Katahdin Trust Company
Patten, Maine · $1.16B in assets · beside the 9 other Maine banks between $1B and $3B
The filing
Katahdin Trust Company grew loans 9.9% in the year to June 2026, third of the ten Maine banks between $1B and $3B, with deposits up 3.3%, fourth. Loans are 96% of deposits, second best in the group.
Noncurrent loans are 0.48%, the highest in the cohort against a median of 0.35%, with the allowance covering them 2.0 times. Commercial real estate is 39.3% of the book, eighth of ten, but construction is 1.1%, the lowest in the group.
Return on assets is 0.88%, sixth, and equity is 9.5% of assets, seventh. Katahdin is the fifth largest 7(a) lender into Maine, first in Aroostook, and has lost 29 points of share in Penobscot over the last three years while ten of its nineteen markets went quiet.
SBA 7(a), FY2008 to FY2026
Katahdin Trust Company is the 5th largest 7(a) lender into Maine of 130, with $67M across 347 loans, 5.4% of everything approved in the state (Bangor Savings Bank leads with $138M). 10 of its 19 markets have had no approvals since before FY2023: an absence in the record, not a stated withdrawal.
| County | Approved | Rank | Share | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aroostook, ME | $24M | 1st of 23 | 40.7% | -4.0 pts |
| Penobscot, ME | $20M | 3rd of 50 | 12.4% | -29.3 pts |
| Cumberland, ME | $12M | 10th of 71 | 3.2% | +1.4 pts |
| Androscoggin, ME | $2M | 12th of 37 | 2.5% | +1.8 pts |
| Piscataquis, ME | $2M | 4th of 15 | 16.5% | quiet FY2017 |
| Hancock, ME | $2M | 8th of 26 | 2.7% | thin |
| Kennebec, ME | $2M | 16th of 35 | 2.3% | quiet FY2018 |
| York, ME | $1M | 29th of 67 | 0.5% | thin |
| Somerset, ME | $1M | 11th of 20 | 3.5% | thin |
| Washington, ME | $907K | 8th of 19 | 4.6% | thin |
| Lincoln, ME | $515K | 8th of 21 | 3.5% | quiet FY2017 |
| Knox, ME | $454K | 18th of 31 | 0.9% | quiet FY2022 |
| Merrimack, NH | $423K | 44th of 62 | 0.2% | quiet FY2018 |
| Industry | Loans | Approved | Share of book | Share of sector | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation & food services | 29 | $14M | 21.2% | 0.02% | 466th of 2,596 |
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing | 91 | $14M | 20.9% | 0.17% | 68th of 1,007 |
| Manufacturing | 28 | $9M | 13.7% | 0.02% | 485th of 2,246 |
| Real estate & leasing | 9 | $7M | 10.5% | 0.06% | 249th of 1,452 |
| Transportation & warehousing | 80 | $5M | 7.7% | 0.04% | 301st of 1,563 |
Commercial real estate against capital
| Katahdin Trust Company | Rank | Cohort median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total CRE against capital, the 300% screen | 296% | 8th of 10 | 233% |
| Construction against capital, the 100% screen | 8% | 1st of 10 | 30% |
| Construction and land development, share of loans | 1.1% | 1st of 10 | 5.5% |
| Non-owner-occupied nonfarm nonresidential, share of loans | 26.5% | 7th of 10 | 22.9% |
| Total CRE, the guidance definition, share of loans | 39.3% | 8th of 10 | 36.0% |
| CRE growth over 36 months, the third prong | +31.4% | 7th 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% |
| Katahdin Trust Company | Cohort median | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2026 | Change | 2021 | 2026 | Change | |
| Loans | $773M | $931M | +20% | $968M | $1.52B | +57% |
| Deposits | $831M | $966M | +16% | $1.03B | $1.42B | +37% |
| NPA / loans | 0.24% | 0.48% | +0.25 pts | 0.39% | 0.35% | -0.05 pts |
| Efficiency | 64.4% | 68.4% | +4.0 pts | 68.8% | 68.6% | -0.2 pts |
| ROA | 1.12% | 0.88% | -0.23 pts | 1.30% | 0.93% | -0.37 pts |
This read was prepared for Katahdin Trust Company'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 Katahdin Trust Company 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.katahdintrust.com
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