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The Hometown Bank of Alabama

$100M-$1B Specialty: Other AL FDIC cert 57540

Oneonta, AL

5 branches across AL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 64 in AL
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The Hometown Bank of Alabama has 1 strength 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

  • + Revenue Diversifier: Top 39.2% in tier

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 3.1% in tier
  • - ROA 0.59% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.15% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 1.00% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $655.5M
+3.0% YoY +2.6% QoQ
+$269.4M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.5B
+0.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
85%
Total Loans ? $396.6M
+4.4% YoY +0.4% QoQ
+$140.9M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.5B
+2.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
79%
Total Deposits ? $562.8M
+2.4% YoY +3.4% QoQ
+$234.9M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$2.1B
-0.2% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
85%
Return on Assets ? 0.68%
-37.1% YoY -44.7% QoQ
-0.59% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.78%
-19.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
20%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.78%
+12.2% YoY +5.3% QoQ
-0.15% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.99%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
45%
Efficiency Ratio ? 80.69%
+32.5% YoY +39.2% QoQ
+15.40% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
72.13%
+5.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 14.6% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 1.89%
+103.6% YoY -23.2% QoQ
+1.00% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.09%
+24.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 13.6% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 70.47%
+1.9% YoY -2.8% QoQ
-6.17% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
67.08%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
66%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.60%
+2.8% YoY +0.9% QoQ
-4.42% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
23.89%
+0.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
35%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.30%
+74.6% YoY -24.0% QoQ
+0.66% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.71%
+24.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 14.2% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 18.66%
-0.1% YoY -3.4% QoQ
+2.83% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.96%
+13.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
83%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.35%
-3.5% YoY -75.1% QoQ
+0.07% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.16%
-16.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 5.3% 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)

Revenue Diversifier

growth
#262 of 666 • Top 39.2% in tier

Top-quartile non-interest income relative to assets. Revenue less dependent on spread - more resilient to rate cycles.

Why this signature
Noninterest Income / Assets: 0.35%
(Tier: 0.28%, National: 0.32%)
better than tier avg
Return on Assets: 0.68%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
but worse than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Concerns (1)

Efficiency Drag

risk
#14 of 414 • Bottom 3.1% in tier

Efficiency ratio above 80% - operating costs elevated relative to revenue. Margin improvement opportunity.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 80.69%
(Tier: 65.29%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
414 of 414 Community banks match · 492 nationally
→ Stable

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 (5 metrics)

141
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.35%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#141 of 2664 Top 5.3% in $100M-$1B
401
Total Assets
size
Value: $655.52M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#401 of 2664 Top 15.0% in $100M-$1B
404
Total Deposits
size
Value: $562.84M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#404 of 2664 Top 15.1% in $100M-$1B
445
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 18.66%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#445 of 2664 Top 16.7% in $100M-$1B
554
Total Loans
size
Value: $396.61M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#554 of 2664 Top 20.8% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2293
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.89%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2293 of 2654 Bottom 13.6% in $100M-$1B
2288
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.30%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2288 of 2664 Bottom 14.2% in $100M-$1B
2275
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 80.69%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2275 of 2664 Bottom 14.6% in $100M-$1B
2128
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.68%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2128 of 2664 Bottom 20.2% in $100M-$1B
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