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The Union Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural ND FDIC cert 9420

Beulah, ND

6 branches across ND

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 35 in ND
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The Union Bank has 2 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

  • + Profitability Leader: Top 16.2% in tier
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.36% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 42.8% in tier
  • - Efficiency Ratio 2.12% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.51% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $325.4M
+6.6% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-$60.6M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$1.1B
+4.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
50%
Total Loans ? $194.2M
+5.7% YoY -3.8% QoQ
-$61.5M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$779.7M
+5.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
47%
Total Deposits ? $294.2M
+6.1% YoY +6.1% QoQ
-$33.8M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$930.6M
+2.8% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
53%
Return on Assets ? 1.73%
+119.5% YoY +67.9% QoQ
+0.46% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.38%
+15.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
79%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.29%
+11.1% YoY +3.0% QoQ
+0.36% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.69%
+5.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
72%
Efficiency Ratio ? 67.41%
-4.4% YoY +3.5% QoQ
+2.12% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
60.25%
-5.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
38%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.39%
-51.3% YoY -20.8% QoQ
+0.51% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.92%
+20.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
21%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 66.01%
-0.4% YoY -9.3% QoQ
-10.63% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
69.27%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
74%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 18.02%
+0.7% YoY -7.9% QoQ
-4.00% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
22.07%
+2.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
36%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.83%
-51.7% YoY -23.4% QoQ
+0.19% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.56%
+12.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
25%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.58%
+2.6% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-6.25% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
13.00%
+1.5% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 5.3% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.05%
-17.9% YoY -75.7% QoQ
-0.23% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.12%
+7.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
17%

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)

Profitability Leader

growth
#109 of 666 • Top 16.2% in tier

Top-quartile profitability for peers of this size. Strong fundamentals and operational efficiency.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.73%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ

Concerns (1)

Capital Thin

risk
#286 of 666 • Bottom 42.8% 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: 9.58%
(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 (1 metrics)

570
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.73%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#570 of 2664 Top 21.4% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2524
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.58%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2524 of 2664 Bottom 5.3% in $100M-$1B
2205
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.05%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2205 of 2664 Bottom 17.3% in $100M-$1B
2107
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.39%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2107 of 2654 Bottom 20.6% in $100M-$1B
2006
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.83%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2006 of 2664 Bottom 24.7% in $100M-$1B
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