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The First State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural TX FDIC cert 11175

Designations: Minority Depository Institution

Abernathy, TX

3 branches across TX

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 219 in TX
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The First State Bank has 1 strength but faces 3 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

  • + Deposit Franchise: Top 0.1% in tier

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 44.6% in tier
  • - Efficiency Ratio 5.87% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.77% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $123.8M
+5.4% YoY -3.0% QoQ
-$262.3M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+1.1% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 7.1% in tier
Total Loans ? $85.9M
+8.4% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-$169.8M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.1B
+10.2% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 14.1% in tier
Total Deposits ? $97.2M
+24.0% YoY +2.1% QoQ
-$230.7M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+3.3% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 4.7% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.26%
-14.0% YoY -39.2% QoQ
-0.01% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.40%
+10.3% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
53%
Net Interest Margin ? 7.11%
+7.3% YoY +0.1% QoQ
+3.18% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.03%
+2.6% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 0.3% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 71.15%
-3.1% YoY +11.5% QoQ
+5.87% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
63.18%
-2.3% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
30%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.65%
+661.4% YoY +30.9% QoQ
+0.77% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.96%
+36.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
16%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 88.38%
-12.6% YoY -1.8% QoQ
+11.74% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
67.20%
-0.8% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
28%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 44.89%
-4.8% YoY +10.7% QoQ
+22.87% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
29.02%
-1.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 2.8% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.45%
+888.7% YoY +70.7% QoQ
+0.81% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.62%
+31.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 12.0% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.61%
-1.8% YoY -2.6% QoQ
-0.22% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
18.04%
+0.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
70%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.18%
-5.9% YoY -82.7% QoQ
-0.10% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.20%
+4.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
82%

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)

Deposit Franchise

growth
#1 of 272 • Top 0.1% in tier

Top-quartile non-interest-bearing deposits AND top-quartile NIM. A premium deposit franchise translating into above-peer spread.

Why this signature
Noninterest-Bearing Deposit Share: 44.89%
(Tier: 22.02%, National: 22.01%)
better than tier avg
Net Interest Margin: 7.11%
(Tier: 3.93%, National: 3.89%)
better than tier avg
272 of 272 Community banks match · 369 nationally
→ Stable -14 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

Margin Compression

decline
#137 of 305 • Bottom 44.6% in tier

Profitability above 0.75% ROA but margins eroding by at least 0.10pp YoY. Something changed - rising costs or falling yields need addressing.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.26%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
305 of 305 Community banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 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 (3 metrics)

10
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 7.11%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#10 of 2664 Top 0.3% in $100M-$1B
75
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 44.89%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#75 of 2664 Top 2.8% in $100M-$1B
483
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.18%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#483 of 2664 Top 18.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

2539
Total Deposits
size
Value: $97.22M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2539 of 2664 Bottom 4.7% in $100M-$1B
2477
Total Assets
size
Value: $123.81M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2477 of 2664 Bottom 7.1% in $100M-$1B
2345
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.45%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2345 of 2664 Bottom 12.0% in $100M-$1B
2289
Total Loans
size
Value: $85.93M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2289 of 2664 Bottom 14.1% in $100M-$1B
2223
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.65%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2223 of 2654 Bottom 16.3% in $100M-$1B
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