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Empire State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial NY FDIC cert 57672

Staten Island, NY

7 branches across NY

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 51 in NY
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Empire State Bank faces 5 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

  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 12.1% in tier
  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 46.3% in tier
  • - ROA 0.41% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.63% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 10.60% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NY) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $643.9M
+1.9% YoY +4.4% QoQ
+$257.8M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$19.3B
+17.3% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
84%
Total Loans ? $534.3M
-4.8% YoY -1.9% QoQ
+$278.6M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$8.1B
+14.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Top 8.8% in tier
Total Deposits ? $533.4M
+6.3% YoY +5.3% QoQ
+$205.4M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$15.1B
+16.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
82%
Return on Assets ? 0.86%
+85.6% YoY +46.7% QoQ
-0.41% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.86%
+14.3% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
30%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.30%
+15.7% YoY +13.7% QoQ
-0.63% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.45%
+7.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
22%
Efficiency Ratio ? 75.88%
-5.5% YoY -0.5% QoQ
+10.60% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
69.17%
-3.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
21%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.91%
-5.7% YoY -14.6% QoQ
+0.02% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.13%
+6.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
30%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 100.16%
-10.4% YoY -6.8% QoQ
+23.53% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
77.98%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 8.3% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 21.20%
-4.8% YoY -3.6% QoQ
-0.82% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
21.94%
+1.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
51%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.75%
-12.0% YoY -19.7% QoQ
+0.11% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.73%
+4.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
28%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.10%
+9.4% YoY +1.4% QoQ
-0.73% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
24.83%
+10.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
67%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.05%
-2.2% YoY -84.8% QoQ
-0.23% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.21%
+9.1% 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
#79 of 643 • Bottom 12.1% 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: 100.16%
(Tier: 76.64%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
643 of 643 Community banks match · 1013 nationally
→ Stable -50 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Flatlined Growth

risk
#238 of 512 • Bottom 46.3% in tier

Asset growth stalled (-2% to +2% YoY) despite healthy profitability (>0.25% ROA). Suggests untapped opportunity or strategic drift worth investigating.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 0.86%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ

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 (3 metrics)

236
Total Loans
size
Value: $534.29M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#236 of 2664 Top 8.8% in $100M-$1B
429
Total Assets
size
Value: $643.88M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#429 of 2664 Top 16.1% in $100M-$1B
468
Total Deposits
size
Value: $533.41M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#468 of 2664 Top 17.5% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2444
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 100.16%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#2444 of 2664 Bottom 8.3% in $100M-$1B
2107
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 75.88%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2107 of 2664 Bottom 20.9% in $100M-$1B
2091
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.30%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2091 of 2664 Bottom 21.5% in $100M-$1B
2082
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.05%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2082 of 2664 Bottom 21.9% in $100M-$1B
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