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First Security Bank - West

under $100M Specialty: Other ND FDIC cert 10253

Designations: Community bank

Beulah, ND

2 branches across ND

541 banks in the under $100M peer group nationally 12 in ND
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First Security Bank - West has 1 strength but faces 4 concerns

Key Strengths include matched growth signatures, metrics ranked in the top 10%, and values meaningfully above the tier average.
Key Concerns include matched risk or decline signatures, metrics ranked in the bottom 10%, and values meaningfully below the tier average.

Key Strengths

Areas where this bank excels compared to peers

  • + Efficiency Ratio 19.36% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Delinquency Rate 5.35% above tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 1.58% above tier average
  • - ROA 0.43% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.44% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $74.1M
+3.5% YoY +5.3% QoQ
+$12.0M $62.2M
-0.6% YoY
$1.1B
+4.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
63%
Total Loans ? $26.1M
-3.8% YoY -12.7% QoQ
-$8.1M $34.2M
-1.4% YoY
$779.7M
+5.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
38%
Total Deposits ? $65.8M
+1.8% YoY +6.1% QoQ
+$14.0M $51.7M
-0.7% YoY
$930.6M
+2.8% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
67%
Return on Assets ? 0.41%
-67.9% YoY -74.6% QoQ
-0.43% 0.84%
-2.3% YoY
1.38%
+15.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
26%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.42%
-11.0% YoY -13.6% QoQ
-0.44% 3.86%
+2.8% YoY
3.69%
+5.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
29%
Efficiency Ratio ? 68.99%
+4.2% YoY +14.5% QoQ
-19.36% 88.34%
+0.3% YoY
60.25%
-5.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
55%
Delinquency Rate ? 6.72%
+78.7% QoQ
+5.35% 1.37%
+33.8% YoY
0.92%
+20.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 3.6% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 39.75%
-5.5% YoY -17.7% QoQ
-24.47% 64.22%
-0.7% YoY
69.27%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
82%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 27.66%
-1.6% YoY -2.7% QoQ
+3.94% 23.71%
+0.3% YoY
22.07%
+2.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
67%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 2.37%
+48.2% QoQ
+1.58% 0.79%
+28.2% YoY
0.56%
+12.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 8.3% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 41.65%
+22.6% YoY +14.4% QoQ
+14.97% 26.68%
+2.0% YoY
13.00%
+1.5% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 8.7% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.05%
+14.7% YoY -73.3% QoQ
-0.61% 0.67%
+1.9% YoY
0.12%
+7.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
43%

Signature Analysis

Composite behavioral patterns that combine multiple metrics to identify what stands out about this bank. Matched signatures only; metric-level callouts appear in the Key Strengths / Key Concerns summary above.

Strengths are growth signatures this bank matches (e.g. Revenue Diversifier, Profitability Leader).
Concerns are risk or decline signatures this bank matches (e.g. Margin Compression, Credit Quality Pressure).

Strengths (0)

No matched strength signatures this quarter

Concerns (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

Metric Rankings

See how this bank ranks across all tracked metrics compared to peers.

Strengths are metrics in the top 25% (75th percentile or higher).
Concerns are metrics in the bottom 25% (25th percentile or lower).
Comparing against 541 peers in under $100M

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

48
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 41.65%
Peer Median: 26.68%
#48 of 541 Top 8.7% in under $100M
99
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 39.75%
Peer Median: 64.22%
#99 of 541 Top 18.1% in under $100M

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

503
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 6.72%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#503 of 521 Bottom 3.6% in under $100M
497
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 2.37%
Peer Median: 0.79%
#497 of 541 Bottom 8.3% in under $100M
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