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BankWest, Inc.

$1B-$10B Specialty: Agricultural SD FDIC cert 4009

Designations: Community bank

Pierre, SD

22 branches across SD

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 15 in SD
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BankWest, Inc. 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.13% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 42.1% in tier
  • - Efficiency Ratio 18.36% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 1.30% above tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 1.03% above tier average
  • - ROA 0.72% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SD) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.9B
+6.0% YoY +1.5% QoQ
-$896.0M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$68.7B
+9.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
48%
Total Loans ? $1.4B
+7.5% YoY +0.1% QoQ
-$608.7M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$30.8B
+10.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
50%
Total Deposits ? $1.6B
+8.7% YoY +3.4% QoQ
-$705.2M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$54.8B
+8.5% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
49%
Return on Assets ? 0.65%
+79.7% YoY +3.1% QoQ
-0.72% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.41%
+1.8% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 14.0% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.95%
+2.8% YoY +1.8% QoQ
+0.13% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
4.19%
+0.4% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
69%
Efficiency Ratio ? 79.42%
+2.1% YoY +0.9% QoQ
+18.36% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
64.00%
-0.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 9.0% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 2.19%
+87.1% YoY +40.8% QoQ
+1.30% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.59%
+45.1% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 8.3% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 82.78%
-1.2% YoY -3.2% QoQ
-1.42% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
71.70%
+0.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
60%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.04%
-8.6% YoY -1.7% QoQ
-4.25% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
23.74%
-0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
36%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.70%
+109.0% YoY +33.8% QoQ
+1.03% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.41%
+39.3% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 8.7% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.66%
+4.6% YoY +4.2% QoQ
-4.50% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
15.79%
+0.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 11.3% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.28%
+0.1% YoY -73.8% QoQ
+0.02% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.27%
+0.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
85%

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)

Capital Thin

risk
#94 of 221 • Bottom 42.1% 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: 10.66%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 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 (1 metrics)

138
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.28%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#138 of 884 Top 15.5% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

808
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 2.19%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#808 of 880 Bottom 8.3% in $1B-$10B
808
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.70%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#808 of 884 Bottom 8.7% in $1B-$10B
805
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 79.42%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#805 of 884 Bottom 9.0% in $1B-$10B
785
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.66%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#785 of 884 Bottom 11.3% in $1B-$10B
761
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.65%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#761 of 884 Bottom 14.0% in $1B-$10B
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