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WaFd Bank

$10B-$250B Specialty: Commercial WA FDIC cert 28088

Seattle, WA

214 branches across WA · OR · AZ · ID · NM · CA · UT · NV · TX

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 139 banks in the $10B-$250B peer group nationwide — 1 of 3 in WA.
  • Deposits -2.1% year over year ($21.1B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.64%.
  • Return on assets 0.99%.
  • Efficiency ratio 52.58% vs a 53.67% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 95.11% vs a 82.61% peer average.

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139 banks in the $10B-$250B peer group nationally 3 in WA
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WaFd Bank has 2 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 1.09% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.38% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 7.5% in tier
  • - ROA 0.40% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.05% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (WA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $27.6B
+3.2% YoY +0.1% QoQ
-$16.0B $43.6B
-13.8% YoY
$3.2B
+7.3% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
57%
Total Loans ? $20.0B
-1.3% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-$7.9B $28.0B
-8.6% YoY
$2.3B
+6.2% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
60%
Total Deposits ? $21.1B
-2.1% YoY -0.9% QoQ
-$14.4B $35.4B
-14.0% YoY
$2.6B
+6.6% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
53%
Return on Assets ? 0.99%
+11.4% YoY -0.2% QoQ
-0.40% 1.39%
+25.9% YoY
0.49%
-20.7% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
23%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.87%
+8.7% YoY +0.9% QoQ
-1.05% 3.92%
+8.9% YoY
3.77%
+1.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
17%
Efficiency Ratio ? 52.58%
-4.5% YoY -1.5% QoQ
-1.09% 53.67%
-1.9% YoY
77.86%
+4.3% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
60%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.64%
+56.3% YoY +2.7% QoQ
-0.38% 1.01%
-2.8% YoY
2.42%
+282.9% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
57%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 95.11%
+0.9% YoY +1.2% QoQ
+12.49% 82.61%
+3.1% YoY
82.67%
-3.3% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
16%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 13.29%
+8.4% YoY +3.9% QoQ
-7.29% 20.58%
+4.9% YoY
25.26%
+1.1% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
23%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.49%
+40.1% YoY +2.8% QoQ
-0.24% 0.73%
+5.8% YoY
1.67%
+187.6% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
50%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.95%
-3.6% YoY -0.6% QoQ
-2.40% 15.35%
-0.4% YoY
12.96%
-1.6% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
50%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.14%
+14.3% YoY +124.2% QoQ
-0.36% 0.50%
+10.5% YoY
0.42%
+15.9% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
Bottom 12.9% in tier

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 (WA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 13.3%
+1.0pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
-7.7pp 21.0% 25.3% 22.2% 21%
Brokered Deposits 7.2%
-0.5pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-2.0pp 9.2% 8.9% 8.5% 59%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (WA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 11.0%
+3.0pp YoY
+1.2pp QoQ
-6.1pp 17.2% 10.5% 12.5% 30%
CRE 50.9%
+0.8pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
+8.9pp 42.0% 50.6% 41.4% 66%
1-4 Family 38.0%
-3.8pp YoY
-1.3pp QoQ
+14.9pp 23.1% 30.1% 31.3% 90%
Consumer 0.3%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-12.6pp 12.9% 7.9% 5.0% 16%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (WA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 12.9%
-0.5pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-2.3pp 15.3% 12.7% 19.7% 50%
Leverage Ratio 9.2%
-0.3pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-1.2pp 10.4% 10.7% 12.6% 21%
Total Capital Ratio 14.1%
-0.4pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-2.4pp 16.5% 13.8% 20.8% 51%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (WA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 2,054
+50 (+2.5%) YoY
-15 (-0.7%) QoQ
-1,204 3,258 343 482 54%
Assets per Employee ($) $13.4M
+0.7% YoY
+0.8% QoQ
-$13.6M $27.0M $8.5M $8.8M 58%
Branch Count 214
+3 (+1.4%) YoY
+1 (+0.5%) QoQ
+76 137 24 18 79%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (WA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.6%
+0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.7% 2.6% 1.0% 50%
Allowance Coverage 1.68x
-29.9% YoY
+3.3% QoQ
-1.13x 2.81x 4.50x 20.23x 48%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.4pp 0.4% 0.4% 0.2% 10%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (WA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 9.0%
+0.9pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-3.7pp 12.6% -2.7% 11.6% 27%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.3%
-0.3pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.4pp 2.0% 1.8% 1.7% 73%
Net Income ($, YTD) $135.9M
+11.9% YoY
— QoQ
-$160.9M $296.8M $14.3M $40.4M 42%

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)

Liquidity Strain

risk
#4 of 40 • Bottom 7.5% 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: 95.11%
(Tier: 82.61%, National: 79.03%)
worse than tier avg
40 of 40 Large banks match · 1092 nationally
→ Stable +81 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 139 peers in $10B-$250B

Top Strengths (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

122
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.14%
Peer Median: 0.50%
#122 of 139 Bottom 12.9% in $10B-$250B
118
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 95.11%
Peer Median: 82.61%
#118 of 139 Bottom 15.8% in $10B-$250B
117
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.87%
Peer Median: 3.92%
#117 of 139 Bottom 16.5% in $10B-$250B
108
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 13.29%
Peer Median: 20.58%
#108 of 139 Bottom 23.0% in $10B-$250B
108
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.99%
Peer Median: 1.39%
#108 of 139 Bottom 23.0% in $10B-$250B
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