Skip to main content

BlastPoint's Banking Scorecard

SmartBiz Bank, National Association

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial IL FDIC cert 58158

Northbrook, IL

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 211 in IL.
  • Deposits +32.6% year over year ($167.2M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 1.53%.
  • Return on assets -0.33%.
  • Efficiency ratio 94.23% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 85.40% vs a 77.95% peer average.

Animation disabled (reduced-motion preference). Full details in the Core Metrics table below.

2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 211 in IL
View $100M-$1B leaderboard (IL) →

SmartBiz Bank, National Association has 2 strengths 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 33.7% in tier
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.63% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - NIB Deposit Bleed: Bottom 69.1% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 1.65% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 29.75% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.61% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $200.8M
+19.3% YoY -2.0% QoQ
-$185.8M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$2.4B
+4.3% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
27%
Total Loans ? $142.8M
+26.3% YoY -1.8% QoQ
-$115.5M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$1.3B
+4.4% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
33%
Total Deposits ? $167.2M
+32.6% YoY +2.5% QoQ
-$159.5M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$1.9B
+3.7% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
26%
Return on Assets ? -0.33%
+95.3% YoY +58.6% QoQ
-1.65% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.12%
+2.8% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
Bottom 2.2% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 4.61%
+66.1% YoY +4.1% QoQ
+0.63% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
3.68%
+7.2% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
83%
Efficiency Ratio ? 94.23%
-43.9% YoY -3.1% QoQ
+29.75% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
63.11%
-4.5% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Bottom 3.4% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 1.53%
-21.2% YoY -4.2% QoQ
+0.61% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
1.19%
+6.2% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
18%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 85.40%
-4.8% YoY -4.2% QoQ
+7.45% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
72.86%
+0.7% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
37%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 12.83%
-14.7% YoY -11.9% QoQ
-9.20% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
20.01%
-0.1% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
17%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.09%
-27.5% YoY -3.9% QoQ
+0.42% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.81%
+6.3% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
18%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.24%
-25.7% YoY -1.5% QoQ
-5.67% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
17.17%
+1.3% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 13.4% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 4.63%
+80.6% YoY +83.4% QoQ
+4.06% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.68%
+1.1% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
Top 0.7% in tier

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 (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 12.8%
-2.2pp YoY
-1.7pp QoQ
-9.3pp 22.1% 20.1% 22.2% 16%
Brokered Deposits 3.6%
-1.2pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-4.3pp 7.9% 8.0% 8.5% 42%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 45.5%
+17.1pp YoY
-0.9pp QoQ
+33.9pp 11.6% 14.7% 12.5% 99%
CRE 50.9%
-12.6pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
+11.4pp 39.5% 37.9% 41.4% 71%
1-4 Family 7.1%
-2.8pp YoY
+0.9pp QoQ
-25.5pp 32.6% 28.3% 31.3% 7%
Consumer n/a n/a 4.1% 5.4% 5.0% n/a

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 10.2%
-3.5pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-8.6pp 18.8% 19.9% 19.7% 3%
Leverage Ratio 8.4%
-3.6pp YoY
-0.6pp QoQ
-3.7pp 12.2% 12.2% 12.6% 5%
Total Capital Ratio 11.5%
-3.5pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-8.4pp 19.9% 20.9% 20.8% 4%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 109
-26 (-19.3%) YoY
-3 (-2.7%) QoQ
+50 58 228 482 89%
Assets per Employee ($) $1.8M
+47.8% YoY
+0.6% QoQ
-$5.7M $7.5M $8.3M $8.8M 1%
Branch Count 1
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-4 4 10 18 0%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 1.0%
0.0pp QoQ
+0.7pp 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 91%
Nonaccrual 0.6%
-1.4pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.4pp 0.9% 1.1% 1.0% 55%
Allowance Coverage 1.43x
+72.8% YoY
+20.2% QoQ
-22.72x 24.15x 5.62x 20.23x 38%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.2%
+0.2pp QoQ
0.0pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 82%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE -2.4%
+37.2pp YoY
+3.3pp QoQ
-14.5pp 12.2% 10.5% 11.6% 2%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.9%
+1.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+1.2pp 1.7% 1.6% 1.7% 97%
Net Income ($, YTD) $-331000.0
+94.2% YoY
— QoQ
-$2.9M $2.6M $11.7M $40.4M 2%

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
#224 of 661 • Top 33.7% 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: 4.63%
(Tier: 0.57%, National: 0.66%)
better than tier avg
Return on Assets: -0.33%
(Tier: 1.32%, National: 1.30%)
but worse than tier avg
661 of 661 Community banks match · 923 nationally
→ Stable

Concerns (1)

NIB Deposit Bleed

decline
#113 of 162 • Bottom 69.1% in tier

Non-interest-bearing deposit share dropped 2+ pp YoY and now below the tier median. Cheap funding leaving for higher-yield competitors.

Why this signature
Noninterest-Bearing Deposit Share: 12.83%
(Tier: 22.03%, National: 21.98%)
worse than tier avg
162 of 162 Community banks match · 211 nationally
↓ Shrinking -26 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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

19
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 4.63%
Peer Median: 0.57%
#19 of 2643 Top 0.7% in $100M-$1B
449
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.61%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#449 of 2643 Top 17.0% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (6 metrics)

2586
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: -0.33%
Peer Median: 1.32%
#2586 of 2643 Bottom 2.2% in $100M-$1B
2553
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 94.23%
Peer Median: 64.48%
#2553 of 2643 Bottom 3.4% in $100M-$1B
2290
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.24%
Peer Median: 15.91%
#2290 of 2643 Bottom 13.4% in $100M-$1B
2197
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 12.83%
Peer Median: 22.03%
#2197 of 2643 Bottom 16.9% in $100M-$1B
2152
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.53%
Peer Median: 0.92%
#2152 of 2633 Bottom 18.3% in $100M-$1B
2157
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.09%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#2157 of 2643 Bottom 18.4% in $100M-$1B
Powered by BlastPoint © 2026