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First Bank

$10B-$250B Specialty: Commercial NC FDIC cert 15019

Southern Pines, NC

116 branches across NC · SC

137 banks in the $10B-$250B peer group nationally 3 in NC
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First Bank has 3 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

  • + ROA 0.23% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 5.91% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.54% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 45.5% in tier

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $12.9B
+4.0% YoY +2.2% QoQ
-$34.0B $47.0B
-1.9% YoY
$92.4B
+2.4% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 13.9% in tier
Total Loans ? $8.7B
+8.7% YoY +0.9% QoQ
-$20.7B $29.4B
-0.4% YoY
$45.0B
+8.2% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
15%
Total Deposits ? $11.0B
+2.4% YoY +2.5% QoQ
-$27.4B $38.4B
-1.6% YoY
$72.8B
+2.6% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
15%
Return on Assets ? 1.51%
+21.8% YoY +60.3% QoQ
+0.23% 1.28%
+18.7% YoY
0.99%
+29.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
77%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.77%
+10.1% YoY +4.7% QoQ
+0.00% 3.77%
+5.8% YoY
3.42%
+5.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
64%
Efficiency Ratio ? 48.09%
-9.1% YoY -4.5% QoQ
-5.91% 54.01%
-3.7% YoY
69.88%
-8.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
75%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.47%
+29.8% YoY +12.0% QoQ
-0.54% 1.02%
-3.8% YoY
0.64%
+21.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
70%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 78.71%
+6.1% YoY -1.6% QoQ
-2.08% 80.79%
+1.9% YoY
79.67%
+1.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
69%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 32.77%
+0.7% YoY +0.8% QoQ
+12.73% 20.04%
+0.2% YoY
18.50%
+0.3% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 10.9% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.32%
+18.6% YoY +8.3% QoQ
-0.40% 0.72%
+4.2% YoY
0.45%
+20.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
73%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.74%
-4.3% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-0.78% 15.51%
-0.4% YoY
20.13%
+3.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
72%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.14%
+14.1% YoY -76.1% QoQ
-0.09% 0.22%
+0.3% YoY
0.21%
+7.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
43%

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)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#31 of 66 • Bottom 45.5% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

66 of 66 Large banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 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 137 peers in $10B-$250B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

16
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 32.77%
Peer Median: 20.04%
#16 of 137 Top 10.9% in $10B-$250B
32
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.51%
Peer Median: 1.28%
#32 of 137 Top 22.6% in $10B-$250B
35
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 48.09%
Peer Median: 54.01%
#35 of 137 Top 24.8% in $10B-$250B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

119
Total Assets
size
Value: $12.94B
Peer Median: $46.96B
#119 of 137 Bottom 13.9% in $10B-$250B
117
Total Deposits
size
Value: $11.03B
Peer Median: $38.42B
#117 of 137 Bottom 15.3% in $10B-$250B
117
Total Loans
size
Value: $8.68B
Peer Median: $29.36B
#117 of 137 Bottom 15.3% in $10B-$250B
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