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Leader Bank, National Association

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial MA FDIC cert 57134

Designations: Community bank Minority Depository Institution

Arlington, MA

6 branches across MA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 46 in MA
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Leader Bank, National Association has 2 strengths but faces 4 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.86% below tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.65% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 9.8% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.47% below tier average
  • - ROA 0.66% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 6.87% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $5.1B
+3.5% YoY +0.9% QoQ
+$2.3B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$6.8B
+9.3% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 14.4% in tier
Total Loans ? $4.1B
+7.9% YoY +0.8% QoQ
+$2.2B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$2.4B
+16.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Top 11.5% in tier
Total Deposits ? $4.0B
+1.2% YoY +3.3% QoQ
+$1.7B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$5.3B
+11.5% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 14.7% in tier
Return on Assets ? 0.70%
+27.3% YoY -6.0% QoQ
-0.66% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
0.49%
+59.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
17%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.35%
+13.4% YoY +4.7% QoQ
-1.47% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.03%
+10.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 4.1% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 67.93%
+1.1% YoY +10.4% QoQ
+6.87% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
80.02%
-2.5% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
27%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.03%
-18.6% YoY -1.1% QoQ
-0.86% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.73%
+28.2% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 5.0% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 102.29%
+6.7% YoY -2.4% QoQ
+18.08% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
92.37%
-0.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 9.8% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 13.01%
-1.3% YoY +6.5% QoQ
-8.27% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
15.85%
-3.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
20%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.03%
-15.1% YoY -1.2% QoQ
-0.65% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.58%
+29.6% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 5.4% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 20.32%
+9.1% YoY -2.5% QoQ
+5.16% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
14.58%
+1.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 7.4% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.21%
+31.7% YoY -76.8% QoQ
-0.05% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.11%
+1.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
73%

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)

Liquidity Overhang

risk
#18 of 174 • Bottom 9.8% in tier

Exceptional capital position (Tier 1 >= 16%, top quartile). Strong fundamentals - opportunity to deploy capital more productively.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 20.32%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 102.29%
(Tier: 84.20%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
174 of 174 Mid-Market banks match · 939 nationally
→ Stable +13 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 (6 metrics)

45
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#45 of 880 Top 5.0% in $1B-$10B
49
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#49 of 884 Top 5.4% in $1B-$10B
66
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 20.32%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#66 of 884 Top 7.4% in $1B-$10B
103
Total Loans
size
Value: $4.14B
Peer Median: $1.96B
#103 of 884 Top 11.5% in $1B-$10B
128
Total Assets
size
Value: $5.08B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#128 of 884 Top 14.4% in $1B-$10B
131
Total Deposits
size
Value: $4.04B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#131 of 884 Top 14.7% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

849
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.35%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#849 of 884 Bottom 4.1% in $1B-$10B
798
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 102.29%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#798 of 884 Bottom 9.8% in $1B-$10B
736
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.70%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#736 of 884 Bottom 16.9% in $1B-$10B
712
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 13.01%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#712 of 884 Bottom 19.6% in $1B-$10B
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