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First Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial MO FDIC cert 12229

St. Louis, MO

76 branches across CA · MO · IL · KS

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 29 in MO
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First Bank 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.65% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 28.7% in tier
  • - ROA 0.73% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.80% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 12.45% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MO) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $6.7B
+1.8% YoY +0.6% QoQ
+$3.9B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$1.6B
+6.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 8.6% in tier
Total Loans ? $4.2B
+9.4% YoY +5.2% QoQ
+$2.2B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$1.0B
+8.5% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Top 11.1% in tier
Total Deposits ? $5.9B
+1.1% YoY -0.6% QoQ
+$3.6B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$1.3B
+6.1% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 6.6% in tier
Return on Assets ? 0.63%
+187.8% YoY +24.3% QoQ
-0.73% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.43%
+10.8% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 13.7% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.02%
+14.6% YoY +3.2% QoQ
-0.80% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
4.51%
+2.1% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
18%
Efficiency Ratio ? 73.51%
-17.4% YoY -7.3% QoQ
+12.45% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
59.97%
-5.2% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
17%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.24%
-38.6% YoY -0.1% QoQ
-0.65% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.83%
+18.3% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
75%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 70.67%
+8.2% YoY +5.8% QoQ
-13.53% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
79.48%
+1.6% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
82%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 23.53%
-3.6% YoY -0.3% QoQ
+2.24% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
20.72%
+0.3% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
66%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.19%
-17.3% YoY +28.2% QoQ
-0.49% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.67%
+20.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
74%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.87%
-1.3% YoY -2.4% QoQ
-2.29% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
15.44%
-0.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
46%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.22%
+26.7% YoY -69.9% QoQ
-0.03% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.29%
+5.6% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
76%

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 (1)

Flatlined Growth

risk
#44 of 150 • Bottom 28.7% 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: 0.63%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
150 of 150 Mid-Market banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (6 metrics)

59
Total Deposits
size
Value: $5.94B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#59 of 884 Top 6.6% in $1B-$10B
77
Total Assets
size
Value: $6.69B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#77 of 884 Top 8.6% in $1B-$10B
99
Total Loans
size
Value: $4.20B
Peer Median: $1.96B
#99 of 884 Top 11.1% in $1B-$10B
160
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 70.67%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#160 of 884 Top 18.0% in $1B-$10B
209
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.22%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#209 of 884 Top 23.5% in $1B-$10B
218
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.24%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#218 of 880 Top 24.7% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

764
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.63%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#764 of 884 Bottom 13.7% in $1B-$10B
732
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 73.51%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#732 of 884 Bottom 17.3% in $1B-$10B
729
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.02%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#729 of 884 Bottom 17.6% in $1B-$10B
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