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First State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial TX FDIC cert 15206

Athens, TX

8 branches across TX

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 219 in TX
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First State 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

  • + Deposit Franchise: Top 65.1% in tier
  • + ROA 0.30% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 6.55% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Delinquency Rate 0.07% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $778.6M
+6.8% YoY +2.1% QoQ
+$392.5M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+1.1% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 9.2% in tier
Total Loans ? $472.3M
-2.2% YoY -2.4% QoQ
+$216.6M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.1B
+10.2% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Top 13.6% in tier
Total Deposits ? $687.7M
+5.9% YoY +2.1% QoQ
+$359.7M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+3.3% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 7.5% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.57%
+14.2% YoY +2.9% QoQ
+0.30% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.40%
+10.3% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
71%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.38%
+8.7% YoY +1.8% QoQ
+0.45% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.03%
+2.6% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
77%
Efficiency Ratio ? 58.74%
-3.5% YoY -0.3% QoQ
-6.55% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
63.18%
-2.3% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
64%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.95%
+6.2% QoQ
+0.07% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.96%
+36.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
29%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 68.68%
-7.7% YoY -4.4% QoQ
-7.96% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
67.20%
-0.8% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
69%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 38.00%
-2.2% YoY +2.2% QoQ
+15.98% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
29.02%
-1.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 6.5% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.58%
+1.5% QoQ
-0.05% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.62%
+31.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
33%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.20%
+2.3% YoY -1.5% QoQ
-4.63% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
18.04%
+0.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
25%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.17%
+1.7% YoY -75.2% QoQ
-0.11% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.20%
+4.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
79%

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)

Deposit Franchise

growth
#178 of 272 • Top 65.1% in tier

Top-quartile non-interest-bearing deposits AND top-quartile NIM. A premium deposit franchise translating into above-peer spread.

Why this signature
Noninterest-Bearing Deposit Share: 38.00%
(Tier: 22.02%, National: 22.01%)
better than tier avg
Net Interest Margin: 4.38%
(Tier: 3.93%, National: 3.89%)
better than tier avg
272 of 272 Community banks match · 369 nationally
→ Stable -14 banks QoQ

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 (6 metrics)

173
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 38.00%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#173 of 2664 Top 6.5% in $100M-$1B
202
Total Deposits
size
Value: $687.68M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#202 of 2664 Top 7.5% in $100M-$1B
247
Total Assets
size
Value: $778.59M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#247 of 2664 Top 9.2% in $100M-$1B
362
Total Loans
size
Value: $472.27M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#362 of 2664 Top 13.6% in $100M-$1B
571
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.17%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#571 of 2664 Top 21.4% in $100M-$1B
616
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.38%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#616 of 2664 Top 23.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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