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The Howard State Bank, Howard, Kansas

under $100M Specialty: Agricultural KS FDIC cert 4693

Designations: ✓ Community bank

Howard, KS

4 branches across KS

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 536 banks in the under $100M peer group nationwide — 1 of 48 in KS.
  • Deposits +3.6% year over year ($71.1M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.70%.
  • Return on assets 2.31%.
  • Efficiency ratio 50.89% vs a 119.40% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 75.15% vs a 74.21% peer average.

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536 banks in the under $100M peer group nationally 48 in KS
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The Howard State Bank, Howard, Kansas shows strong momentum with 4 strengths and 7.7% YoY asset growth

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

  • + Return on Assets 1.32% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.88% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 68.51% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.78% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

No key concerns identified

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $80.2M
+7.7% YoY +1.1% QoQ
+$17.8M $62.4M
-0.0% YoY
$513.9M
+7.1% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
71%
Total Loans ? $53.4M
+15.7% YoY +2.9% QoQ
+$18.5M $34.9M
-0.6% YoY
$343.7M
+7.8% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
80%
Total Deposits ? $71.1M
+3.6% YoY +0.4% QoQ
+$19.5M $51.6M
-0.2% YoY
$426.3M
+7.4% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
76%
Return on Assets ? 2.31%
+12.0% YoY -10.6% QoQ
+1.32% 1.00%
+3.5% YoY
1.56%
+14.6% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
Top 6.7% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 4.79%
+2.3% YoY +0.8% QoQ
+0.88% 3.91%
+2.3% YoY
3.99%
+4.5% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
82%
Efficiency Ratio ? 50.89%
-8.2% YoY +12.2% QoQ
-68.51% 119.40%
+49.6% YoY
60.13%
-4.7% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Top 10.3% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.70%
-4.8% QoQ
-0.78% 1.48%
+31.8% YoY
0.82%
+9.9% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
43%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 75.15%
+11.6% YoY +2.5% QoQ
+0.94% 74.21%
+12.6% YoY
72.94%
+0.4% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
37%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.85%
-65.8% YoY +0.0% QoQ
-3.64% 23.49%
+0.6% YoY
22.01%
-1.4% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
38%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.47%
-3.1% QoQ
-0.37% 0.84%
+23.0% YoY
0.53%
+8.8% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
40%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.86%
+6.3% YoY -0.3% QoQ
-11.27% 27.13%
+3.0% YoY
17.75%
-1.2% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
53%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.12%
-8.1% YoY +104.1% QoQ
-1.26% 1.38%
+6.3% YoY
0.59%
-1.1% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
49%

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 (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 19.8%
-38.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-4.8pp 24.6% 22.3% 22.2% 35%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.8% 8.7% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 6.6%
-4.5pp YoY
-0.7pp QoQ
-6.8pp 13.4% 12.6% 12.5% 31%
CRE n/a n/a 25.2% 28.8% 41.4% n/a
1-4 Family 25.3%
+3.1pp YoY
+1.5pp QoQ
-9.7pp 35.0% 26.7% 31.3% 44%
Consumer 5.2%
-1.7pp YoY
-1.5pp QoQ
-2.5pp 7.7% 4.6% 5.0% 51%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 15.9%
+0.9pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-22.8pp 38.7% 23.3% 19.7% 28%
Leverage Ratio 12.2%
+0.2pp YoY
+0.4pp QoQ
-5.5pp 17.7% 12.6% 12.6% 42%
Total Capital Ratio 17.0%
+1.1pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-22.7pp 39.7% 24.4% 20.8% 28%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 18
0 YoY
0 QoQ
+6 12 70 482 84%
Assets per Employee ($) $4.5M
+7.7% YoY
+1.1% QoQ
-$1.7M $6.2M $7.1M $8.8M 28%
Branch Count 4
0 YoY
0 QoQ
+2 1 6 18 96%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.0% -1.0pp 1.0% 0.4% 0.4% 4%
Nonaccrual 0.7%
+0.6pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-1.0pp 1.7% 0.8% 1.0% 49%
Allowance Coverage 1.81x
-93.2% YoY
+2.6% QoQ
-4.60x 6.41x 22.44x 20.23x 59%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) -0.0%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 30%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 26.4%
-1.1pp YoY
-3.9pp QoQ
+20.0pp 6.4% 14.3% 11.6% 98%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 0.8%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.6pp 1.4% 1.6% 1.7% 19%
Net Income ($, YTD) $947,000
+23.3% YoY
— QoQ
+$629K $317,817 $3.7M $40.4M 94%

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 (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

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 536 peers in under $100M

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

37
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 2.31%
Peer Median: 1.00%
#37 of 536 Top 6.7% in under $100M
56
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 50.89%
Peer Median: 119.40%
#56 of 536 Top 10.3% in under $100M
95
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.79%
Peer Median: 3.91%
#95 of 536 Top 17.5% in under $100M
110
Total Loans
size
Value: $53.42M
Peer Median: $34.89M
#110 of 536 Top 20.3% in under $100M
130
Total Deposits
size
Value: $71.09M
Peer Median: $51.62M
#130 of 536 Top 24.1% in under $100M

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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