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American Bank of Baxter Springs

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural KS FDIC cert 4624

Baxter Springs, KS

3 branches across KS

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 118 in KS
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American Bank of Baxter Springs has 2 strengths 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 49.0% in tier
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.64% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 2.3% in tier
  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 2.8% in tier
  • - Deposit Outflow: Bottom 18.8% in tier
  • - Cost Spiral: Bottom 84.1% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.36% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $187.2M
-2.4% YoY -3.8% QoQ
-$198.8M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$509.2M
+7.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
23%
Total Loans ? $96.0M
+15.7% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-$159.7M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$338.5M
+8.8% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
18%
Total Deposits ? $169.9M
-3.9% YoY -3.9% QoQ
-$158.1M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$424.4M
+7.3% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
27%
Return on Assets ? 1.15%
-36.0% YoY -14.1% QoQ
-0.12% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.40%
+19.8% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
47%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.57%
-7.6% YoY -1.8% QoQ
-0.36% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.92%
+4.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
34%
Efficiency Ratio ? 65.42%
+19.8% YoY +3.9% QoQ
+0.14% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
62.29%
-5.0% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
43%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00% -0.89% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.77%
+10.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 56.50%
+20.4% YoY +5.8% QoQ
-20.14% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.79%
+1.2% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 14.9% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 12.09%
-9.0% YoY -0.2% QoQ
-9.93% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
22.83%
-2.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
15%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00% -0.64% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.51%
+12.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.20%
-6.7% YoY -7.4% QoQ
-6.63% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
17.98%
-0.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 1.8% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.07%
+1.6% YoY -81.7% QoQ
-0.21% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.28%
-1.8% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
30%

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
#326 of 664 • Top 49.0% 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 (4)

Margin Compression

decline
#8 of 305 • Bottom 2.3% in tier

Profitability above 0.75% ROA but margins eroding by at least 0.10pp YoY. Something changed - rising costs or falling yields need addressing.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.15%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
305 of 305 Community banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 banks QoQ

Capital Thin

risk
#20 of 666 • Bottom 2.8% 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: 9.20%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Deposit Outflow

decline
#96 of 506 • Bottom 18.8% in tier

Deposits down 0.5%+ YoY. Funding base eroding - rate competition or franchise weakness.

506 of 506 Community banks match · 656 nationally
→ Stable -8 banks QoQ

Cost Spiral

risk
#107 of 126 • Bottom 84.1% in tier

Historically lean operator (efficiency < 75%) now seeing 5+ point efficiency ratio increase YoY despite strong profitability. Efficiency advantage eroding.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 65.42%
(Tier: 65.29%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
126 of 126 Community banks match · 176 nationally
↑ Growing +82 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 (3 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
399
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 56.50%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#399 of 2664 Top 14.9% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2617
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.20%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2617 of 2664 Bottom 1.8% in $100M-$1B
2265
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 12.09%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2265 of 2664 Bottom 15.0% in $100M-$1B
2178
Total Loans
size
Value: $95.97M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2178 of 2664 Bottom 18.3% in $100M-$1B
2041
Total Assets
size
Value: $187.24M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2041 of 2664 Bottom 23.4% in $100M-$1B
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