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American Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial PA FDIC cert 34422

Designations: Community bank

Allentown, PA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 37 in PA
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American Bank has 3 strengths but faces 4 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 0.85% below tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.62% below tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 14.03% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 28.1% in tier
  • - Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 12.21% below tier average
  • - ROA 0.06% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.74% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (PA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.1B
+7.8% YoY +0.7% QoQ
-$1.7B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$3.1B
+7.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 8.7% in tier
Total Loans ? $853.7M
+5.1% YoY +1.7% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$2.2B
+7.7% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
19%
Total Deposits ? $903.3M
+11.3% YoY +0.7% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$2.6B
+7.1% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 7.0% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.31%
+29.8% YoY -4.5% QoQ
-0.06% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.46%
+26.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
57%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.08%
+5.5% YoY +1.7% QoQ
-0.74% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.32%
+8.7% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
20%
Efficiency Ratio ? 47.03%
-6.5% YoY -1.6% QoQ
-14.03% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
69.09%
-7.7% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Top 14.0% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.04%
-64.3% YoY -1.7% QoQ
-0.85% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.92%
+20.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 5.3% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 94.52%
-5.6% YoY +1.0% QoQ
+10.31% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
83.35%
-0.2% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
26%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 9.08%
-10.2% YoY -1.2% QoQ
-12.21% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
17.71%
-0.1% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 10.0% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.06%
-84.2% YoY -40.2% QoQ
-0.62% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.67%
+14.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 9.2% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.10%
+0.0% YoY -1.5% QoQ
-3.06% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
20.10%
+0.3% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
33%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.07%
-1.0% YoY -84.2% QoQ
-0.19% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.69%
+18.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
17%

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)

Liquidity Strain

risk
#95 of 334 • Bottom 28.1% 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: 94.52%
(Tier: 84.20%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
334 of 334 Mid-Market 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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

48
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.04%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#48 of 880 Top 5.3% in $1B-$10B
82
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.06%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#82 of 884 Top 9.2% in $1B-$10B
125
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 47.03%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#125 of 884 Top 14.0% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (6 metrics)

823
Total Deposits
size
Value: $903.26M
Peer Median: $2.34B
#823 of 884 Bottom 7.0% in $1B-$10B
808
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.08B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#808 of 884 Bottom 8.7% in $1B-$10B
797
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 9.08%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#797 of 884 Bottom 10.0% in $1B-$10B
734
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.07%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#734 of 884 Bottom 17.1% in $1B-$10B
714
Total Loans
size
Value: $853.75M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#714 of 884 Bottom 19.3% in $1B-$10B
705
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.08%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#705 of 884 Bottom 20.4% in $1B-$10B
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