Creston, IA · Cert 8751 · Ames National Corp.
State charter, non-member · FDIC · 3 branches
Q2 2026
Board Package
Performance Trends and Peer Comparison
Quarter: Q2 2026, the quarter ended June 30, 2026, on both parts.
Income statement: year to date as filed, annualized, on both parts.
Balance sheet: as filed at quarter end.
Banks under $1B in assets in IA (n=134 to 135). Each measure ranks only the institutions that reported it, so n varies by measure.
Peer groups below the disclosure floor are suppressed.
Capital
58
Asset Quality
58
Profitability
69
Liquidity
47
Efficiency
61
Growth
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Capital, Asset Quality, Profitability, Efficiency: higher is always a stronger peer standing (▲ better, ▼ worse). Liquidity, Growth: the score reflects closeness to the peer median -- 100 is sitting exactly at the median, falling the same way whether the bank runs above or below it.
Creston, IA · Cert 8751 · Ames National Corp.
State charter, non-member · FDIC · 5 affiliate banks · 3 branches (19 in holding)
Q2 2026
Return on Assets (YTD, annualized)
Net Interest Margin (YTD, annualized)
Efficiency Ratio (YTD, annualized)
Tier 1 Leverage Ratio
Year to date, annualized, through each quarter.
| Metric | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | YoY Δ | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings | |||||||
| Return on Assets | 1.15% | 1.06% | 1.03% | 1.46% | 1.40% | +25 bps | |
| Return on Equity | 12.75% | 11.63% | 11.16% | 15.38% | 14.56% | +181 bps | |
| Net Interest Margin | 2.99% | 3.05% | 3.14% | 3.41% | 3.51% | +52 bps | |
| Efficiency Ratio | 56.23% | 56.50% | 55.62% | 51.63% | 52.62% | -361 bps | |
| Non-Interest Burden | 1.58% | 1.62% | 1.64% | 1.59% | 1.71% | +13 bps | |
| Growth | |||||||
| Asset Growth (YoY) | 10.77% | 9.35% | 4.58% | 0.45% | -2.73% | -1,350 bps | |
| Loan Growth (YoY) | -2.34% | -3.41% | -0.74% | -0.36% | 5.80% | +815 bps | |
| Deposit Growth (YoY) | 8.44% | 8.52% | 4.58% | 1.06% | -0.66% | -910 bps | |
| Asset Quality | |||||||
| Nonperforming Loans / Loans | 0.01% | 0.44% | 0.21% | 0.21% | 0.20% | +19 bps | |
| Net Charge-Offs / Loans | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.01% | +1 bps | |
| Allowance / Loans | 1.30% | 1.41% | 1.52% | 1.51% | 1.50% | +20 bps | |
| Allowance Coverage of NPLs | 183.7x | 3.2x | 7.4x | 7.3x | 7.5x | -176.3x | |
| Capital | |||||||
| Tier 1 Leverage Ratio | 9.09% | 9.17% | 9.27% | 9.32% | 9.40% | +31 bps | |
| Total Risk-Based Capital | 16.56% | 16.64% | 15.81% | 16.58% | 16.49% | -7 bps | |
| Equity / Assets | 9.19% | 9.49% | 9.61% | 9.36% | 9.87% | +68 bps | |
| Liquidity & Funding | |||||||
| Loans / Deposits | 62.61% | 62.63% | 66.35% | 62.97% | 66.68% | +408 bps | |
| Liquid Assets / Assets | 13.90% | 11.29% | 6.73% | 7.13% | 2.93% | -1,097 bps | |
| CRE / Total Capital | n/a | 57.99% | 58.74% | 62.98% | n/a | n/a | |
Creston, IA · Cert 8751 · Peer group: banks under $1B in assets in IA (n=134-135) · Ames National Corp.
State charter, non-member · FDIC · 5 affiliate banks · 3 branches (19 in holding)
Q2 2026
Return on Assets
1.43%
Rank 47 of 135
Net Interest Margin
3.51%
Rank 54 of 135
Efficiency Ratio
53.94%
Rank 54 of 135
Equity / Assets
9.87%
Rank 101 of 135
| Metric | Your Bank | Peer 25th | Peer Median | Peer 75th | Standing | Rank | Peer Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings | |||||||
| Return on Assets | 1.43% | 0.92% | 1.19% | 1.47% | Beats 65% | 47 / 135 | |
| Return on Equity | 14.46% | 7.99% | 10.26% | 13.14% | Beats 82% | 24 / 135 | |
| Net Interest Margin | 3.51% | 2.95% | 3.41% | 3.73% | Beats 60% | 54 / 135 | |
| Efficiency Ratio | 53.94% | 50.61% | 57.35% | 63.29% | Beats 61% | 54 / 135 | |
| Asset Quality | |||||||
| Nonperforming Loans / Loans | 0.20% | 0.03% | 0.51% | 1.26% | Beats 65% | 48 / 134 | |
| Net Charge-Offs / Loans | 0.00% | n/a | 0.01% | 0.03% | Beats 51% | 66 / 134 | |
| Capital | |||||||
| Tier 1 Capital Ratio | 15.24% | 11.23% | 13.31% | 15.45% | Beats 73% | 37 / 135 | |
| Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio | 16.49% | 11.61% | 14.06% | 16.47% | Beats 76% | 33 / 135 | |
| Equity / Assets | 9.87% | 9.87% | 11.05% | 13.07% | Beats 25% | 101 / 135 | |
| Liquidity & Funding | |||||||
| Loans / Deposits | 66.68% | 68.54% | 81.55% | 91.24% | 22nd pctl | 105 / 134 | |
| Loans / Assets | 59.38% | 57.61% | 68.06% | 76.23% | 31st pctl | 93 / 135 | |
| Brokered Deposits / Deposits | n/a | Not reported for this institution | |||||