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Pioneer State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Mortgage MT FDIC cert 29517

Designations: Mutual

Deer Lodge, MT

2 branches across MT

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 22 in MT
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Pioneer State Bank 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 13.2% in tier

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 34.5% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 2.03% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 61.27% above tier average
  • - Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 14.34% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.60% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $122.0M
+9.3% YoY +1.7% QoQ
-$264.1M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.2B
+7.4% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 6.5% in tier
Total Loans ? $90.6M
+5.1% YoY +0.9% QoQ
-$165.1M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.4B
+7.1% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
16%
Total Deposits ? $95.2M
+12.3% YoY +2.4% QoQ
-$232.8M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.8B
+10.6% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 4.2% in tier
Return on Assets ? -0.76%
-6.4% YoY -397.6% QoQ
-2.03% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.68%
+0.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 1.3% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.33%
+3.1% YoY -0.9% QoQ
-0.60% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.10%
+5.6% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
23%
Efficiency Ratio ? 126.55%
+5.1% YoY +19.3% QoQ
+61.27% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
58.72%
-5.9% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 0.7% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.06%
-12.9% YoY
-0.83% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.39%
+43.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
78%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 95.18%
-6.5% YoY -1.5% QoQ
+18.54% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
68.91%
-1.7% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
15%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 7.68%
-7.1% YoY -15.2% QoQ
-14.34% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
25.97%
-2.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 6.5% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.04%
-16.3% YoY
-0.59% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.81%
+60.9% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
79%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.68%
-7.3% YoY -2.3% QoQ
-0.15% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
19.61%
+1.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
70%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.06%
-12.1% YoY -72.4% QoQ
-0.22% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.88%
+6.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
26%

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)

Credit Quality Leader

growth
#89 of 664 • Top 13.2% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.06%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
664 of 664 Community banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

Liquidity Strain

risk
#223 of 643 • Bottom 34.5% 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: 95.18%
(Tier: 76.64%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
643 of 643 Community banks match · 1013 nationally
→ Stable -50 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 (2 metrics)

569
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.04%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#569 of 2664 Top 21.3% in $100M-$1B
578
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.06%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#578 of 2654 Top 21.7% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (8 metrics)

2647
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 126.55%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2647 of 2664 Bottom 0.7% in $100M-$1B
2630
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: -0.76%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2630 of 2664 Bottom 1.3% in $100M-$1B
2553
Total Deposits
size
Value: $95.16M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2553 of 2664 Bottom 4.2% in $100M-$1B
2491
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 7.68%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2491 of 2664 Bottom 6.5% in $100M-$1B
2491
Total Assets
size
Value: $121.99M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2491 of 2664 Bottom 6.5% in $100M-$1B
2259
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 95.18%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#2259 of 2664 Bottom 15.2% in $100M-$1B
2240
Total Loans
size
Value: $90.57M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2240 of 2664 Bottom 16.0% in $100M-$1B
2057
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.33%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2057 of 2664 Bottom 22.8% in $100M-$1B
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