Skip to main content

BlastPoint's Banking Scorecard

Pathfinder Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial NY FDIC cert 57497

Designations: Community bank

Oswego, NY

13 branches across NY

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 38 in NY
View $1B-$10B leaderboard (NY) →

Pathfinder Bank faces 6 concerns requiring attention

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

No key strengths identified

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Cost Spiral: Bottom 41.9% in tier
  • - Deposit Outflow: Bottom 48.5% in tier
  • - Delinquency Rate 4.14% above tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 2.61% above tier average
  • - ROA 0.46% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.41% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NY) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.4B
-4.9% YoY -0.1% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$19.3B
+17.3% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
30%
Total Loans ? $871.9M
-2.5% YoY -0.1% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$8.1B
+14.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
21%
Total Deposits ? $1.2B
-4.2% YoY +2.3% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$15.1B
+16.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
32%
Return on Assets ? 0.91%
-3.2% YoY +875.6% QoQ
-0.46% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
0.86%
+14.3% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
26%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.41%
-3.3% YoY -1.6% QoQ
-0.41% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.45%
+7.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
36%
Efficiency Ratio ? 67.14%
+9.6% YoY -1.6% QoQ
+6.08% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
69.17%
-3.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
29%
Delinquency Rate ? 5.02%
+239.8% YoY +59.2% QoQ
+4.14% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.13%
+6.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 1.0% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 71.53%
+1.7% YoY -2.3% QoQ
-12.67% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
77.98%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
81%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.44%
+6.0% YoY +2.8% QoQ
-3.85% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
21.94%
+1.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
38%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 3.28%
+269.1% YoY +67.8% QoQ
+2.61% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.73%
+4.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 1.9% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.59%
-0.1% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-1.57% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
24.83%
+10.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
57%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.06%
+8.9% YoY +122.9% QoQ
-0.20% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.21%
+9.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Bottom 14.8% 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 (0)

No matched strength signatures this quarter

Concerns (2)

Cost Spiral

risk
#14 of 31 • Bottom 41.9% in tier

Historically lean operator (efficiency < 75%) now seeing 5+ point efficiency ratio increase YoY despite strong profitability. Efficiency advantage eroding.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 67.14%
(Tier: 61.06%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
31 of 31 Mid-Market banks match · 176 nationally
↑ Growing +82 banks QoQ

Deposit Outflow

decline
#64 of 130 • Bottom 48.5% in tier

Deposits down 0.5%+ YoY. Funding base eroding - rate competition or franchise weakness.

130 of 130 Mid-Market banks match · 656 nationally
→ Stable -8 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 (1 metrics)

170
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 71.53%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#170 of 884 Top 19.1% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

872
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 5.02%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#872 of 880 Bottom 1.0% in $1B-$10B
868
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 3.28%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#868 of 884 Bottom 1.9% in $1B-$10B
754
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.06%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#754 of 884 Bottom 14.8% in $1B-$10B
696
Total Loans
size
Value: $871.95M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#696 of 884 Bottom 21.4% in $1B-$10B
Powered by BlastPoint © 2026