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Liberty Bank for Savings

$100M-$1B Specialty: Mortgage IL FDIC cert 29009

Designations: Mutual

Chicago, IL

5 branches across IL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 211 in IL
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Liberty Bank for Savings has 1 strength but faces 5 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.86% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 6.1% in tier
  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 7.0% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.13% below tier average
  • - ROA 0.83% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 17.71% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $857.6M
+0.0% YoY +0.2% QoQ
+$471.5M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+4.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 5.4% in tier
Total Loans ? $545.5M
-1.9% YoY -1.2% QoQ
+$289.8M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.2B
+5.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Top 8.2% in tier
Total Deposits ? $646.4M
-0.9% YoY +0.3% QoQ
+$318.5M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+3.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 9.8% in tier
Return on Assets ? 0.44%
+226.8% YoY +47.5% QoQ
-0.83% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.04%
+3.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 11.6% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 2.80%
+18.4% YoY +10.7% QoQ
-1.13% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.61%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 6.8% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 83.00%
-10.2% YoY -3.7% QoQ
+17.71% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
63.68%
-7.4% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 12.1% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.03%
-72.7% YoY +19.7% QoQ
-0.86% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.15%
+15.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
83%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 84.39%
-1.1% YoY -1.4% QoQ
+7.75% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.92%
+1.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
36%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 10.31%
-0.1% YoY -1.9% QoQ
-11.71% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
20.45%
-1.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 11.5% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.02%
-73.3% YoY +18.1% QoQ
-0.62% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.78%
+18.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
84%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 60.27%
+20.2% YoY +2.7% QoQ
+44.44% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.97%
+0.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 0.6% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.06%
+13.5% YoY -76.8% QoQ
-0.22% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.34%
+6.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
28%

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 (2)

Liquidity Overhang

risk
#46 of 739 • Bottom 6.1% in tier

Exceptional capital position (Tier 1 >= 16%, top quartile). Strong fundamentals - opportunity to deploy capital more productively.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 60.27%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 84.39%
(Tier: 76.64%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
739 of 739 Community banks match · 939 nationally
→ Stable +13 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Flatlined Growth

risk
#37 of 512 • Bottom 7.0% in tier

Asset growth stalled (-2% to +2% YoY) despite healthy profitability (>0.25% ROA). Suggests untapped opportunity or strategic drift worth investigating.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 0.44%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (6 metrics)

17
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 60.27%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#17 of 2664 Top 0.6% in $100M-$1B
145
Total Assets
size
Value: $857.59M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#145 of 2664 Top 5.4% in $100M-$1B
220
Total Loans
size
Value: $545.55M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#220 of 2664 Top 8.2% in $100M-$1B
263
Total Deposits
size
Value: $646.44M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#263 of 2664 Top 9.8% in $100M-$1B
428
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.02%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#428 of 2664 Top 16.0% in $100M-$1B
454
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#454 of 2654 Top 17.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2484
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.80%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2484 of 2664 Bottom 6.8% in $100M-$1B
2358
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 10.31%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2358 of 2664 Bottom 11.5% in $100M-$1B
2355
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.44%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2355 of 2664 Bottom 11.6% in $100M-$1B
2342
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 83.00%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2342 of 2664 Bottom 12.1% in $100M-$1B
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