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KEY · Concentration risk · 10-K extracted

KeyCorp (KEY) concentration risks

Updated

The most significant concentration KeyCorp discloses is commercial loans and commercial leases at 72%, classified HIGH by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.

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Source: KeyCorp’s SEC Form 10-K filed view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

At a glance

Disclosed-size breakdown · 1 disclosed concentration

HIGH1
MEDIUM0
LOW0
Disclosed concentrations

Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).

HIGHBuilt-inLoan_portfolio
72%

commercial loans and commercial leases

10-K Item 1A: 'approximately 72% of our loan portfolio consisted of commercial and industrial loans, commercial real estate loans ... and commercial leases'
SEC 10-K · filed Feb 2026
TrendMatrix Research · concentration synthesis

What these concentrations mean together

updated 2026-06-24

The company's sole disclosed concentration is a large-share structural tilt in the loan portfolio: approximately 72% of the loan portfolio consisted of commercial and industrial loans, commercial real estate loans, and commercial leases. By disclosed size this is a large exposure, and the character is structural — commercial lending is the core business model of the institution, so the concentration reflects a deliberate strategic positioning in commercial credit rather than an inadvertent accumulation in a single sector or borrower. The practical implication is that the loan book's credit performance is tightly linked to the health of commercial borrowers and commercial real estate tenants rather than being balanced across consumer and commercial segments. A broad-based deterioration in corporate creditworthiness or commercial real estate valuations — as occurred during prior credit cycles — would flow through the majority of the loan portfolio simultaneously rather than being buffered by an offsetting consumer book. No individual sector, geographic, or customer concentration is separately disclosed on top of the overall commercial loan tilt. The profile is therefore single-dimensional but substantial: the commercial portfolio share is the dominant disclosed risk factor, and investors should monitor commercial credit quality metrics, commercial real estate occupancy and refinancing trends, and the bank's specific sector exposures within the commercial book as the primary watch variables for this concentration.

For the engine’s reasoning on KEY’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.

Industry peers · Banks - Regional

Peer concentration profile

SymbolNameHIGHMEDIUMLOWTotal
ASBAssociated Banc-Corp2305
BANCBanc of California, Inc.2002
AXAxos Financial, Inc.1102
KEYKeyCorp1001
AUBAtlantic Union Bankshares Corpo0303
ABCBAmeris Bancorp0000

Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.

Concentration disclosures are extracted verbatim from SEC 10-K filings; the disclosed-size classification and the synthesis above are engine-derived. Size reflects how large each exposure is against fixed share thresholds (HIGH >50%, MEDIUM 25–50%, LOW <25% or an explicit diversification statement), not a judgment of how dangerous it is, and is not a buy/sell rating, a price target, or a view on the stock. Not a complete list of risk factors — see the full filing.

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