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Signature Bank of Arkansas

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial AR FDIC cert 89

Designations: ✓ Community bank

Fayetteville, AR

11 branches across AR

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 885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationwide — 1 of 20 in AR.
  • Deposits +14.5% year over year ($1.4B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.04%.
  • Return on assets 1.09%.
  • Efficiency ratio 61.54% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 93.32% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 20 in AR
View $1B-$10B leaderboard (AR) →

Signature Bank of Arkansas 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 46.1% in tier
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.64% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 1.8% in tier
  • - ROA 0.30% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.15% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 1.81% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.6B
+13.8% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-$1.2B $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$2.4B
+2.9% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
40%
Total Loans ? $1.3B
+12.0% YoY +3.6% QoQ
-$622.8M $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$1.7B
+5.8% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
49%
Total Deposits ? $1.4B
+14.5% YoY +0.1% QoQ
-$882.4M $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$2.0B
+2.5% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
43%
Return on Assets ? 1.09%
+11.0% YoY +8.3% QoQ
-0.30% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
1.32%
+8.9% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
36%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.72%
+1.9% YoY +2.1% QoQ
-0.15% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
4.10%
+6.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
51%
Efficiency Ratio ? 61.54%
-1.0% YoY -3.7% QoQ
+1.81% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
61.09%
-4.5% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
42%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.04%
+30.1% YoY
-0.83% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
1.05%
+22.1% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
Top 6.9% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 93.32%
-2.2% YoY +3.4% QoQ
+8.29% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
82.37%
+1.8% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
31%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.86%
-5.8% YoY +1.7% QoQ
-3.41% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
19.62%
+0.3% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
39%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.03%
+28.1% YoY
-0.64% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.84%
+30.0% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
Top 7.2% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.92%
+13.9% YoY +1.1% QoQ
-2.92% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
13.64%
+0.9% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
32%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.28%
+4.4% YoY +106.0% QoQ
-0.25% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
0.36%
-4.6% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
48%

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 (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 17.9%
-1.1pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-3.5pp 21.4% 19.6% 22.2% 39%
Brokered Deposits 15.2%
-0.2pp YoY
-1.5pp QoQ
+5.7pp 9.5% 7.2% 8.5% 83%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 11.9%
+0.2pp YoY
-0.8pp QoQ
-2.1pp 14.0% 12.7% 12.5% 54%
CRE 50.3%
-3.0pp YoY
+0.6pp QoQ
+0.3pp 50.0% 41.0% 41.4% 52%
1-4 Family 35.7%
+2.2pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
+9.2pp 26.4% 28.1% 31.3% 76%
Consumer 0.9%
+0.1pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-3.8pp 4.7% 4.5% 5.0% 44%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 11.9%
+1.5pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-3.7pp 15.6% 15.1% 19.7% 22%
Leverage Ratio 9.6%
+0.4pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-1.7pp 11.3% 11.9% 12.6% 24%
Total Capital Ratio 13.2%
+1.5pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-3.5pp 16.7% 16.3% 20.8% 25%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 230
+21 (+10.0%) YoY
+7 (+3.1%) QoQ
-84 313 315 482 48%
Assets per Employee ($) $7.1M
+3.4% YoY
-2.8% QoQ
-$3.4M $10.5M $6.7M $8.8M 24%
Branch Count 11
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-9 20 25 18 35%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.2% 0.1% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.8pp 0.8% 1.1% 1.0% 4%
Allowance Coverage 29.80x
-22.5% YoY
-96.1% QoQ
+11.09x 18.71x 4.69x 20.23x 95%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.3pp 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 31%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 12.0%
+0.9pp YoY
+0.8pp QoQ
-0.6pp 12.6% 12.3% 11.6% 49%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.5%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.6pp 1.9% 2.0% 1.7% 85%
Net Income ($, YTD) $8.7M
+29.4% YoY
— QoQ
-$10.5M $19.2M $16.0M $40.4M 33%

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)

Credit Quality Leader

growth
#103 of 221 • Top 46.1% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.04%
(Tier: 0.87%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 920 nationally
→ Stable +1 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#10 of 492 • Bottom 1.8% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.04%
(Tier: 0.87%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
492 of 492 Mid-Market banks match · 1820 nationally
→ Stable -71 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 885 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

62
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.04%
Peer Median: 0.87%
#62 of 882 Top 6.9% in $1B-$10B
65
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#65 of 885 Top 7.2% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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