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First Bank

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

St. Louis, MO

76 branches across CA · MO · IL · KS

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 885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationwide — 1 of 30 in MO.
  • Deposits -1.1% year over year ($5.8B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.27%.
  • Return on assets 0.66%.
  • Efficiency ratio 73.69% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 72.28% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 30 in MO
View $1B-$10B leaderboard (MO) →

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 0.59% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 30.2% in tier
  • - ROA 0.73% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.79% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 13.96% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MO) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $6.7B
+1.8% YoY -0.5% QoQ
+$3.9B $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$1.6B
+6.4% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
Top 8.0% in tier
Total Loans ? $4.2B
+7.8% YoY +0.4% QoQ
+$2.3B $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$1.0B
+10.0% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Top 11.1% in tier
Total Deposits ? $5.8B
-1.1% YoY -1.8% QoQ
+$3.5B $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$1.3B
+6.1% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
Top 6.2% in tier
Return on Assets ? 0.66%
+79.3% YoY +4.4% QoQ
-0.73% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
1.46%
+5.9% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
Bottom 12.2% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.08%
+11.8% YoY +2.3% QoQ
-0.79% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
4.55%
+0.7% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
18%
Efficiency Ratio ? 73.69%
-11.9% YoY +0.2% QoQ
+13.96% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
59.57%
-3.2% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Bottom 14.8% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.27%
-18.0% YoY +13.6% QoQ
-0.59% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
0.82%
+12.6% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
72%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 72.28%
+9.0% YoY +2.3% QoQ
-12.76% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
80.82%
+1.6% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
81%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 24.67%
+2.9% YoY +4.9% QoQ
+3.40% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
20.71%
-0.5% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
70%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.21%
+5.4% YoY +11.3% QoQ
-0.46% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.67%
+14.9% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
71%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.06%
+0.6% YoY +1.5% QoQ
-1.78% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
15.38%
-1.1% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
50%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.43%
+13.0% YoY +90.6% QoQ
-0.10% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
0.58%
+5.8% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
74%

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 (MO) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 24.7%
+0.7pp YoY
+1.1pp QoQ
+3.3pp 21.4% 20.9% 22.2% 70%
Brokered Deposits 0.6%
-0.2pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-8.9pp 9.5% 7.4% 8.5% 13%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MO) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 19.5%
+0.9pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
+5.5pp 14.0% 12.3% 12.5% 80%
CRE 45.2%
-0.3pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
-4.8pp 50.0% 36.8% 41.4% 36%
1-4 Family 25.9%
-3.5pp YoY
-0.4pp QoQ
-0.6pp 26.4% 31.9% 31.3% 57%
Consumer 0.4%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-4.3pp 4.7% 4.1% 5.0% 27%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MO) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 13.1%
+0.1pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-2.5pp 15.6% 18.5% 19.7% 42%
Leverage Ratio 9.7%
+0.7pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-1.6pp 11.3% 11.6% 12.6% 28%
Total Capital Ratio 14.0%
+0.1pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-2.7pp 16.7% 19.6% 20.8% 39%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MO) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 785
-29 (-3.6%) YoY
-2 (-0.3%) QoQ
+471 313 162 482 94%
Assets per Employee ($) $8.5M
+5.6% YoY
-0.3% QoQ
-$2.0M $10.5M $8.0M $8.8M 48%
Branch Count 76
+1 (+1.3%) YoY
0 QoQ
+56 20 10 18 98%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MO) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.1%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.2% 0.3% 0.4% 74%
Nonaccrual 0.2%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.6pp 0.8% 0.8% 1.0% 20%
Allowance Coverage 3.78x
+23.6% YoY
-11.9% QoQ
-14.93x 18.71x 10.47x 20.23x 70%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.2%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 77%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MO) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 8.0%
+3.1pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-4.6pp 12.6% 14.3% 11.6% 20%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.8%
-0.3pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 1.9% 1.8% 1.7% 44%
Net Income ($, YTD) $22.0M
+81.7% YoY
— QoQ
+$2.8M $19.2M $11.3M $40.4M 73%

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
#50 of 162 • Bottom 30.2% 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: 0.66%
(Tier: 1.39%, National: 1.30%)
worse than tier avg
162 of 162 Mid-Market banks match · 719 nationally
→ Stable +34 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 885 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

56
Total Deposits
size
Value: $5.83B
Peer Median: $2.32B
#56 of 885 Top 6.2% in $1B-$10B
72
Total Assets
size
Value: $6.65B
Peer Median: $2.79B
#72 of 885 Top 8.0% in $1B-$10B
99
Total Loans
size
Value: $4.21B
Peer Median: $1.96B
#99 of 885 Top 11.1% in $1B-$10B
168
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 72.28%
Peer Median: 85.04%
#168 of 885 Top 18.9% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

778
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.66%
Peer Median: 1.39%
#778 of 885 Bottom 12.2% in $1B-$10B
755
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 73.69%
Peer Median: 59.73%
#755 of 885 Bottom 14.8% in $1B-$10B
728
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.08%
Peer Median: 3.87%
#728 of 885 Bottom 17.9% in $1B-$10B
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