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The First Trust and Savings Bank of Watseka, Illinois

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural IL FDIC cert 10831

Watseka, IL

2 branches across IL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 211 in IL
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The First Trust and Savings Bank of Watseka, Illinois has 3 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 19.3% in tier
  • + Efficiency Ratio 23.21% below tier average
  • + ROA 0.42% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Net Interest Margin 0.36% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $333.4M
+6.2% YoY +3.8% QoQ
-$52.7M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+4.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
52%
Total Loans ? $157.2M
+2.5% YoY -6.3% QoQ
-$98.5M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.2B
+5.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
38%
Total Deposits ? $282.3M
+6.5% YoY +5.1% QoQ
-$45.7M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+3.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
51%
Return on Assets ? 1.69%
-4.5% YoY -3.7% QoQ
+0.42% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.04%
+3.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
77%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.57%
+4.2% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-0.36% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.61%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
34%
Efficiency Ratio ? 42.08%
-0.8% YoY -1.6% QoQ
-23.21% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
63.68%
-7.4% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Top 5.8% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.03%
-13.5% YoY +4.5% QoQ
-0.86% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.15%
+15.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
83%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 55.69%
-3.7% YoY -10.8% QoQ
-20.95% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.92%
+1.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 14.3% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 10.80%
-6.3% YoY +5.9% QoQ
-11.22% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
20.45%
-1.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 12.2% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.01%
-16.5% YoY -5.6% QoQ
-0.62% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.78%
+18.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
85%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 16.20%
+3.6% YoY -0.4% QoQ
+0.37% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.97%
+0.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
73%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.08%
-9.3% YoY -79.6% QoQ
-0.20% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.34%
+6.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
38%

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 (1)

Credit Quality Leader

growth
#129 of 664 • Top 19.3% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.03%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
664 of 664 Community banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

155
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 42.08%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#155 of 2664 Top 5.8% in $100M-$1B
381
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 55.69%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#381 of 2664 Top 14.3% in $100M-$1B
401
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.01%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#401 of 2664 Top 15.0% in $100M-$1B
462
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#462 of 2654 Top 17.4% in $100M-$1B
611
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.69%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#611 of 2664 Top 22.9% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

2339
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 10.80%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2339 of 2664 Bottom 12.2% in $100M-$1B
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