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The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial MA FDIC cert 90227

Designations: Community bank

Tewksbury, MA

15 branches across MA · NH

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 46 in MA
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The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank faces 6 concerns requiring attention

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

No key strengths identified

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 44.2% in tier
  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 46.4% in tier
  • - ROA 0.69% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.16% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 3.34% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.05% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.9B
+8.4% YoY +4.3% QoQ
-$937.1M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$6.8B
+9.3% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
47%
Total Loans ? $1.5B
+11.7% YoY +3.2% QoQ
-$503.5M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$2.4B
+16.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
52%
Total Deposits ? $1.6B
+8.0% YoY +4.9% QoQ
-$727.8M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$5.3B
+11.5% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
48%
Return on Assets ? 0.68%
+0.5% YoY -26.5% QoQ
-0.69% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
0.49%
+59.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
16%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.66%
+7.1% YoY +0.1% QoQ
-0.16% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.03%
+10.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
51%
Efficiency Ratio ? 64.40%
-8.2% YoY +5.0% QoQ
+3.34% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
80.02%
-2.5% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
36%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.94%
-36.1% YoY +129.0% QoQ
+0.05% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.73%
+28.2% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
29%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 90.46%
+3.4% YoY -1.7% QoQ
+6.25% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
92.37%
-0.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
36%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 13.33%
-8.2% YoY -3.4% QoQ
-7.96% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
15.85%
-3.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
21%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.73%
-34.1% YoY +126.6% QoQ
+0.06% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.58%
+29.6% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
29%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 16.29%
-0.6% YoY -1.7% QoQ
+1.13% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
14.58%
+1.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
82%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.06%
-7.9% YoY -88.4% QoQ
-0.20% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.11%
+1.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Bottom 13.3% 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 (0)

No matched strength signatures this quarter

Concerns (2)

Liquidity Overhang

risk
#78 of 174 • Bottom 44.2% in tier

Exceptional capital position (Tier 1 >= 16%, top quartile). Strong fundamentals - opportunity to deploy capital more productively.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 16.29%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 90.46%
(Tier: 84.20%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
174 of 174 Mid-Market banks match · 939 nationally
→ Stable +13 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Liquidity Strain

risk
#156 of 334 • Bottom 46.4% 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: 90.46%
(Tier: 84.20%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
334 of 334 Mid-Market banks match · 1013 nationally
→ Stable -50 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 (1 metrics)

157
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 16.29%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#157 of 884 Top 17.6% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

767
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.06%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#767 of 884 Bottom 13.3% in $1B-$10B
745
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.68%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#745 of 884 Bottom 15.8% in $1B-$10B
696
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 13.33%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#696 of 884 Bottom 21.4% in $1B-$10B
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