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Gate City Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Consumer ND FDIC cert 27774

Designations: Community bank

Fargo, ND

46 branches across ND · MN

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 12 in ND
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Gate City Bank has 2 strengths but faces 4 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

  • + Non-Interest Income / Assets 0.11% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.16% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 22.6% in tier
  • - ROA 0.55% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.20% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 14.18% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $4.0B
+5.7% YoY +1.2% QoQ
+$1.2B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$1.1B
+4.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
80%
Total Loans ? $2.9B
+2.0% YoY -0.2% QoQ
+$968.0M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$779.7M
+5.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
82%
Total Deposits ? $3.6B
+6.9% YoY +1.3% QoQ
+$1.3B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$930.6M
+2.8% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
82%
Return on Assets ? 0.82%
+87.9% YoY +35.5% QoQ
-0.55% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.38%
+15.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
22%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.62%
+15.5% YoY +5.1% QoQ
-0.20% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.69%
+5.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
49%
Efficiency Ratio ? 75.24%
-10.0% YoY -6.1% QoQ
+14.18% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
60.25%
-5.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 14.4% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.72%
-7.2% YoY +0.1% QoQ
-0.16% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.92%
+20.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
39%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 81.27%
-4.6% YoY -1.5% QoQ
-2.94% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
69.27%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
63%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 13.07%
+0.7% YoY -3.3% QoQ
-8.22% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
22.07%
+2.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
20%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.54%
-9.9% YoY -1.2% QoQ
-0.14% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.56%
+12.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
42%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.82%
+3.3% YoY +0.7% QoQ
-5.34% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
13.00%
+1.5% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 3.4% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.37%
-5.8% YoY -76.2% QoQ
+0.11% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.12%
+7.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 9.7% 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 (1)

Capital Thin

risk
#51 of 221 • Bottom 22.6% in tier

Tier 1 capital ratio in the bottom quartile of peers. Capital cushion thin relative to peers - regulator-watching cohort.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 9.82%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 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 (4 metrics)

87
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.37%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#87 of 884 Top 9.7% in $1B-$10B
156
Total Deposits
size
Value: $3.61B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#156 of 884 Top 17.5% in $1B-$10B
164
Total Loans
size
Value: $2.93B
Peer Median: $1.96B
#164 of 884 Top 18.4% in $1B-$10B
175
Total Assets
size
Value: $4.03B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#175 of 884 Top 19.7% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

855
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.82%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#855 of 884 Bottom 3.4% in $1B-$10B
758
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 75.24%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#758 of 884 Bottom 14.4% in $1B-$10B
705
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 13.07%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#705 of 884 Bottom 20.4% in $1B-$10B
694
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.82%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#694 of 884 Bottom 21.6% in $1B-$10B
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