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Starion Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial ND FDIC cert 33758

Designations: Community bank

Bismarck, ND

16 branches across ND · WI

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 12 in ND
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Starion Bank faces 5 concerns requiring attention

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

No key strengths identified

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 18.0% in tier
  • - ROA 0.26% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.93% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 4.44% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.10% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $2.1B
-1.9% YoY +3.5% QoQ
-$680.1M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$1.1B
+4.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
54%
Total Loans ? $1.3B
+6.7% YoY +2.3% QoQ
-$689.2M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$779.7M
+5.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
46%
Total Deposits ? $1.9B
+1.2% YoY +3.9% QoQ
-$490.0M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$930.6M
+2.8% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
56%
Return on Assets ? 1.10%
+43.2% YoY +37.8% QoQ
-0.26% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.38%
+15.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
40%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.89%
+26.5% YoY +13.7% QoQ
-0.93% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.69%
+5.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 13.6% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 65.50%
-6.8% YoY -5.1% QoQ
+4.44% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
60.25%
-5.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
32%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.99%
+205.1% YoY +8.7% QoQ
+0.10% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.92%
+20.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
27%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 68.83%
+5.4% YoY -1.5% QoQ
-15.37% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
69.27%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
84%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 15.55%
+18.2% YoY +10.3% QoQ
-5.74% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
22.07%
+2.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
30%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.59%
+231.9% YoY +7.5% QoQ
-0.08% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.56%
+12.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
37%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.86%
+1.2% YoY +0.6% QoQ
-1.30% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
13.00%
+1.5% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
61%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.17%
+22.2% YoY -75.1% QoQ
-0.08% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.12%
+7.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
62%

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)

Flatlined Growth

risk
#28 of 150 • Bottom 18.0% 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: 1.10%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
150 of 150 Mid-Market banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ

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 (1 metrics)

139
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 68.83%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#139 of 884 Top 15.6% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

765
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.89%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#765 of 884 Bottom 13.6% in $1B-$10B
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