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First State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial AR FDIC cert 15050

Lonoke, AR

6 branches across AR

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 50 in AR
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First State Bank has 3 strengths but faces 2 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 33.1% in tier
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.64% below tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 5.71% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.20% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.26% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $325.5M
+6.3% YoY -0.9% QoQ
-$60.5M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+2.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
50%
Total Loans ? $236.2M
+4.0% YoY -1.4% QoQ
-$19.5M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.7B
+6.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
57%
Total Deposits ? $288.0M
+4.7% YoY -1.4% QoQ
-$39.9M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+3.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
52%
Return on Assets ? 1.07%
+32.6% YoY +2.3% QoQ
-0.20% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.34%
+14.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
42%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.67%
+15.0% YoY +3.9% QoQ
-0.26% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.08%
+8.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
39%
Efficiency Ratio ? 59.58%
-8.3% YoY +1.2% QoQ
-5.71% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
61.77%
-4.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
61%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00% -0.89% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.02%
+24.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 82.02%
-0.7% YoY +0.1% QoQ
+5.38% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
80.49%
+1.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
42%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 12.96%
+2.0% YoY -5.9% QoQ
-9.06% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
19.62%
+0.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
17%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00% -0.64% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.79%
+32.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.83%
-0.0% YoY +0.9% QoQ
-5.00% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
13.59%
+0.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
21%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.04%
-8.4% YoY -76.5% QoQ
-0.24% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.18%
-3.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
17%

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
#221 of 664 • Top 33.1% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.00%
(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 (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

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 (2 metrics)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#1 of 2654 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
1
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#1 of 2664 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2210
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.04%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2210 of 2664 Bottom 17.1% in $100M-$1B
2202
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 12.96%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2202 of 2664 Bottom 17.4% in $100M-$1B
2102
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.83%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2102 of 2664 Bottom 21.1% in $100M-$1B
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