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Connect Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial AR FDIC cert 5634

Designations: ✓ CDFI-certified

Star City, AR

5 branches across AR

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 49 in AR.
  • Deposits -0.3% year over year ($107.2M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.90%.
  • Return on assets 2.14%.
  • Efficiency ratio 58.31% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 74.63% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 49 in AR
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Connect Bank demonstrates 3 strengths

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

  • + Profitability Leader: Top 40.7% in tier
  • + Net Interest Margin 1.26% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 6.17% 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 (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $123.9M
+0.8% YoY -3.3% QoQ
-$262.7M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$2.4B
+2.9% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
Bottom 6.7% in tier
Total Loans ? $80.0M
+3.4% YoY +3.4% QoQ
-$178.4M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$1.7B
+5.8% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Bottom 10.4% in tier
Total Deposits ? $107.2M
-0.3% YoY -4.3% QoQ
-$219.6M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$2.0B
+2.5% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
Bottom 7.8% in tier
Return on Assets ? 2.14%
+10.3% YoY +5.3% QoQ
+0.82% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.32%
+8.9% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
Top 10.1% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 5.25%
+6.6% YoY +1.4% QoQ
+1.26% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
4.10%
+6.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
Top 4.9% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 58.31%
-3.1% YoY -2.1% QoQ
-6.17% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
61.09%
-4.5% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
62%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.90% -0.02% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
1.05%
+22.1% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
31%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 74.63%
+3.7% YoY +8.1% QoQ
-3.33% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
82.37%
+1.8% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
61%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 26.99%
+5.9% YoY -4.8% QoQ
+4.96% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
19.62%
+0.3% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
73%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.58% -0.09% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.84%
+30.0% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
35%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.92%
+0.8% YoY +5.0% QoQ
+0.01% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
13.64%
+0.9% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
71%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.28%
+2.2% YoY +118.8% QoQ
-0.29% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.36%
-4.6% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
68%

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 (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 27.0%
+1.5pp YoY
-1.4pp QoQ
+4.8pp 22.1% 19.6% 22.2% 73%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 7.2% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 16.1%
+0.3pp YoY
-0.6pp QoQ
+4.6pp 11.6% 12.7% 12.5% 79%
CRE 41.2%
0.0pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
+1.7pp 39.5% 41.0% 41.4% 56%
1-4 Family 28.2%
+1.4pp YoY
-1.3pp QoQ
-4.4pp 32.6% 28.1% 31.3% 47%
Consumer 2.8%
-0.1pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-1.3pp 4.1% 4.5% 5.0% 58%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 18.8% 15.1% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 15.9%
+0.1pp YoY
+0.8pp QoQ
+3.7pp 12.2% 11.9% 12.6% 90%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 19.9% 16.3% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 31
0 YoY
+1 (+3.3%) QoQ
-28 58 315 482 28%
Assets per Employee ($) $4.0M
+0.8% YoY
-6.4% QoQ
-$3.5M $7.5M $6.7M $8.8M 4%
Branch Count 5
0 YoY
0 QoQ
0 4 25 18 55%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.9%
+0.8pp YoY
+0.9pp QoQ
0.0pp 0.9% 1.1% 1.0% 69%
Allowance Coverage 2.66x
-93.3% YoY
-94.7% QoQ
-21.50x 24.15x 4.69x 20.23x 55%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
-0.2pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 52%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 17.3%
+0.7pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
+5.1pp 12.2% 12.3% 11.6% 78%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.5%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 1.7% 2.0% 1.7% 38%
Net Income ($, YTD) $1.3M
+14.8% YoY
— QoQ
-$1.2M $2.6M $16.0M $40.4M 37%

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)

Profitability Leader

growth
#270 of 661 • Top 40.7% in tier

Top-quartile profitability for peers of this size. Strong fundamentals and operational efficiency.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 2.14%
(Tier: 1.32%, National: 1.30%)
better than tier avg
661 of 661 Community banks match · 923 nationally
→ Stable | QoQ rank improving

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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

131
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 5.25%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#131 of 2643 Top 4.9% in $100M-$1B
267
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 2.14%
Peer Median: 1.32%
#267 of 2643 Top 10.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2466
Total Assets
size
Value: $123.87M
Peer Median: $386.57M
#2466 of 2643 Bottom 6.7% in $100M-$1B
2437
Total Deposits
size
Value: $107.17M
Peer Median: $326.73M
#2437 of 2643 Bottom 7.8% in $100M-$1B
2370
Total Loans
size
Value: $79.97M
Peer Median: $258.35M
#2370 of 2643 Bottom 10.4% in $100M-$1B
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