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First State Bank of Ben Wheeler, Texas

$100M-$1B Specialty: Mortgage TX FDIC cert 11904

Ben Wheeler, TX

4 branches across TX

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 2,643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationwide — 1 of 219 in TX.
  • Deposits +1.5% year over year ($156.1M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.07%.
  • Return on assets 1.51%.
  • Efficiency ratio 58.77% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 42.30% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 219 in TX
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First State Bank of Ben Wheeler, Texas has 3 strengths but faces 2 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 1.1% in tier
  • + ROA 0.19% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 5.71% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 12.6% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.71% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $185.1M
+1.9% YoY -1.0% QoQ
-$201.4M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$2.3B
+5.2% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
23%
Total Loans ? $66.0M
-2.5% YoY -0.8% QoQ
-$192.3M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$1.1B
+11.2% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Bottom 6.1% in tier
Total Deposits ? $156.1M
+1.5% YoY -1.5% QoQ
-$170.6M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$2.0B
+7.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
23%
Return on Assets ? 1.51%
+32.4% YoY -5.8% QoQ
+0.19% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.27%
-5.3% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
66%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.28%
+8.5% YoY +1.7% QoQ
-0.71% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
4.08%
+2.2% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
19%
Efficiency Ratio ? 58.77%
-12.5% YoY +9.5% QoQ
-5.71% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
90.57%
+43.9% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
61%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.07%
+56.1% QoQ
-0.85% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
0.94%
+18.8% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
77%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 42.30%
-3.9% YoY +0.7% QoQ
-35.65% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
67.96%
-1.3% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Top 4.9% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 26.46%
-2.2% YoY +5.6% QoQ
+4.43% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
29.12%
-0.7% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
71%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.03%
+56.5% QoQ
-0.64% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.64%
+15.8% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
83%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.66%
+3.9% YoY +2.3% QoQ
-0.25% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
18.23%
+1.1% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
70%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.40%
+1.6% YoY +96.7% QoQ
-0.17% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.40%
+1.2% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
85%

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 26.5%
-0.6pp YoY
+1.4pp QoQ
+4.3pp 22.1% 29.2% 22.2% 71%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 8.0% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 14.0%
-0.4pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
+2.4pp 11.6% 14.8% 12.5% 72%
CRE n/a n/a 39.5% 48.4% 41.4% n/a
1-4 Family 40.0%
-2.2pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
+7.4pp 32.6% 25.8% 31.3% 70%
Consumer 7.0%
-0.7pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
+2.9pp 4.1% 4.7% 5.0% 85%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 18.8% 22.7% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 15.7%
+0.6pp YoY
+0.4pp QoQ
+3.5pp 12.2% 12.6% 12.6% 89%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 19.9% 23.8% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 30
-6 (-16.7%) YoY
+1 (+3.4%) QoQ
-29 58 186 482 26%
Assets per Employee ($) $6.2M
+22.3% YoY
-4.3% QoQ
-$1.3M $7.5M $10.1M $8.8M 37%
Branch Count 4
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-1 4 12 18 42%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.1%
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 45%
Nonaccrual n/a n/a 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% n/a
Allowance Coverage 21.98x
-34.7% QoQ
-2.17x 24.15x 18.82x 20.23x 89%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) -0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 6%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 9.9%
+2.2pp YoY
-0.7pp QoQ
-2.3pp 12.2% 13.2% 11.6% 36%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.2%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.5pp 1.7% 1.6% 1.7% 20%
Net Income ($, YTD) $1.4M
+33.1% YoY
— QoQ
-$1.2M $2.6M $15.9M $40.4M 39%

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
#8 of 659 • Top 1.1% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.07%
(Tier: 0.92%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
659 of 659 Community banks match · 920 nationally
→ Stable +1 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#159 of 1256 • Bottom 12.6% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.07%
(Tier: 0.92%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
1256 of 1256 Community banks match · 1820 nationally
→ Stable -71 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

130
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 42.30%
Peer Median: 77.95%
#130 of 2643 Top 4.9% in $100M-$1B
399
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.40%
Peer Median: 0.57%
#399 of 2643 Top 15.1% in $100M-$1B
459
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#459 of 2643 Top 17.3% in $100M-$1B
612
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.07%
Peer Median: 0.92%
#612 of 2633 Top 23.2% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2483
Total Loans
size
Value: $66.04M
Peer Median: $258.35M
#2483 of 2643 Bottom 6.1% in $100M-$1B
2146
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.28%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#2146 of 2643 Bottom 18.8% in $100M-$1B
2048
Total Assets
size
Value: $185.12M
Peer Median: $386.57M
#2048 of 2643 Bottom 22.6% in $100M-$1B
2041
Total Deposits
size
Value: $156.12M
Peer Median: $326.73M
#2041 of 2643 Bottom 22.8% in $100M-$1B
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