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Forward Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial WI FDIC cert 28530

Designations: Community bank

Marshfield, WI

15 branches across WI · MN

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 28 in WI
View $1B-$10B leaderboard (WI) →

Forward Bank 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.61% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.56% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.44% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 10.19% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (WI) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.2B
+9.3% YoY +2.2% QoQ
-$1.6B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$1.1B
+10.1% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
17%
Total Loans ? $884.1M
+9.6% YoY +2.6% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$816.7M
+9.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
22%
Total Deposits ? $1.0B
+5.7% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$905.4M
+9.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
15%
Return on Assets ? 0.92%
+9.0% YoY -2.0% QoQ
-0.44% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.50%
+15.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
27%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.43%
+9.5% YoY +3.7% QoQ
+0.61% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.77%
+9.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 13.9% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 71.25%
-0.0% YoY -2.1% QoQ
+10.19% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
64.74%
-4.5% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
21%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.33%
-0.9% YoY -15.1% QoQ
-0.56% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.87%
+31.3% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
66%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 88.26%
+3.7% YoY +2.5% QoQ
+4.05% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
86.53%
+1.6% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
43%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 24.25%
+1.0% YoY -1.9% QoQ
+2.96% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
18.27%
-0.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
69%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.24%
-6.9% YoY -14.7% QoQ
-0.43% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.63%
+35.0% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
69%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.24%
+9.1% YoY +8.4% QoQ
-2.92% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
14.74%
+0.5% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
37%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.25%
-13.4% YoY -75.9% QoQ
-0.01% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
1.15%
+12.5% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
80%

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 (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

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 (2 metrics)

124
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.43%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#124 of 884 Top 13.9% in $1B-$10B
179
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.25%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#179 of 884 Top 20.1% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

748
Total Deposits
size
Value: $1.00B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#748 of 884 Bottom 15.5% in $1B-$10B
732
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.21B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#732 of 884 Bottom 17.3% in $1B-$10B
702
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 71.25%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#702 of 884 Bottom 20.7% in $1B-$10B
690
Total Loans
size
Value: $884.11M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#690 of 884 Bottom 22.1% in $1B-$10B
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