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Freedom Financial Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial IA FDIC cert 35031

West Des Moines, IA

2 branches across IA

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 2,643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationwide — 1 of 167 in IA.
  • Deposits +3.9% year over year ($206.4M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.00%.
  • Return on assets 1.33%.
  • Efficiency ratio 52.38% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 107.75% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 167 in IA
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Freedom Financial 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 44.3% in tier
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.67% below tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 12.10% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 22.5% in tier
  • - Loan-to-Deposit Ratio 29.80% above tier average
  • - Non-Interest Income / Assets 0.54% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.91% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $269.3M
+1.2% YoY -0.2% QoQ
-$117.3M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$566.2M
+5.8% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
40%
Total Loans ? $222.4M
+1.3% YoY -2.1% QoQ
-$35.9M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$385.0M
+5.4% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
53%
Total Deposits ? $206.4M
+3.9% YoY +3.3% QoQ
-$120.3M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$472.4M
+6.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
36%
Return on Assets ? 1.33%
+5.8% YoY +8.4% QoQ
+0.01% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.58%
+39.1% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
55%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.08%
+0.7% YoY +2.0% QoQ
-0.91% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
3.58%
+9.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
Bottom 11.8% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 52.38%
-1.2% YoY -4.1% QoQ
-12.10% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
57.74%
-6.0% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
79%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00% -0.92% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
0.99%
+12.8% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 107.75%
-2.5% YoY -5.2% QoQ
+29.80% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
80.39%
+2.7% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Bottom 4.3% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 13.96%
+13.7% YoY +9.5% QoQ
-8.07% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
17.72%
+0.8% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
21%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00% -0.67% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.63%
+7.9% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.36%
+1.0% YoY +1.4% QoQ
-5.54% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
14.69%
+3.0% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
15%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.02%
-2.7% YoY +110.0% QoQ
-0.54% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.24%
+5.5% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
Bottom 2.0% in tier

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 14.0%
+1.7pp YoY
+1.2pp QoQ
-8.2pp 22.1% 17.8% 22.2% 20%
Brokered Deposits 15.6%
-4.7pp YoY
+2.3pp QoQ
+7.8pp 7.9% 6.0% 8.5% 86%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 14.0%
+2.7pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
+2.5pp 11.6% 12.8% 12.5% 72%
CRE 72.4%
0.0pp YoY
-0.9pp QoQ
+32.8pp 39.5% 28.3% 41.4% 94%
1-4 Family 6.7%
-0.1pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-25.9pp 32.6% 23.0% 31.3% 7%
Consumer 0.0%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-4.1pp 4.1% 2.9% 5.0% 2%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 10.4%
+0.1pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-8.5pp 18.8% 15.4% 19.7% 4%
Leverage Ratio 9.3%
-0.1pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-2.9pp 12.2% 12.4% 12.6% 17%
Total Capital Ratio 11.6%
+0.2pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-8.3pp 19.9% 16.5% 20.8% 5%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 18
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-41 58 64 482 8%
Assets per Employee ($) $15.0M
+1.2% YoY
-0.2% QoQ
+$7.4M $7.5M $8.9M $8.8M 97%
Branch Count 2
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-3 4 5 18 11%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual n/a n/a 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% n/a
Allowance Coverage n/a n/a 24.15x 18.97x 20.23x n/a
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) n/a n/a 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% n/a

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 14.5%
+0.8pp YoY
+1.1pp QoQ
+2.3pp 12.2% 12.8% 11.6% 65%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.5%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.8pp 1.7% 1.8% 1.7% 90%
Net Income ($, YTD) $1.8M
+8.1% YoY
— QoQ
-$748K $2.6M $4.0M $40.4M 48%

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
#293 of 659 • Top 44.3% 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: 0.92%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
659 of 659 Community banks match · 920 nationally
→ Stable +1 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

Capital Thin

risk
#150 of 661 • Bottom 22.5% in tier

Tier 1 capital ratio in the bottom quartile of peers. Capital cushion thin relative to peers - regulator-watching cohort.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 10.36%
(Tier: 15.91%, National: 17.09%)
worse than tier avg
661 of 661 Community banks match · 923 nationally
→ Stable | 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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.92%
#1 of 2633 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
1
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#1 of 2643 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
569
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 52.38%
Peer Median: 64.48%
#569 of 2643 Top 21.5% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

2590
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.02%
Peer Median: 0.57%
#2590 of 2643 Bottom 2.0% in $100M-$1B
2530
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 107.75%
Peer Median: 77.95%
#2530 of 2643 Bottom 4.3% in $100M-$1B
2331
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.08%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#2331 of 2643 Bottom 11.8% in $100M-$1B
2244
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.36%
Peer Median: 15.91%
#2244 of 2643 Bottom 15.1% in $100M-$1B
2097
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 13.96%
Peer Median: 22.03%
#2097 of 2643 Bottom 20.7% in $100M-$1B
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