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First Business Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial WI FDIC cert 15229

Madison, WI

5 branches across WI · IN · KS

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationwide — 1 of 30 in WI.
  • Deposits +8.6% year over year ($3.6B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 1.07%.
  • Return on assets 1.41%.
  • Efficiency ratio 58.08% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 98.68% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 30 in WI
View $1B-$10B leaderboard (WI) →

First Business Bank has 1 strength 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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 1.64% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Net Interest Margin 0.07% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.21% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (WI) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $4.4B
+10.1% YoY +2.1% QoQ
+$1.6B $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$1.2B
+13.5% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
83%
Total Loans ? $3.5B
+9.9% YoY +1.8% QoQ
+$1.6B $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$860.4M
+13.3% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Top 14.1% in tier
Total Deposits ? $3.6B
+8.6% YoY +0.7% QoQ
+$1.3B $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$935.5M
+13.1% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
83%
Return on Assets ? 1.41%
+12.0% YoY +9.3% QoQ
+0.02% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
1.56%
+18.6% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
63%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.80%
+0.6% YoY +1.9% QoQ
-0.07% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
3.83%
+8.5% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
55%
Efficiency Ratio ? 58.08%
-0.4% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-1.64% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
62.90%
-5.1% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
54%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.07%
+21.0% YoY -7.7% QoQ
+0.21% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
0.85%
+12.5% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
26%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 98.68%
+1.2% YoY +1.1% QoQ
+13.64% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
87.22%
+0.9% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
18%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 11.80%
-2.7% YoY +2.5% QoQ
-9.47% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
18.65%
-1.9% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
16%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.86%
+20.7% YoY -7.9% QoQ
+0.19% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.63%
+16.4% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
26%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.17%
+0.5% YoY +1.2% QoQ
-3.67% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
15.02%
+1.5% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
21%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.41%
+10.4% YoY +94.5% QoQ
-0.12% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
2.21%
+12.7% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
72%

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (WI) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 11.8%
-0.3pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-9.6pp 21.4% 18.9% 22.2% 15%
Brokered Deposits 26.6%
-1.4pp YoY
+1.2pp QoQ
+17.1pp 9.5% 9.2% 8.5% 92%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (WI) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 36.1%
-1.5pp YoY
-1.0pp QoQ
+22.1pp 14.0% 10.5% 12.5% 94%
CRE 57.9%
+1.5pp YoY
+1.0pp QoQ
+7.9pp 50.0% 46.4% 41.4% 71%
1-4 Family 1.7%
+0.3pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-24.8pp 26.4% 32.3% 31.3% 3%
Consumer 0.2%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-4.5pp 4.7% 2.6% 5.0% 20%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (WI) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 11.2%
+0.1pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-4.4pp 15.6% 15.5% 19.7% 12%
Leverage Ratio 10.4%
+0.2pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-0.9pp 11.3% 12.6% 12.6% 46%
Total Capital Ratio 12.2%
0.0pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-4.5pp 16.7% 16.6% 20.8% 12%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (WI) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 347
-12 (-3.3%) YoY
-21 (-5.7%) QoQ
+33 313 134 482 72%
Assets per Employee ($) $12.7M
+13.9% YoY
+8.2% QoQ
+$2.2M $10.5M $8.2M $8.8M 82%
Branch Count 5
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-15 20 9 18 12%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (WI) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.2% 0.4% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 1.1%
+0.2pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
+0.2pp 0.8% 0.9% 1.0% 76%
Allowance Coverage 0.98x
-23.7% YoY
+8.6% QoQ
-17.73x 18.71x 56.89x 20.23x 23%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.2%
-0.1pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.3% 0.0% 0.2% 78%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (WI) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 13.9%
+1.1pp YoY
+1.2pp QoQ
+1.3pp 12.6% 11.8% 11.6% 65%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.6%
-0.3pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.7pp 1.9% 1.8% 1.7% 88%
Net Income ($, YTD) $30.2M
+21.5% YoY
— QoQ
+$10.9M $19.2M $7.9M $40.4M 82%

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 (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 885 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

126
Total Loans
size
Value: $3.55B
Peer Median: $1.96B
#126 of 885 Top 14.1% in $1B-$10B
151
Total Deposits
size
Value: $3.60B
Peer Median: $2.32B
#151 of 885 Top 16.9% in $1B-$10B
155
Total Assets
size
Value: $4.41B
Peer Median: $2.79B
#155 of 885 Top 17.4% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

745
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 11.80%
Peer Median: 21.27%
#745 of 885 Bottom 15.9% in $1B-$10B
727
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 98.68%
Peer Median: 85.04%
#727 of 885 Bottom 18.0% in $1B-$10B
701
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 11.17%
Peer Median: 14.84%
#701 of 885 Bottom 20.9% in $1B-$10B
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