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American Metro Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial IL FDIC cert 34334

Designations: Minority Depository Institution

Chicago, IL

2 branches across IL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 211 in IL
View $100M-$1B leaderboard (IL) →

American Metro Bank has 3 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 46.5% in tier
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.64% below tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.06% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 20.3% in tier
  • - ROA 0.23% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 6.80% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $117.9M
+7.7% YoY -2.0% QoQ
-$268.1M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+4.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 5.3% in tier
Total Loans ? $95.9M
+7.2% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-$159.8M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.2B
+5.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
18%
Total Deposits ? $91.2M
+3.3% YoY -0.9% QoQ
-$236.8M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+3.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 3.0% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.04%
+38.2% YoY +12.3% QoQ
-0.23% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.04%
+3.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
40%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.99%
+3.5% YoY -0.0% QoQ
+0.06% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.61%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
56%
Efficiency Ratio ? 72.09%
-8.7% YoY -3.0% QoQ
+6.80% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
63.68%
-7.4% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
28%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00% -0.89% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.15%
+15.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 105.20%
+3.8% YoY +0.5% QoQ
+28.56% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.92%
+1.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 4.9% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 18.68%
+17.7% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-3.34% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
20.45%
-1.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
39%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00% -0.64% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.78%
+18.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 16.26%
+1.8% YoY +2.4% QoQ
+0.43% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.97%
+0.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
73%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.04%
+1.2% YoY -72.8% QoQ
-0.24% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.34%
+6.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Bottom 14.2% in tier

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
#310 of 664 • Top 46.5% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.00%
(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 Overhang

risk
#151 of 739 • Bottom 20.3% 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: 16.26%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 105.20%
(Tier: 76.64%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
739 of 739 Community banks match · 939 nationally
→ Stable +13 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#1 of 2654 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
1
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#1 of 2664 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

2586
Total Deposits
size
Value: $91.20M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2586 of 2664 Bottom 3.0% in $100M-$1B
2534
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 105.20%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#2534 of 2664 Bottom 4.9% in $100M-$1B
2525
Total Assets
size
Value: $117.94M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2525 of 2664 Bottom 5.3% in $100M-$1B
2288
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.04%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2288 of 2664 Bottom 14.2% in $100M-$1B
2180
Total Loans
size
Value: $95.94M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2180 of 2664 Bottom 18.2% in $100M-$1B
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