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Sweet Water State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural AL FDIC cert 9615

Sweet Water, AL

5 branches across AL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 64 in AL
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Sweet Water State Bank has 3 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 13.6% in tier
  • + ROA 0.65% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 0.78% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Cost Spiral: Bottom 41.3% in tier
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.53% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $154.9M
+9.3% YoY +0.5% QoQ
-$231.2M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.5B
+0.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
16%
Total Loans ? $78.2M
+7.6% YoY +4.5% QoQ
-$177.5M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.5B
+2.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 10.4% in tier
Total Deposits ? $140.3M
+9.8% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-$187.6M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$2.1B
-0.2% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
18%
Return on Assets ? 1.92%
-9.0% YoY +19.2% QoQ
+0.65% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.78%
-19.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Top 14.6% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 5.40%
-4.2% YoY -4.6% QoQ
+1.47% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.99%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 3.6% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 64.51%
+12.0% YoY +3.0% QoQ
-0.78% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
72.13%
+5.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
46%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.41%
+339.6% YoY +354.8% QoQ
+0.53% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.09%
+24.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
20%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 55.75%
-2.0% YoY +2.8% QoQ
-20.89% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
67.08%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 14.3% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 37.09%
+14.4% YoY +18.0% QoQ
+15.07% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
23.89%
+0.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 7.5% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.81%
+321.4% YoY +226.5% QoQ
+0.17% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.71%
+24.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
25%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.48%
-4.5% YoY -3.8% QoQ
-6.35% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.96%
+13.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 4.2% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.15%
+53.4% YoY -67.0% QoQ
-0.13% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.16%
-16.3% 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
#38 of 272 • Top 13.6% 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: 37.09%
(Tier: 22.02%, National: 22.01%)
better than tier avg
Net Interest Margin: 5.40%
(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 (1)

Cost Spiral

risk
#53 of 126 • Bottom 41.3% 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: 64.51%
(Tier: 65.29%, National: 66.95%)
better than tier avg
126 of 126 Community banks match · 176 nationally
↑ Growing +82 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

98
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 5.40%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#98 of 2664 Top 3.6% in $100M-$1B
202
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 37.09%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#202 of 2664 Top 7.5% in $100M-$1B
383
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 55.75%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#383 of 2664 Top 14.3% in $100M-$1B
391
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.92%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#391 of 2664 Top 14.6% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

2554
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.48%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2554 of 2664 Bottom 4.2% in $100M-$1B
2387
Total Loans
size
Value: $78.23M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2387 of 2664 Bottom 10.4% in $100M-$1B
2250
Total Assets
size
Value: $154.87M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2250 of 2664 Bottom 15.6% in $100M-$1B
2180
Total Deposits
size
Value: $140.32M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2180 of 2664 Bottom 18.2% in $100M-$1B
2130
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.41%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2130 of 2654 Bottom 19.8% in $100M-$1B
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