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Northwestern Bank, National Association

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial MN FDIC cert 9746

Dilworth, MN

6 branches across MN

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 152 in MN
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Northwestern Bank, National Association 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 1.83% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.63% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 26.4% in tier
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 1.49% above tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 9.02% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $166.9M
+1.2% YoY -1.2% QoQ
-$219.2M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$512.9M
+5.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
19%
Total Loans ? $119.2M
+6.7% YoY -1.1% QoQ
-$136.5M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$288.3M
+6.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
25%
Total Deposits ? $146.3M
+0.9% YoY -1.2% QoQ
-$181.6M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$443.8M
+5.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
20%
Return on Assets ? 1.29%
+44.1% YoY +20.0% QoQ
+0.02% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.13%
+10.7% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
55%
Net Interest Margin ? 5.76%
+18.2% YoY +11.5% QoQ
+1.83% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.93%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 2.1% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 74.30%
-9.1% YoY -4.3% QoQ
+9.02% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
64.77%
-3.3% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
24%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.26%
-92.5% YoY -84.2% QoQ
-0.63% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.04%
+28.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
60%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 81.47%
+5.7% YoY +0.1% QoQ
+4.83% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
76.69%
-0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
43%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 23.58%
+10.7% YoY +13.5% QoQ
+1.56% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
21.87%
-0.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
61%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 2.13%
-8.2% YoY -4.0% QoQ
+1.49% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.77%
+27.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 5.9% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.60%
-0.3% YoY -1.0% QoQ
-5.23% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
15.37%
+0.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
18%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.14%
+43.2% YoY -69.6% QoQ
-0.14% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.16%
+5.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
69%

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 (1)

Capital Thin

risk
#177 of 666 • Bottom 26.4% 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: 10.60%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (1 metrics)

56
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 5.76%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#56 of 2664 Top 2.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

2509
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 2.13%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2509 of 2664 Bottom 5.9% in $100M-$1B
2193
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.60%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2193 of 2664 Bottom 17.7% in $100M-$1B
2168
Total Assets
size
Value: $166.86M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2168 of 2664 Bottom 18.7% in $100M-$1B
2128
Total Deposits
size
Value: $146.32M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2128 of 2664 Bottom 20.2% in $100M-$1B
2036
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 74.30%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2036 of 2664 Bottom 23.6% in $100M-$1B
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