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Western National Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural NE FDIC cert 4778

Chester, NE

12 branches across NE · KS

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 82 in NE
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Western National Bank has 4 strengths but faces 2 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 24.0% in tier
  • + ROA 0.25% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.18% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 4.71% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 41.0% in tier
  • - Non-Interest Income / Assets 0.25% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NE) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $261.8M
+6.5% YoY +7.0% QoQ
-$124.3M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$791.1M
+6.6% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
39%
Total Loans ? $197.9M
+2.4% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-$57.9M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$551.6M
+6.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
48%
Total Deposits ? $236.4M
+6.4% YoY +7.7% QoQ
-$91.6M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$661.1M
+6.6% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
42%
Return on Assets ? 1.51%
+32.8% YoY +22.9% QoQ
+0.25% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.36%
+20.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
68%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.11%
+8.7% YoY +2.7% QoQ
+0.18% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.79%
+6.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
63%
Efficiency Ratio ? 60.57%
-10.0% YoY -8.3% QoQ
-4.71% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
60.11%
-6.9% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
58%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.02%
-26.4% YoY -10.0% QoQ
-0.86% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.72%
+6.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
84%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 83.69%
-3.8% YoY -6.9% QoQ
+7.05% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
79.63%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
38%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.49%
+4.2% YoY +9.4% QoQ
-4.53% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
17.92%
-1.5% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
34%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.02%
-29.2% YoY -15.7% QoQ
-0.62% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.55%
+6.0% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
84%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.24%
-20.0% YoY -22.1% QoQ
-6.59% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
14.10%
+3.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 2.0% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.03%
-10.2% YoY -84.0% QoQ
-0.25% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.12%
+3.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Bottom 9.5% in tier

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
#160 of 664 • Top 24.0% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.02%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
664 of 664 Community banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Concerns (1)

Capital Thin

risk
#274 of 666 • Bottom 41.0% 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: 9.24%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 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 (2 metrics)

424
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.02%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#424 of 2664 Top 15.9% in $100M-$1B
436
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.02%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#436 of 2654 Top 16.4% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2611
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.24%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2611 of 2664 Bottom 2.0% in $100M-$1B
2412
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2412 of 2664 Bottom 9.5% in $100M-$1B
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