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Freedom Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial MT FDIC cert 58010

Columbia Falls, MT

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 22 in MT
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Freedom Bank has 4 strengths but faces 3 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 1.62% above tier average
  • + ROA 0.53% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 9.55% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.29% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 14.8% in tier
  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 33.6% in tier
  • - Loan-to-Deposit Ratio 23.85% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $147.0M
+5.2% YoY +2.3% QoQ
-$239.1M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.2B
+7.4% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 13.4% in tier
Total Loans ? $129.8M
+4.5% YoY -0.2% QoQ
-$125.9M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.4B
+7.1% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
29%
Total Deposits ? $129.2M
+7.3% YoY +3.1% QoQ
-$198.8M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.8B
+10.6% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
15%
Return on Assets ? 1.80%
-3.4% YoY -10.1% QoQ
+0.53% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.68%
+0.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
82%
Net Interest Margin ? 5.55%
-3.6% YoY -7.9% QoQ
+1.62% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.10%
+5.6% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 2.7% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 55.73%
-0.8% YoY +1.5% QoQ
-9.55% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
58.72%
-5.9% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
72%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.59%
+26.2% YoY +4.5% QoQ
-0.29% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.39%
+43.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
41%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 100.49%
-2.7% YoY -3.2% QoQ
+23.85% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
68.91%
-1.7% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 8.0% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 21.45%
-5.0% YoY +1.1% QoQ
-0.57% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
25.97%
-2.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
52%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.52%
+25.4% YoY +1.9% QoQ
-0.11% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.81%
+60.9% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
36%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.05%
+3.4% YoY -2.7% QoQ
-3.78% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
19.61%
+1.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
36%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.05%
-6.2% YoY -77.6% QoQ
-0.23% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.88%
+6.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
20%

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)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#145 of 973 • Bottom 14.8% 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

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#440 of 1308 • Bottom 33.6% in tier

Delinquencies rising year-over-year. Credit risk is building - underwriting tools or reserves may need attention.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.59%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
1308 of 1308 Community banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

72
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 5.55%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#72 of 2664 Top 2.7% in $100M-$1B
491
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.80%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#491 of 2664 Top 18.4% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2453
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 100.49%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#2453 of 2664 Bottom 8.0% in $100M-$1B
2307
Total Assets
size
Value: $147.03M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2307 of 2664 Bottom 13.4% in $100M-$1B
2263
Total Deposits
size
Value: $129.17M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2263 of 2664 Bottom 15.1% in $100M-$1B
2126
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.05%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2126 of 2664 Bottom 20.2% in $100M-$1B
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