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The Bank of Forest

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial MS FDIC cert 898

Designations: ✓ CDFI-certified

Forest, MS

3 branches across MS

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 39 in MS.
  • Deposits +13.9% year over year ($269.0M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 1.32%.
  • Return on assets 1.41%.
  • Efficiency ratio 63.29% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 61.13% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 39 in MS
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The Bank of Forest has 2 strengths but faces 2 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

  • + ROA 0.09% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 1.19% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 45.8% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.20% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $296.3M
+11.7% YoY -0.6% QoQ
-$90.3M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$2.3B
+4.7% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
45%
Total Loans ? $164.4M
+4.5% YoY -2.4% QoQ
-$93.9M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$1.6B
+6.5% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
39%
Total Deposits ? $269.0M
+13.9% YoY -0.8% QoQ
-$57.8M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$1.9B
+4.9% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
49%
Return on Assets ? 1.41%
+75.0% YoY +12.3% QoQ
+0.09% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.27%
+12.8% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
60%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.79%
+6.4% YoY +2.3% QoQ
-0.20% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
4.02%
+5.6% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
41%
Efficiency Ratio ? 63.29%
-13.7% YoY -4.8% QoQ
-1.19% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
65.83%
-2.8% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
47%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.32%
+74.6% YoY -4.6% QoQ
+0.40% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
1.03%
+6.0% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
22%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 61.13%
-8.3% YoY -1.6% QoQ
-16.82% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
72.48%
+3.6% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
81%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 18.09%
-12.1% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-3.94% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
22.74%
-2.6% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
37%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.73%
+63.2% YoY -6.3% QoQ
+0.06% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.80%
+11.3% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
29%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.91%
-5.3% YoY -0.2% QoQ
-5.00% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
13.77%
-2.2% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
22%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.30%
-3.9% YoY +113.1% QoQ
-0.27% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.38%
+2.4% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
72%

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 (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 18.1%
-2.5pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-4.1pp 22.1% 23.1% 22.2% 36%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 3.8% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 11.1%
+1.9pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-0.4pp 11.6% 12.4% 12.5% 59%
CRE 43.2%
-7.7pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
+3.7pp 39.5% 42.3% 41.4% 59%
1-4 Family 27.0%
+5.0pp YoY
-0.6pp QoQ
-5.6pp 32.6% 33.1% 31.3% 45%
Consumer 5.8%
-0.2pp YoY
+0.6pp QoQ
+1.7pp 4.1% 5.6% 5.0% 81%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 18.8% 16.5% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 10.9%
-0.6pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-1.3pp 12.2% 11.9% 12.6% 49%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 19.9% 17.7% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 53
0 YoY
+1 (+1.9%) QoQ
-6 58 297 482 56%
Assets per Employee ($) $5.6M
+11.7% YoY
-2.5% QoQ
-$1.9M $7.5M $6.2M $8.8M 24%
Branch Count 3
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-2 4 22 18 26%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.2%
0.0pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 60%
Nonaccrual 1.2%
+0.6pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
+0.2pp 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% 75%
Allowance Coverage 0.98x
-41.0% YoY
+9.3% QoQ
-23.18x 24.15x 4.87x 20.23x 26%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 62%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 16.1%
+6.1pp YoY
+1.9pp QoQ
+3.9pp 12.2% 11.7% 11.6% 74%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.0%
-0.2pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
+0.2pp 1.7% 1.8% 1.7% 68%
Net Income ($, YTD) $2.0M
+92.4% YoY
— QoQ
-$508K $2.6M $13.8M $40.4M 53%

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 Risk Growth

risk
#430 of 936 • Bottom 45.8% in tier

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

936 of 936 Community banks match · 1401 nationally
→ Stable -58 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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (1 metrics)

493
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 61.13%
Peer Median: 77.95%
#493 of 2643 Top 18.6% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2065
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.32%
Peer Median: 0.92%
#2065 of 2633 Bottom 21.6% in $100M-$1B
2061
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.91%
Peer Median: 15.91%
#2061 of 2643 Bottom 22.1% in $100M-$1B
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