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East Cambridge Savings Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial MA FDIC cert 90173

Designations: ✓ Community bank ✓ Mutual

Cambridge, MA

12 branches across MA

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 46 in MA.
  • Deposits +4.7% year over year ($1.3B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.20%.
  • Return on assets 0.38%.
  • Efficiency ratio 81.42% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 99.60% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 46 in MA
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East Cambridge Savings Bank has 1 strength but faces 6 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 18.5% in tier

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 7.1% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 8.0% in tier
  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 30.0% in tier
  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 42.7% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 1.02% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.27% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.7B
+3.5% YoY -0.2% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$7.0B
+13.2% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
42%
Total Loans ? $1.3B
+4.1% YoY +4.9% QoQ
-$628.9M $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$2.5B
+16.1% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
49%
Total Deposits ? $1.3B
+4.7% YoY +0.0% QoQ
-$979.2M $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$5.6B
+14.9% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
39%
Return on Assets ? 0.38%
+25.7% YoY +16.0% QoQ
-1.02% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
0.66%
+38.5% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
Bottom 5.0% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 2.61%
+11.2% YoY +4.1% QoQ
-1.27% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
3.05%
+8.7% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
Bottom 5.8% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 81.42%
-2.4% YoY -4.8% QoQ
+21.70% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
79.07%
-1.9% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Bottom 5.9% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.20%
+4.5% YoY +40.2% QoQ
-0.66% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
0.74%
+5.8% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
78%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 99.60%
-0.6% YoY +4.8% QoQ
+14.57% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
91.41%
-1.2% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
16%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 13.84%
+15.0% YoY +3.0% QoQ
-7.43% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
16.01%
-3.7% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
23%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.16%
+1.1% YoY +47.4% QoQ
-0.51% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.59%
+7.5% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
77%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.68%
-5.5% YoY -5.0% QoQ
-1.16% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
15.08%
+1.7% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
59%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.18%
+19.4% YoY +115.6% QoQ
-0.35% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
0.57%
+4.1% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
26%

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 (MA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 13.8%
+1.8pp YoY
+0.4pp QoQ
-7.5pp 21.4% 16.2% 22.2% 23%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.5% 6.1% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 3.3%
+0.3pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-10.7pp 14.0% 6.5% 12.5% 11%
CRE 37.8%
+1.8pp YoY
+1.5pp QoQ
-12.2pp 50.0% 40.3% 41.4% 20%
1-4 Family 58.8%
-2.0pp YoY
-1.4pp QoQ
+32.4pp 26.4% 52.4% 31.3% 94%
Consumer 0.7%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-4.1pp 4.7% 1.6% 5.0% 36%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 13.7%
-0.8pp YoY
-0.7pp QoQ
-1.9pp 15.6% 16.6% 19.7% 53%
Leverage Ratio 9.7%
+0.2pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-1.6pp 11.3% 11.5% 12.6% 28%
Total Capital Ratio 14.4%
-0.9pp YoY
-0.7pp QoQ
-2.3pp 16.7% 17.5% 20.8% 45%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 153
-2 (-1.3%) YoY
0 QoQ
-161 313 755 482 23%
Assets per Employee ($) $10.9M
+4.9% YoY
-0.2% QoQ
+$399K $10.5M $10.7M $8.8M 71%
Branch Count 12
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-8 20 13 18 39%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.2% 0.1% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.2%
0.0pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-0.6pp 0.8% 0.8% 1.0% 22%
Allowance Coverage 2.92x
-8.5% YoY
-28.9% QoQ
-15.79x 18.71x 7.95x 20.23x 62%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.3pp 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 22%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 4.0%
+0.7pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
-8.6pp 12.6% 5.6% 11.6% 5%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.1%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.2pp 1.9% 2.0% 1.7% 63%
Net Income ($, YTD) $3.1M
+28.3% YoY
— QoQ
-$16.1M $19.2M $31.7M $40.4M 6%

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
#42 of 221 • Top 18.5% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.20%
(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 (4)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#36 of 492 • Bottom 7.1% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.20%
(Tier: 0.87%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
492 of 492 Mid-Market banks match · 1820 nationally
→ Stable -71 banks QoQ

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#33 of 402 • Bottom 8.0% in tier

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

402 of 402 Mid-Market banks match · 1401 nationally
→ Stable -58 banks QoQ

Efficiency Drag

risk
#19 of 60 • Bottom 30.0% in tier

Efficiency ratio above 80% - operating costs elevated relative to revenue. Margin improvement opportunity.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 81.42%
(Tier: 59.73%, National: 70.05%)
worse than tier avg
60 of 60 Mid-Market banks match · 426 nationally
↓ Shrinking -64 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Liquidity Strain

risk
#155 of 361 • Bottom 42.7% in tier

Loan-to-deposit ratio above 90% - loan demand outpacing deposits. Bumping against liquidity limits, funding solutions needed.

Why this signature
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 99.60%
(Tier: 85.04%, National: 79.03%)
worse than tier avg
361 of 361 Mid-Market banks match · 1092 nationally
→ Stable +81 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

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)

195
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.20%
Peer Median: 0.87%
#195 of 882 Top 22.0% in $1B-$10B
205
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.16%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#205 of 885 Top 23.1% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

842
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.38%
Peer Median: 1.39%
#842 of 885 Bottom 5.0% in $1B-$10B
835
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.61%
Peer Median: 3.87%
#835 of 885 Bottom 5.8% in $1B-$10B
834
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 81.42%
Peer Median: 59.73%
#834 of 885 Bottom 5.9% in $1B-$10B
748
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 99.60%
Peer Median: 85.04%
#748 of 885 Bottom 15.6% in $1B-$10B
682
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 13.84%
Peer Median: 21.27%
#682 of 885 Bottom 23.1% in $1B-$10B
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