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Valley Bank of Ronan

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial MT FDIC cert 24966

Ronan, MT

7 branches across MT

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 23 in MT.
  • Deposits +14.7% year over year ($197.6M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.27%.
  • Return on assets 0.83%.
  • Efficiency ratio 73.23% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 74.93% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 23 in MT
View $100M-$1B leaderboard (MT) →

Valley Bank of Ronan 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

  • + Deposit Franchise: Top 61.9% in tier
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.65% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 46.9% in tier
  • - Efficiency Ratio 8.76% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $218.1M
+14.1% YoY +3.9% QoQ
-$168.5M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$2.2B
+3.0% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
31%
Total Loans ? $148.1M
+12.1% YoY +4.3% QoQ
-$110.3M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$1.4B
+2.6% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
34%
Total Deposits ? $197.6M
+14.7% YoY +4.1% QoQ
-$129.1M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$1.8B
+4.6% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
34%
Return on Assets ? 0.83%
-18.0% YoY +10.3% QoQ
-0.49% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.54%
-6.6% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
25%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.47%
-2.4% YoY +1.2% QoQ
+0.48% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
4.16%
+5.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
79%
Efficiency Ratio ? 73.23%
+5.9% YoY +0.3% QoQ
+8.76% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
60.98%
-0.5% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
23%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.27%
-35.1% YoY -18.4% QoQ
-0.65% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
1.28%
+29.2% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
60%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 74.93%
-2.3% YoY +0.1% QoQ
-3.03% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
70.68%
-1.2% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
60%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 37.88%
-9.7% YoY -4.0% QoQ
+15.85% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
26.03%
+1.9% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
Top 6.4% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.18%
-36.3% YoY -18.0% QoQ
-0.49% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.78%
+50.1% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
62%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.81%
-6.9% YoY -5.7% QoQ
-3.10% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
18.68%
-1.3% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
45%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.20%
-14.3% YoY +95.6% QoQ
-0.36% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
1.73%
+7.3% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
52%

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 (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 37.9%
-4.1pp YoY
-1.6pp QoQ
+15.7pp 22.1% 26.8% 22.2% 94%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 10.6% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 14.9%
+1.3pp YoY
-0.9pp QoQ
+3.3pp 11.6% 14.3% 12.5% 75%
CRE 32.1%
-0.5pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
-7.4pp 39.5% 42.8% 41.4% 38%
1-4 Family 31.7%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-1.0pp 32.6% 26.0% 31.3% 55%
Consumer 5.8%
-0.7pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
+1.7pp 4.1% 2.7% 5.0% 81%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 12.8%
-0.9pp YoY
-0.8pp QoQ
-6.0pp 18.8% 22.4% 19.7% 25%
Leverage Ratio 9.3%
-0.3pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-2.9pp 12.2% 13.2% 12.6% 17%
Total Capital Ratio 14.1%
-1.0pp YoY
-0.8pp QoQ
-5.9pp 19.9% 23.5% 20.8% 27%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 62
+2 (+3.3%) YoY
0 QoQ
+3 58 284 482 65%
Assets per Employee ($) $3.5M
+10.5% YoY
+3.9% QoQ
-$4.0M $7.5M $8.1M $8.8M 2%
Branch Count 7
0 YoY
0 QoQ
+2 4 21 18 75%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.3% 0.6% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.3%
-0.1pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.7pp 0.9% 1.1% 1.0% 36%
Allowance Coverage 5.82x
+40.6% YoY
+16.8% QoQ
-18.33x 24.15x 3.69x 20.23x 73%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.1%
+0.1pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 70%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 8.9%
-1.7pp YoY
+0.9pp QoQ
-3.3pp 12.2% 14.2% 11.6% 30%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.3%
+0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.4pp 1.7% 1.5% 1.7% 26%
Net Income ($, YTD) $874,000
-8.4% YoY
— QoQ
-$1.7M $2.6M $14.9M $40.4M 23%

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 (1)

Deposit Franchise

growth
#173 of 278 • Top 61.9% in tier

Top-quartile non-interest-bearing deposits AND top-quartile NIM. A premium deposit franchise translating into above-peer spread.

Why this signature
Noninterest-Bearing Deposit Share: 37.88%
(Tier: 22.03%, National: 21.98%)
better than tier avg
Net Interest Margin: 4.47%
(Tier: 3.99%, National: 3.95%)
better than tier avg
278 of 278 Community banks match · 368 nationally
→ Stable -1 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Concerns (1)

Margin Compression

decline
#145 of 307 • Bottom 46.9% 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: 0.83%
(Tier: 1.32%, National: 1.30%)
worse than tier avg
307 of 307 Community banks match · 413 nationally
→ Stable +8 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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

171
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 37.88%
Peer Median: 22.03%
#171 of 2643 Top 6.4% in $100M-$1B
568
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.47%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#568 of 2643 Top 21.5% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2029
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 73.23%
Peer Median: 64.48%
#2029 of 2643 Bottom 23.3% in $100M-$1B
1988
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.83%
Peer Median: 1.32%
#1988 of 2643 Bottom 24.8% in $100M-$1B
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