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The First State Bank

under $100M Specialty: Agricultural KS FDIC cert 10503

Designations: ✓ Community bank

Ness City, KS

537 banks in the under $100M peer group nationally 47 in KS

The First State Bank has 4 strengths but faces 1 concern

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

+ Delinquency Rate 1.36% below tier average
+ Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.77% below tier average
+ ROA 0.56% above tier average
+ Efficiency Ratio 29.54% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

- Net Interest Margin 0.91% below tier average

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Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric	Current	vs Tier	Tier Avg	State Avg (KS)	National Avg	Tier Percentile
Total Assets ?	$85.8M +7.0% YoY +1.9% QoQ	+$23.5M	$62.3M -0.5% YoY	$511.5M +7.3% YoY	$6.2B +9.0% YoY	79%
Total Loans ?	$33.0M +3.3% YoY -0.4% QoQ	-$1.3M	$34.3M -1.5% YoY	$340.0M +8.8% YoY	$3.2B +10.7% YoY	52%
Total Deposits ?	$76.2M +5.7% YoY +2.5% QoQ	+$24.3M	$51.8M -0.6% YoY	$426.3M +7.3% YoY	$4.8B +8.0% YoY	84%
Return on Assets ?	1.42% +40.4% YoY +119.8% QoQ	+0.56%	0.86% -3.6% YoY	1.43% +17.3% YoY	1.24% +13.1% YoY	75%
Net Interest Margin ?	2.96% +3.4% YoY +5.1% QoQ	-0.91%	3.87% +2.7% YoY	3.93% +4.6% YoY	3.89% +5.7% YoY	16%
Efficiency Ratio ?	58.09% -11.5% YoY -23.8% QoQ	-29.54%	87.63% +2.3% YoY	61.28% -4.6% YoY	66.84% -3.8% YoY	78%
Delinquency Rate ?	0.00% -100.0% YoY	-1.36%	1.36% +33.7% YoY	0.75% +8.4% YoY	0.95% +18.8% YoY	Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ?	43.31% -2.3% YoY -2.9% QoQ	-20.80%	64.11% -0.9% YoY	71.71% +1.1% YoY	76.69% +0.9% YoY	77%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ?	22.13% -4.2% YoY +15.2% QoQ	-1.66%	23.79% +0.5% YoY	22.79% -1.9% YoY	22.01% -1.1% YoY	45%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ?	0.00% -100.0% YoY	-0.77%	0.77% +28.7% YoY	0.49% +9.8% YoY	0.66% +19.3% YoY	Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ?	22.05% -0.2% YoY +0.7% QoQ	-4.72%	26.77% +2.0% YoY	18.00% -0.6% YoY	17.06% +0.8% YoY	74%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ?	0.19% +161.1% YoY -21.3% QoQ	-0.48%	0.67% +1.6% YoY	0.28% -2.0% YoY	0.32% +4.0% YoY	Top 12.7% in tier

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12 performance metrics with tier, state, and national benchmarks

Signature behaviors (strengths & concerns)

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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).

Compare against:

Comparing against 537 peers in under $100M

Top Strengths (7 metrics)

Delinquency Rate

credit_quality

Value: 0.00%

Peer Median: 1.36%

#1 of 517 Top 0.1% in under $100M

Nonperforming Asset Ratio

credit_quality

Value: 0.00%

Peer Median: 0.77%

#1 of 537 Top 0.1% in under $100M

Non-Interest Income / Assets

revenue_mix

Value: 0.19%

Peer Median: 0.67%

#69 of 537 Top 12.7% in under $100M

Total Deposits

size

Value: $76.18M

Peer Median: $51.83M

#87 of 537 Top 16.0% in under $100M

113

Total Assets

size

Value: $85.82M

Peer Median: $62.28M

#113 of 537 Top 20.9% in under $100M

120

Efficiency Ratio

profitability

Value: 58.09%

Peer Median: 87.63%

#120 of 537 Top 22.2% in under $100M

127

Loan-to-Deposit Ratio

liquidity

Value: 43.31%

Peer Median: 64.11%

#127 of 537 Top 23.5% in under $100M

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

454

Net Interest Margin

profitability

Value: 2.96%

Peer Median: 3.87%

#454 of 537 Bottom 15.6% in under $100M