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Farmers State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural IA FDIC cert 5797

Northwood, IA

8 branches across IA

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 166 in IA
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Farmers 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

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 11.5% in tier
  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 18.8% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 19.5% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.13% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 0.82% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $221.4M
-1.2% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-$164.7M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$560.1M
+4.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
31%
Total Loans ? $160.0M
+1.6% YoY +1.5% QoQ
-$95.7M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$379.9M
+5.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
39%
Total Deposits ? $189.0M
+6.7% YoY +3.5% QoQ
-$139.0M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$469.6M
+4.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
32%
Return on Assets ? 0.89%
-17.1% YoY +62.6% QoQ
-0.38% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.31%
+22.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
31%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.80%
+8.1% YoY +5.7% QoQ
-0.13% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.52%
+10.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
46%
Efficiency Ratio ? 66.11%
+5.7% YoY -2.2% QoQ
+0.82% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
58.40%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
42%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.21%
+54.4% YoY -17.9% QoQ
+0.32% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.92%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
24%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 84.67%
-4.8% YoY -2.0% QoQ
+8.03% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
77.40%
+1.1% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
36%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 21.27%
-5.8% YoY -2.9% QoQ
-0.75% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
17.87%
+0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
51%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.90%
+60.7% YoY -13.9% QoQ
+0.26% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.58%
+11.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
22%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.74%
-0.4% YoY +2.5% QoQ
-3.09% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
14.34%
+1.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
44%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.06%
-15.9% YoY -77.5% QoQ
-0.22% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.12%
+10.7% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
27%

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 (3)

Margin Compression

decline
#36 of 305 • Bottom 11.5% in tier

Profitability above 0.75% ROA but margins eroding by at least 0.10pp YoY. Something changed - rising costs or falling yields need addressing.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 0.89%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
305 of 305 Community banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 banks QoQ

Flatlined Growth

risk
#97 of 512 • Bottom 18.8% 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: 0.89%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#191 of 973 • Bottom 19.5% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

973 of 973 Community banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2073
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.90%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2073 of 2664 Bottom 22.2% in $100M-$1B
2016
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.21%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2016 of 2654 Bottom 24.1% in $100M-$1B
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