Bath Savings Institution
Bath, Maine · $1.50B in assets · beside the 9 other Maine banks between $1B and $3B
The filing
Bath Savings Institution holds the most liquid and the best capitalised balance sheet of the ten Maine banks between $1B and $3B: loans are 76.5% of deposits, the lowest in the cohort against a median of 105%, and equity is 14.7% of assets, the highest.
Credit is as clean as the group gets. Noncurrent loans are 0.05%, second of ten, nothing is 30 to 89 days past due, and the allowance covers noncurrent loans 26 times. Loans grew 5.5% in the year to June 2026, the cohort median.
Return on assets is 0.73%, eighth of ten, on an efficiency ratio of 66.3%, second best. The question this shape raises is what the liquidity earns, and what a rate path does to it.
SBA 7(a), FY2008 to FY2026
Bath Savings Institution is the 16th largest 7(a) lender into Maine of 130, with $21M across 136 loans, 1.7% of everything approved in the state (Bangor Savings Bank leads with $138M). 1 of its 6 markets have had no approvals since before FY2023: an absence in the record, not a stated withdrawal.
| County | Approved | Rank | Share | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland, ME | $17M | 6th of 71 | 4.8% | -1.5 pts |
| Sagadahoc, ME | $3M | 3rd of 30 | 10.0% | +3.3 pts |
| Lincoln, ME | $584K | 6th of 21 | 4.0% | -3.4 pts |
| Androscoggin, ME | $480K | 21st of 37 | 0.6% | thin |
| York, ME | $150K | 57th of 67 | 0.1% | thin |
| Barnstable, MA | $120K | 75th of 84 | 0.0% | quiet FY2010 |
| Industry | Loans | Approved | Share of book | Share of sector | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information | 9 | $6M | 27.6% | 0.15% | 139th of 958 |
| Accommodation & food services | 23 | $4M | 16.5% | 0.00% | 978th of 2,596 |
| Retail trade | 24 | $3M | 15.6% | 0.01% | 901st of 2,589 |
| Manufacturing | 19 | $3M | 12.3% | 0.01% | 965th of 2,246 |
| Construction | 8 | $1M | 7.0% | 0.00% | 1045th of 2,063 |
Commercial real estate against capital
| Bath Savings Institution | Rank | Cohort median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total CRE against capital, the 300% screen | 113% | 2nd of 10 | 233% |
| Construction against capital, the 100% screen | 19% | 4th of 10 | 30% |
| Construction and land development, share of loans | 5.3% | 5th of 10 | 5.5% |
| Non-owner-occupied nonfarm nonresidential, share of loans | 22.1% | 5th of 10 | 22.9% |
| Total CRE, the guidance definition, share of loans | 31.1% | 4th of 10 | 36.0% |
| CRE growth over 36 months, the third prong | +9.3% | 2nd of 10 | +29.4% |
Among its peers
| Institution | Assets | ROA | Efficiency | NPA / loans | Net charge-offs | Allowance / loans | Loans / deposits | Equity / assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2.98B | 1.2% | 64.6% | 0.46% | 0.17% | 0.6% | 107.6% | 9.4% | |
| $2.67B | 1.0% | 67.0% | 0.40% | 0.04% | 0.9% | 99.1% | 11.5% | |
| $2.17B | 0.9% | 68.8% | 0.10% | 0.01% | 1.1% | 107.1% | 8.8% | |
| $2.16B | 1.2% | 67.4% | 0.29% | 0.05% | 0.7% | 103.8% | 12.5% | |
| $1.87B | 1.4% | 71.4% | 0.46% | 0.00% | 0.6% | 111.5% | 13.4% | |
| $1.76B | 0.7% | 73.9% | 0.48% | 0.00% | 1.0% | 103.2% | 10.8% | |
| $1.50B | 0.7% | 66.3% | 0.05% | -0.02% | 1.4% | 76.5% | 14.7% | |
| $1.47B | 0.2% | 90.3% | 0.14% | 0.00% | 0.4% | 119.2% | 9.3% | |
| $1.16B | 0.9% | 68.4% | 0.48% | 0.07% | 1.0% | 96.4% | 9.5% | |
| $1.09B | 1.4% | 75.2% | 0.04% | 0.00% | 1.0% | 105.6% | 10.3% |
| Bath Savings Institution | Cohort median | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2026 | Change | 2021 | 2026 | Change | |
| Loans | $640M | $883M | +38% | $968M | $1.52B | +57% |
| Deposits | $947M | $1.15B | +22% | $1.03B | $1.42B | +37% |
| NPA / loans | 0.04% | 0.05% | +0.01 pts | 0.39% | 0.35% | -0.05 pts |
| Efficiency | 61.0% | 66.3% | +5.3 pts | 68.8% | 68.6% | -0.2 pts |
| ROA | 1.50% | 0.73% | -0.78 pts | 1.30% | 0.93% | -0.37 pts |
This read was prepared for Bath Savings Institution's board and management from the public record, and is one slice of what Lynx builds for any bank from its own filing: the peer cohort, the capital, liquidity and rate models with the assumptions the institution sets, and a summary report of twenty sections for the board.
The full pack on Bath Savings Institution is prepared on request, and thirty days on the institution's own numbers are open to anyone at the bank.
Ask for the packPrepared 6 September 2026
Filing 30 June 2026
Cohort ME banks $1B to $3B
Institution www.bathsavings.bank
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