Northeast Bank NBN

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
70/100
Moderate

About Northeast Bank

Northeast Bank provides various banking services to individual and corporate customers in Maine. The company's deposit products include demand deposit, NOW, money market, savings, certificate of deposit, and checking accounts. Its loan portfolio comprises residential mortgage loans; multi-family and other commercial real estate loans; commercial and industrial loans, such as term loans, lines of credit and equipment, and receivables financing; … Full NBN analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Deposit Franchise Deposit franchise strength is evident (profitability score 0.98).
  • Strong Net Interest Margin Net interest margin proxy is strong (score 0.97).

Key risks

  • Capital Adequacy Concerns Capital adequacy is concerning (score 0.10).
  • Credit Quality Concerns Credit quality is concerning (asset quality score 0.40).

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Deposit Franchise

Strong
89

Where NBN ranks in Banks - Regional

Northeast Bank ranks #60 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score — the top 15%. The widest moat in the group is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near NBN in Banks - Regional
# Company Moat score Rating
56 Hancock Whitney Corporation HWC 71/100 Moderate
57 Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. PB 71/100 Moderate
58 Wintrust Financial Corporation WTFC 71/100 Moderate
59 Pathward Financial, Inc. CASH 70/100 Moderate
60 Northeast Bank NBN 70/100 Moderate
61 Primis Financial Corp. FRST 70/100 Moderate
62 Plumas Bancorp PLBC 70/100 Moderate
63 Cathay General Bancorp CATY 70/100 Moderate
64 Banner Corporation BANR 70/100 Moderate

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How NBN scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 89 · 22% of the moat score

A deposit franchise is the cheapest and most valuable thing a bank can own.

Lending Advantage

Score 85 · 18% of the moat score

Lending advantage is the ability to originate loans at attractive spreads without buying that volume with looser credit standards.

Capital Strength

Score 45 · 20% of the moat score

Capital is the buffer between loan losses and insolvency, and it is what regulators judge a bank on first.

Cost Discipline

Score 84 · 16% of the moat score

Banking carries high fixed costs in branches, compliance and technology, so what it costs to run the bank relative to what the bank earns is a genuine competitive variable.

Revenue Diversification

Score 55 · 14% of the moat score

A bank earning everything from net interest income is a leveraged bet on the rate cycle.

Risk Management

Score 51 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

How each Bank Specialized defense is measured, in full →

Understanding NBN's moat

What is Northeast Bank's moat score?

Northeast Bank (NBN) scores 70 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #60 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional, the top 15%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 399 companies in Banks - Regional. Its strongest defense is Deposit Franchise (89/100) and its weakest is Capital Strength (45/100).

How does Northeast Bank compare with other Banks - Regional companies?

Northeast Bank ranks #60 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score. The widest moat in Banks - Regional is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are Pathward Financial, Inc. (CASH) at 70 just above it and Primis Financial Corp. (FRST) at 70 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Bank Specialized in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 399 companies in Banks - Regional. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Northeast Bank scored with the Bank Specialized template?

A bank does not sell a product at a margin. It funds itself, lends at a spread, and books profits that remain an estimate until the loans are actually repaid. That makes the usual margin-and-return questions misleading, so the Bank template scores what really determines a bank's durability: where its funding comes from, what it lends against, how much capital stands behind it, and whether it has been pricing risk honestly.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Northeast Bank?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and NBN scores: Deposit Franchise (89), Lending Advantage (85), Capital Strength (45), Cost Discipline (84), Revenue Diversification (55), Risk Management (51). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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