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First State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial AR FDIC cert 13632

Russellville, AR

5 branches across AR

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 50 in AR
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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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 24.5% in tier

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 3.9% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 0.95% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.14% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $612.1M
+2.5% YoY -0.3% QoQ
+$226.0M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+2.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
81%
Total Loans ? $443.6M
+11.3% YoY +2.9% QoQ
+$187.8M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.7B
+6.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
84%
Total Deposits ? $537.2M
+2.1% YoY -0.5% QoQ
+$209.2M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+3.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
83%
Return on Assets ? 0.32%
-74.6% YoY -75.5% QoQ
-0.95% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.34%
+14.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 8.4% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.79%
+13.4% YoY +4.6% QoQ
-0.14% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.08%
+8.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
46%
Efficiency Ratio ? 86.92%
+68.6% YoY +59.9% QoQ
+21.64% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
61.77%
-4.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 8.7% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.01%
-21.1% YoY
-0.87% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.02%
+24.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 14.5% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 82.57%
+9.0% YoY +3.4% QoQ
+5.94% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
80.49%
+1.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
41%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 22.50%
-5.9% YoY +4.6% QoQ
+0.48% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
19.62%
+0.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
57%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.01%
-63.3% YoY
-0.63% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.79%
+32.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 13.8% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.98%
-1.6% YoY -0.9% QoQ
-0.85% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
13.59%
+0.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
66%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.07%
-43.3% YoY -83.2% QoQ
-0.21% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.18%
-3.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
35%

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
#164 of 664 • Top 24.5% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.01%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
664 of 664 Community banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

Efficiency Drag

risk
#17 of 414 • Bottom 3.9% in tier

Efficiency ratio above 80% - operating costs elevated relative to revenue. Margin improvement opportunity.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 86.92%
(Tier: 65.29%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
414 of 414 Community banks match · 492 nationally
→ Stable

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 (5 metrics)

368
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.01%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#368 of 2664 Top 13.8% in $100M-$1B
386
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.01%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#386 of 2654 Top 14.5% in $100M-$1B
427
Total Loans
size
Value: $443.56M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#427 of 2664 Top 16.0% in $100M-$1B
460
Total Deposits
size
Value: $537.16M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#460 of 2664 Top 17.2% in $100M-$1B
499
Total Assets
size
Value: $612.12M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#499 of 2664 Top 18.7% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2440
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.32%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2440 of 2664 Bottom 8.4% in $100M-$1B
2433
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 86.92%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2433 of 2664 Bottom 8.7% in $100M-$1B
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