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First National Bank of Scotia

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial NY FDIC cert 11501

Scotia, NY

10 branches across NY

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 51 in NY
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First National Bank of Scotia 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.40% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 2.5% in tier
  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 49.5% in tier
  • - ROA 0.53% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 9.15% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NY) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $706.5M
+2.3% YoY +1.1% QoQ
+$320.4M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$19.3B
+17.3% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 12.3% in tier
Total Loans ? $507.1M
+1.5% YoY -0.6% QoQ
+$251.4M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$8.1B
+14.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Top 10.4% in tier
Total Deposits ? $620.7M
+2.2% YoY +1.1% QoQ
+$292.7M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$15.1B
+16.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 11.3% in tier
Return on Assets ? 0.74%
+14.3% YoY +1.8% QoQ
-0.53% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.86%
+14.3% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
23%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.33%
+6.5% YoY +1.2% QoQ
+0.40% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.45%
+7.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
75%
Efficiency Ratio ? 74.44%
-2.9% YoY -1.6% QoQ
+9.15% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
69.17%
-3.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
23%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.47%
+6.1% YoY -3.8% QoQ
+0.58% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.13%
+6.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
19%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 81.71%
-0.6% YoY -1.7% QoQ
+5.07% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
77.98%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
43%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 28.44%
-2.2% YoY -1.9% QoQ
+6.42% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
21.94%
+1.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
78%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.05%
+3.3% YoY -5.5% QoQ
+0.42% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.73%
+4.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
19%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.33%
+5.4% YoY +1.4% QoQ
-2.50% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
24.83%
+10.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
50%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.13%
+10.4% YoY -75.7% QoQ
-0.15% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.21%
+9.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
66%

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)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#25 of 973 • Bottom 2.5% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

973 of 973 Community banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#649 of 1308 • Bottom 49.5% in tier

Delinquencies rising year-over-year. Credit risk is building - underwriting tools or reserves may need attention.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 1.47%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
worse than tier avg
1308 of 1308 Community banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

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 (4 metrics)

279
Total Loans
size
Value: $507.13M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#279 of 2664 Top 10.4% in $100M-$1B
302
Total Deposits
size
Value: $620.66M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#302 of 2664 Top 11.3% in $100M-$1B
330
Total Assets
size
Value: $706.45M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#330 of 2664 Top 12.3% in $100M-$1B
595
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 28.44%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#595 of 2664 Top 22.3% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2171
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.05%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2171 of 2664 Bottom 18.5% in $100M-$1B
2159
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.47%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2159 of 2654 Bottom 18.7% in $100M-$1B
2063
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.74%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2063 of 2664 Bottom 22.6% in $100M-$1B
2044
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 74.44%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2044 of 2664 Bottom 23.3% in $100M-$1B
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