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Sound Community Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial WA FDIC cert 57451

Designations: Community bank

Seattle, WA

9 branches across WA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 13 in WA
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Sound Community Bank has 1 strength 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.08% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 18.6% in tier
  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 27.2% in tier
  • - ROA 0.68% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.27% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 13.79% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (WA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.1B
+4.0% YoY +1.8% QoQ
-$1.7B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$3.1B
+4.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 10.3% in tier
Total Loans ? $913.2M
+3.8% YoY +1.7% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$2.2B
+2.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
26%
Total Deposits ? $974.8M
+6.0% YoY +2.2% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$2.5B
+4.5% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 13.1% in tier
Return on Assets ? 0.68%
+19.8% YoY -14.0% QoQ
-0.68% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
0.33%
-42.8% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
16%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.55%
+4.7% YoY -0.9% QoQ
-0.27% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.69%
+1.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
44%
Efficiency Ratio ? 74.85%
-7.9% YoY +2.8% QoQ
+13.79% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
71.09%
-8.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 14.9% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.81%
-26.4% YoY +25.4% QoQ
-0.08% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.35%
+102.7% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
35%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 93.68%
-2.1% YoY -0.4% QoQ
+9.48% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
81.10%
-2.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
27%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 14.09%
-3.5% YoY -2.5% QoQ
-7.20% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
25.15%
+1.1% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
24%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.67%
-25.8% YoY +19.9% QoQ
+0.00% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.95%
+54.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
32%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.62%
-1.2% YoY -2.8% QoQ
-4.54% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
13.58%
+1.6% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 11.1% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.08%
-22.2% YoY -77.6% QoQ
-0.18% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.20%
+3.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
22%

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 (2)

Liquidity Strain

risk
#63 of 334 • Bottom 18.6% in tier

Loan-to-deposit ratio above 90% - loan demand outpacing deposits. Bumping against liquidity limits, funding solutions needed.

Why this signature
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 93.68%
(Tier: 84.20%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
334 of 334 Mid-Market banks match · 1013 nationally
→ Stable -50 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Capital Thin

risk
#61 of 221 • Bottom 27.2% 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: 10.62%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

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 (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (7 metrics)

794
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.11B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#794 of 884 Bottom 10.3% in $1B-$10B
787
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.62%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#787 of 884 Bottom 11.1% in $1B-$10B
769
Total Deposits
size
Value: $974.77M
Peer Median: $2.34B
#769 of 884 Bottom 13.1% in $1B-$10B
753
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 74.85%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#753 of 884 Bottom 14.9% in $1B-$10B
744
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.68%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#744 of 884 Bottom 16.0% in $1B-$10B
690
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.08%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#690 of 884 Bottom 22.1% in $1B-$10B
670
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 14.09%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#670 of 884 Bottom 24.3% in $1B-$10B
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