FDIC Cert #13735 · Primghar, Iowa · Est. 1894

Savings Bank - FDIC Bank Health Profile

A community-scale look at Savings Bank's own numbers, pulled straight from its quarterly FDIC Call Report.

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$293M
Total assets
A
Health grade · Excellent
1.41%
Return on assets
15.9%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

Savings Bank earns a PlainBankData health grade of A (95/100), with well-capitalized at 15.85% Tier 1, profitable at 1.41% ROA, efficient (46% cost ratio).

#2,518
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
42nd
percentile by asset size, nationally
15.85%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
70th
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

The grade above reflects PlainBankData's own read of the bank's regulatory filings, not an FDIC judgment, deposit coverage stays at $250,000 per depositor, per category, unaffected by it.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 13735 · IA A · 95/100

GRADE-A · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-WELL · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-STRONG · SIZE-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-A A (95/100)
  • TOP-DECILE #401/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Farmers and Merchant… · NE
  • TIER1-WELL 15.9% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 3.3% Texas
  • ROA-STRONG 1.41% ROA
  • SIZE-MID $100M–1B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside Iowa: Farmers and Merchants State Bank, Bloomfield, Nebraska, NE (±0 health pts)

Instrument codes from this bank’s FDIC Call Report sheet: grade band, health peer rank, photo-finish gap, Tier 1, Texas Ratio, ROA, size band, and book completeness. Not an official FDIC rating.

Health-score neighbourhood around Savings Bank

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest scored peers outside Iowa, not a full FDIC corpus board reprint.

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100Adams County Bank · NE · near95/100Farmers and Merchant… · NE ·…95/100Farmers and Merchant… · NE ·…95/100Horizon Bank · NE · near95/100Savings Bank · IA · this bank95/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around Savings Bank · July 2026

What Savings Bank's Call Report plate shows

Savings Bank (FDIC Cert #13735) carries a PlainBankData health grade of A at 95/100, built only from this bank's own Call Report Tier 1 capital, ROA, Texas Ratio, and efficiency inputs. On the scored corpus it sits at health rank #401 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 15.85%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 3.28%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 1.41%. Balance-sheet scale is $293M, 2,518th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Farmers and Merchants State Bank, Bloomfield, Nebraska (NE), tied on the composite. These are instrument codes from the Call Report sheet, not an official FDIC CAMELS rating, and insured deposits stay protected to $250,000 per depositor per ownership category regardless of grade. Compare the plate stamps against the score breakdown and the health-score neighbourhood before treating any single ratio as decisive.

State failure history around Savings Bank

4 FAILURE resolutions in Iowa since 2000 (3 since 2008)

Savings Bank's home state sits in the middle band of post-2000 FAILURE counts (4; 3 since the 2008 crisis window). Recent named resolutions below are Failed Bank List rows for this state only; Savings Bank remains an active FDIC-insured reporter.

  • CITIZENS BANK SAC CITY, IA 2023 → IOWA TRUST & SAVINGS BANK
  • POLK COUNTY BANK JOHNSTON, IA 2011 → GRINNELL STATE BANK
  • VANTUS BANK SIOUX CITY, IA 2009 → GREAT SOUTHERN BANK

Source: FDIC Failed Bank List (resolution_type=FAILURE only; ASSISTANCE excluded). See the depositor failures guide and Iowa banks.

How Savings Bank's 95/100 score adds up

Each factor is scored from this bank's own FDIC Call Report figures, then summed to the composite health score.

0/100100/100National avg77/10095/100
Savings Bank's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (15.85%) 40/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (1.41%) 20/25
Texas Ratio (3.28%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (45.55%) 15/15

95 of 100 points earned across four weighted factors. See our methodology for the full scoring formula.

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$293M

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$252M

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$219M

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$4M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 3% 6% 9% 12% 15% 18% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 14.45% 15.85% 17.25%
Basel III capital ratios - Savings Bank

Where Savings Bank ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. Savings Bank's score of 95/100 falls in the highlighted band.

Savings Bank: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

95 Top 9% higher than 91% of 4,307 FDIC-insured banks

0–10: 3 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 10–20: 6 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 20–30: 26 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 36 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 98 FDIC-insured banks (2%). Below this entry. 50–60: 279 FDIC-insured banks (6%). Below this entry. 60–70: 777 FDIC-insured banks (18%). Below this entry. 70–80: 1,030 FDIC-insured banks (24%). Below this entry. 80–90: 1,237 FDIC-insured banks (29%). Below this entry. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). This entry sits in this band. Savings Bank 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more FDIC-insured banks. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

Savings Bank's size among FDIC-insured banks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with reported assets, bucketed by total-asset scale (note the buckets are powers of 10, most banks cluster in the $100M-$1B range). Savings Bank's $293M falls in the highlighted band.

Safety ratios for Savings Bank

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

15.85% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
15.85%
Texas Ratio
3.28%
Equity Capital
$37M

What these ratios mean →

Earnings posture at Savings Bank

Return on Assets (ROA)
70th percentile nationally
1.41%
Return on Equity (ROE)
11.88%
Efficiency Ratio
45.55%

What these mean →

Income & expense at Savings Bank

$17M
Interest Income
$266K
Non-Interest Income
$4M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. Savings Bank reports a Texas Ratio of 3.28% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

3.28% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View Savings Bank on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in Iowa by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in Iowa
  1. 1
    Principal Bank $9.3B

    Des Moines, IA · Grade A

  2. 2
    Bankers Trust Company $7.5B

    Des Moines, IA · Grade A

  3. 3
    MidWestOne Bank $6.3B

    Iowa City, IA · Grade A

  4. 4
    Hills Bank and Trust Company $4.6B

    Hills, IA · Grade A

  5. 5
    West Bank $4.1B

    West Des Moines, IA · Grade A

Top 5 banks in Iowa ranked by total assets · FDIC Call Report Q4 2025.

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($293M here), outside Iowa so the neighborhood is not state containment.

RiverBank $293M · WA Mi Bank $293M · MI The Peoples Bank $293M · MD Community 1st Bank Las Vegas $292M · NM

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) Savings Bank (FDIC Cert #13735) - Tier 1 capital ratio, total assets, deposits, ROA/ROE · 2025 FDIC Call Reports filed quarterly; latest publicly-available vintage shown. Health grades are PlainBankData's interpretation of regulatory filings and are not official FDIC ratings.

Savings Bank Call Report profile · FDIC Failed Bank List · Iowa FAILURE history · Informational only, not financial advice; consult a licensed professional before acting. See the disclaimer and methodology.

Other banks in Iowa

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BankAssetsGradeROA
Principal BankDes Moines $9.3B A 1.24%
Bankers Trust CompanyDes Moines $7.5B A 1.10%
MidWestOne BankIowa City $6.3B A 1.12%
Hills Bank and Trust CompanyHills $4.6B A 1.33%
West BankWest Des Moines $4.1B A 0.94%
Northwest BankSpencer $3.0B B 1.03%
Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust CompanyCedar Rapids $2.9B A 2.83%
Quad City Bank and Trust CompanyBettendorf $2.7B A 1.30%