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First Bank, Upper Michigan

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial MI FDIC cert 14276

Gladstone, MI

9 branches across MI

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 46 in MI
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First Bank, Upper Michigan has 5 strengths but faces 1 concern

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

  • + Revenue Diversifier: Top 18.8% in tier
  • + ROA 0.68% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.39% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 6.13% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.36% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - NIB Deposit Bleed: Bottom 33.3% in tier

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MI) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $632.1M
+2.9% YoY -0.1% QoQ
+$246.0M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$993.6M
+8.4% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
83%
Total Loans ? $440.7M
+4.1% YoY -0.0% QoQ
+$184.9M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$752.3M
+12.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
84%
Total Deposits ? $532.1M
+3.4% YoY +1.5% QoQ
+$204.2M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$797.0M
+7.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
82%
Return on Assets ? 1.95%
+16.5% YoY +3.2% QoQ
+0.68% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.15%
+25.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Top 13.7% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 4.32%
+7.4% YoY +3.2% QoQ
+0.39% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.99%
+5.8% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
74%
Efficiency Ratio ? 59.15%
-3.3% YoY +0.6% QoQ
-6.13% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
66.95%
-6.2% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
63%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.52%
-24.5% YoY -5.6% QoQ
-0.36% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.77%
+21.7% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
44%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 82.81%
+0.7% YoY -1.5% QoQ
+6.17% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
78.66%
+4.9% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
40%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.43%
-18.6% YoY -7.2% QoQ
-4.59% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
24.69%
-2.1% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
34%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.37%
-24.5% YoY -3.5% QoQ
-0.27% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.58%
+27.6% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
45%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 16.11%
+6.2% YoY +2.2% QoQ
+0.28% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
20.91%
+0.5% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
73%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.30%
+9.5% YoY -74.2% QoQ
+0.02% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.19%
+5.8% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 6.5% in tier

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)

Revenue Diversifier

growth
#126 of 666 • Top 18.8% in tier

Top-quartile non-interest income relative to assets. Revenue less dependent on spread - more resilient to rate cycles.

Why this signature
Noninterest Income / Assets: 0.30%
(Tier: 0.28%, National: 0.32%)
better than tier avg
Return on Assets: 1.95%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

NIB Deposit Bleed

decline
#67 of 198 • Bottom 33.3% in tier

Non-interest-bearing deposit share dropped 2+ pp YoY and now below the tier median. Cheap funding leaving for higher-yield competitors.

Why this signature
Noninterest-Bearing Deposit Share: 17.43%
(Tier: 22.02%, National: 22.01%)
worse than tier avg
198 of 198 Community banks match · 238 nationally
↓ Shrinking -31 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

175
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.30%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#175 of 2664 Top 6.5% in $100M-$1B
367
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.95%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#367 of 2664 Top 13.7% in $100M-$1B
437
Total Loans
size
Value: $440.66M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#437 of 2664 Top 16.4% in $100M-$1B
458
Total Assets
size
Value: $632.09M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#458 of 2664 Top 17.2% in $100M-$1B
471
Total Deposits
size
Value: $532.14M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#471 of 2664 Top 17.6% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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