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United Bank of Iowa

$1B-$10B Specialty: Agricultural IA FDIC cert 958

Designations: Community bank

Ida Grove, IA

38 branches across IA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 27 in IA
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United Bank of Iowa has 2 strengths but faces 5 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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 4.17% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.58% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 9.0% in tier
  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 12.7% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 16.2% in tier
  • - ROA 0.12% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.97% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $2.5B
+2.1% YoY +2.1% QoQ
-$282.2M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$560.1M
+4.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
62%
Total Loans ? $1.6B
+5.4% YoY +1.0% QoQ
-$329.3M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$379.9M
+5.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
58%
Total Deposits ? $2.0B
+1.5% YoY +2.1% QoQ
-$357.2M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$469.6M
+4.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
59%
Return on Assets ? 1.25%
+35.4% YoY +7.0% QoQ
-0.12% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.31%
+22.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
52%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.85%
+16.2% YoY +7.5% QoQ
-0.97% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.52%
+10.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 12.3% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 56.89%
-10.7% YoY -3.4% QoQ
-4.17% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
58.40%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
59%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.31%
+0.5% YoY +9.2% QoQ
-0.58% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.92%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
69%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 82.35%
+3.9% YoY -1.1% QoQ
-1.86% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
77.40%
+1.1% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
60%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.96%
-2.6% YoY -1.3% QoQ
-3.33% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
17.87%
+0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
40%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.20%
-0.1% YoY +7.0% QoQ
-0.47% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.58%
+11.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
73%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.41%
+6.2% YoY +3.3% QoQ
-4.75% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
14.34%
+1.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 7.7% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.13%
-1.0% YoY -79.7% QoQ
-0.13% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.12%
+10.7% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
43%

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 (3)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#47 of 513 • Bottom 9.0% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.31%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
513 of 513 Mid-Market banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ

Capital Thin

risk
#29 of 221 • Bottom 12.7% 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: 10.41%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#69 of 420 • Bottom 16.2% in tier

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

420 of 420 Mid-Market banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 banks QoQ

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 (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

817
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.41%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#817 of 884 Bottom 7.7% in $1B-$10B
776
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.85%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#776 of 884 Bottom 12.3% in $1B-$10B
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