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First Central Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural NE FDIC cert 10637

Cambridge, NE

3 branches across NE

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 82 in NE
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First Central Bank has 2 strengths 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.36% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 4.34% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 32.2% in tier
  • - Deposit Outflow: Bottom 48.6% in tier
  • - Delinquency Rate 2.92% above tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 2.31% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NE) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $137.6M
-1.9% YoY -4.7% QoQ
-$248.5M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$791.1M
+6.6% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 10.4% in tier
Total Loans ? $99.2M
-5.1% YoY -3.2% QoQ
-$156.6M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$551.6M
+6.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
19%
Total Deposits ? $116.0M
-2.8% YoY -2.6% QoQ
-$212.0M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$661.1M
+6.6% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 10.7% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.27%
+290.8% YoY +32.6% QoQ
+0.00% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.36%
+20.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
54%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.29%
+4.7% YoY -3.4% QoQ
+0.36% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.79%
+6.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
73%
Efficiency Ratio ? 60.95%
-30.5% YoY -4.5% QoQ
-4.34% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
60.11%
-6.9% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
57%
Delinquency Rate ? 3.81%
-42.0% YoY -24.4% QoQ
+2.92% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.72%
+6.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 3.6% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 85.52%
-2.4% YoY -0.6% QoQ
+8.88% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
79.63%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
33%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.13%
+0.4% YoY +3.1% QoQ
-2.89% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
17.92%
-1.5% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
41%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 2.94%
-42.8% YoY -21.8% QoQ
+2.31% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.55%
+6.0% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 3.2% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.77%
+13.9% YoY +2.7% QoQ
-2.06% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
14.10%
+3.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
55%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.15%
+22.6% YoY -67.9% QoQ
-0.13% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.12%
+3.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
72%

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 (2)

Flatlined Growth

risk
#166 of 512 • Bottom 32.2% in tier

Asset growth stalled (-2% to +2% YoY) despite healthy profitability (>0.25% ROA). Suggests untapped opportunity or strategic drift worth investigating.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.27%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ

Deposit Outflow

decline
#247 of 506 • Bottom 48.6% in tier

Deposits down 0.5%+ YoY. Funding base eroding - rate competition or franchise weakness.

506 of 506 Community banks match · 656 nationally
→ Stable -8 banks QoQ

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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

2581
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 2.94%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2581 of 2664 Bottom 3.2% in $100M-$1B
2559
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 3.81%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2559 of 2654 Bottom 3.6% in $100M-$1B
2388
Total Assets
size
Value: $137.63M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2388 of 2664 Bottom 10.4% in $100M-$1B
2379
Total Deposits
size
Value: $115.95M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2379 of 2664 Bottom 10.7% in $100M-$1B
2147
Total Loans
size
Value: $99.16M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2147 of 2664 Bottom 19.4% in $100M-$1B
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