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Bank Forward

$1B-$10B Specialty: Agricultural ND FDIC cert 8941

Designations: Community bank

Fargo, ND

12 branches across ND · MN

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 12 in ND
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Bank Forward has 3 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

  • + Revenue Diversifier: Top 17.2% in tier
  • + ROA 0.40% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.27% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 4.5% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.32% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 5.29% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.2B
+11.7% YoY +3.7% QoQ
-$1.6B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$1.1B
+4.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
15%
Total Loans ? $856.3M
+2.6% YoY -0.8% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$779.7M
+5.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
20%
Total Deposits ? $977.1M
+11.9% YoY +5.6% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$930.6M
+2.8% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 13.3% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.77%
-8.3% YoY +1.7% QoQ
+0.40% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.38%
+15.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
83%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.50%
+2.2% YoY -4.4% QoQ
-0.32% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.69%
+5.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
41%
Efficiency Ratio ? 66.35%
+3.1% YoY -2.4% QoQ
+5.29% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
60.25%
-5.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
30%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.62%
+5.4% YoY -9.4% QoQ
-0.27% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.92%
+20.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
46%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 87.64%
-8.3% YoY -6.1% QoQ
+3.43% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
69.27%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
45%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 22.55%
-7.5% YoY -5.1% QoQ
+1.26% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
22.07%
+2.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
63%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.62%
+22.7% YoY -10.8% QoQ
-0.05% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.56%
+12.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
35%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.79%
-1.6% YoY -3.0% QoQ
-4.37% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
13.00%
+1.5% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 13.7% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.44%
-28.1% YoY -78.9% QoQ
+0.18% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.12%
+7.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 7.5% in tier

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
#39 of 221 • Top 17.2% 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: 0.44%
(Tier: 0.26%, National: 0.32%)
better than tier avg
Return on Assets: 1.77%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Concerns (1)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#20 of 420 • Bottom 4.5% in tier

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

420 of 420 Mid-Market 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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

67
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.44%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#67 of 884 Top 7.5% in $1B-$10B
153
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.77%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#153 of 884 Top 17.2% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

767
Total Deposits
size
Value: $977.10M
Peer Median: $2.34B
#767 of 884 Bottom 13.3% in $1B-$10B
764
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.79%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#764 of 884 Bottom 13.7% in $1B-$10B
750
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.18B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#750 of 884 Bottom 15.3% in $1B-$10B
712
Total Loans
size
Value: $856.32M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#712 of 884 Bottom 19.6% in $1B-$10B
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