Efficiency Ratio

profitability

Value: 43.24%

Peer Median: 65.29%

#186 of 2664 Top 6.9% in $100M-$1B

196

Total Loans

size

Value: $565.08M

Peer Median: $255.72M

#196 of 2664 Top 7.3% in $100M-$1B

321

Total Assets

size

Value: $711.95M

Peer Median: $386.08M

#321 of 2664 Top 12.0% in $100M-$1B

376

Total Deposits

size

Value: $577.23M

Peer Median: $327.97M

#376 of 2664 Top 14.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

2370

Loan-to-Deposit Ratio

liquidity

Value: 97.90%

Peer Median: 76.64%

#2370 of 2664 Bottom 11.1% in $100M-$1B