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Freedom Bank

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

Columbia Falls, MT

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 2,643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationwide — 1 of 23 in MT.
  • Deposits +11.7% year over year ($138.8M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.55%.
  • Return on assets 1.84%.
  • Efficiency ratio 56.38% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 98.32% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 23 in MT
View $100M-$1B leaderboard (MT) →

Freedom Bank has 4 strengths but faces 1 concern

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 1.73% above tier average
  • + ROA 0.52% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 8.10% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.37% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 39.6% in tier

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $157.3M
+11.3% YoY +7.0% QoQ
-$229.3M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$2.2B
+3.0% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
16%
Total Loans ? $136.5M
+10.7% YoY +5.2% QoQ
-$121.8M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$1.4B
+2.6% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
31%
Total Deposits ? $138.8M
+11.7% YoY +7.5% QoQ
-$187.9M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$1.8B
+4.6% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
18%
Return on Assets ? 1.84%
-8.3% YoY +2.5% QoQ
+0.52% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.54%
-6.6% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
82%
Net Interest Margin ? 5.71%
-5.3% YoY +2.9% QoQ
+1.73% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
4.16%
+5.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
Top 2.0% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 56.38%
+4.9% YoY +1.2% QoQ
-8.10% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
60.98%
-0.5% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
68%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.55%
+64.6% YoY -7.3% QoQ
-0.37% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
1.28%
+29.2% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
44%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 98.32%
-0.9% YoY -2.2% QoQ
+20.37% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
70.68%
-1.2% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Bottom 12.1% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 24.62%
+3.5% YoY +14.8% QoQ
+2.59% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
26.03%
+1.9% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
65%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.48%
+63.8% YoY -8.8% QoQ
-0.19% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.78%
+50.1% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
40%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.25%
+4.0% YoY +1.7% QoQ
-3.66% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
18.68%
-1.3% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
38%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.10%
-12.3% YoY +100.5% QoQ
-0.46% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
1.73%
+7.3% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
20%

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 24.6%
+0.8pp YoY
+3.2pp QoQ
+2.5pp 22.1% 26.8% 22.2% 64%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 10.6% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 19.2%
-3.3pp YoY
-0.9pp QoQ
+7.6pp 11.6% 14.3% 12.5% 86%
CRE 55.3%
+7.2pp YoY
+3.6pp QoQ
+15.7pp 39.5% 42.8% 41.4% 78%
1-4 Family 25.5%
-0.7pp YoY
-2.6pp QoQ
-7.1pp 32.6% 26.0% 31.3% 42%
Consumer 0.8%
-1.0pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-3.3pp 4.1% 2.7% 5.0% 25%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 18.8% 22.4% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 12.2%
+0.5pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
+0.1pp 12.2% 13.2% 12.6% 67%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 19.9% 23.5% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 28
+1 (+3.7%) YoY
+1 (+3.7%) QoQ
-31 58 284 482 24%
Assets per Employee ($) $5.6M
+7.3% YoY
+3.1% QoQ
-$1.9M $7.5M $8.1M $8.8M 25%
Branch Count 1
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-4 4 21 18 0%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.3% 0.6% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.6%
+0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.4pp 0.9% 1.1% 1.0% 55%
Allowance Coverage 2.41x
-42.7% YoY
+2.5% QoQ
-21.74x 24.15x 3.69x 20.23x 53%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) -0.0%
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 25%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 15.4%
-1.5pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
+3.2pp 12.2% 14.2% 11.6% 70%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.0%
-0.3pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.3pp 1.7% 1.5% 1.7% 72%
Net Income ($, YTD) $1.4M
-1.6% YoY
— QoQ
-$1.2M $2.6M $14.9M $40.4M 38%

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 (1)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#499 of 1256 • Bottom 39.6% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.55%
(Tier: 0.92%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
1256 of 1256 Community banks match · 1820 nationally
→ Stable -71 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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

55
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 5.71%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#55 of 2643 Top 2.0% in $100M-$1B
482
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.84%
Peer Median: 1.32%
#482 of 2643 Top 18.2% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2323
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 98.32%
Peer Median: 77.95%
#2323 of 2643 Bottom 12.1% in $100M-$1B
2217
Total Assets
size
Value: $157.27M
Peer Median: $386.57M
#2217 of 2643 Bottom 16.2% in $100M-$1B
2170
Total Deposits
size
Value: $138.84M
Peer Median: $326.73M
#2170 of 2643 Bottom 17.9% in $100M-$1B
2127
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.10%
Peer Median: 0.57%
#2127 of 2643 Bottom 19.6% in $100M-$1B
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