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Heartland State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural SD FDIC cert 9007

Redfield, SD

4 branches across SD

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 24 in SD
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Heartland State Bank has 5 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

  • + Deposit Franchise: Top 26.1% in tier
  • + Return on Assets 0.93% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.89% below tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.64% below tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 8.90% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Cost Spiral: Bottom 14.3% in tier
  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 47.1% in tier

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SD) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $156.0M
+3.6% YoY +0.8% QoQ
-$230.1M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$68.7B
+9.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
16%
Total Loans ? $117.2M
+14.6% YoY +1.7% QoQ
-$138.5M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$30.8B
+10.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
25%
Total Deposits ? $134.7M
+6.9% YoY +7.9% QoQ
-$193.3M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$54.8B
+8.5% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
17%
Return on Assets ? 2.20%
-7.1% YoY -11.1% QoQ
+0.93% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.41%
+1.8% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Top 8.5% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 5.11%
+4.7% YoY +2.1% QoQ
+1.18% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.19%
+0.4% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 5.9% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 56.39%
+11.1% YoY +13.5% QoQ
-8.90% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
64.00%
-0.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
70%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00% -0.89% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.59%
+45.1% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 86.98%
+7.2% YoY -5.8% QoQ
+10.35% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.70%
+0.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
31%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 34.93%
+20.1% YoY +4.8% QoQ
+12.91% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
23.74%
-0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 9.9% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00% -0.64% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.41%
+39.3% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.86%
-9.0% YoY +1.1% QoQ
-4.97% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
15.79%
+0.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
21%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.15%
+16.4% YoY -71.4% QoQ
-0.13% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.27%
+0.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
75%

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)

Deposit Franchise

growth
#72 of 272 • Top 26.1% in tier

Top-quartile non-interest-bearing deposits AND top-quartile NIM. A premium deposit franchise translating into above-peer spread.

Why this signature
Noninterest-Bearing Deposit Share: 34.93%
(Tier: 22.02%, National: 22.01%)
better than tier avg
Net Interest Margin: 5.11%
(Tier: 3.93%, National: 3.89%)
better than tier avg
272 of 272 Community banks match · 369 nationally
→ Stable -14 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (2)

Cost Spiral

risk
#19 of 126 • Bottom 14.3% in tier

Historically lean operator (efficiency < 75%) now seeing 5+ point efficiency ratio increase YoY despite strong profitability. Efficiency advantage eroding.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 56.39%
(Tier: 65.29%, National: 66.95%)
better than tier avg
126 of 126 Community banks match · 176 nationally
↑ Growing +82 banks QoQ

Capital Thin

risk
#315 of 666 • Bottom 47.1% in tier

Tier 1 capital ratio in the bottom quartile of peers. Capital cushion thin relative to peers - regulator-watching cohort.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 10.86%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#1 of 2654 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
1
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#1 of 2664 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
157
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 5.11%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#157 of 2664 Top 5.9% in $100M-$1B
227
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 2.20%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#227 of 2664 Top 8.5% in $100M-$1B
266
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 34.93%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#266 of 2664 Top 9.9% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2237
Total Assets
size
Value: $156.03M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2237 of 2664 Bottom 16.1% in $100M-$1B
2218
Total Deposits
size
Value: $134.71M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2218 of 2664 Bottom 16.8% in $100M-$1B
2096
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.86%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2096 of 2664 Bottom 21.4% in $100M-$1B
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