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First National Bank, Ames, Iowa

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial IA FDIC cert 1545

Designations: Community bank

Ames, IA

10 branches across IA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 27 in IA
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First National Bank, Ames, Iowa has 1 strength but faces 4 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 4.09% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Deposit Outflow: Bottom 16.2% in tier
  • - ROA 0.19% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.93% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.54% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.1B
-2.2% YoY -1.5% QoQ
-$1.7B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$560.1M
+4.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 9.4% in tier
Total Loans ? $665.8M
-2.5% YoY -0.8% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$379.9M
+5.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 7.2% in tier
Total Deposits ? $939.3M
-3.3% YoY -1.4% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$469.6M
+4.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 10.4% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.17%
+188.0% YoY +28.1% QoQ
-0.19% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.31%
+22.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
46%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.89%
+29.3% YoY +14.7% QoQ
-0.93% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.52%
+10.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 13.5% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 56.97%
-16.9% YoY -8.1% QoQ
-4.09% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
58.40%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
58%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.43%
-20.6% YoY -1.4% QoQ
+0.54% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.92%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
17%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 70.89%
+0.8% YoY +0.6% QoQ
-13.32% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
77.40%
+1.1% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
81%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.58%
-5.4% YoY -4.6% QoQ
-1.71% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
17.87%
+0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
49%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.87%
-20.9% YoY -0.7% QoQ
+0.20% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.58%
+11.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
25%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.59%
+8.7% YoY +2.2% QoQ
-0.57% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
14.34%
+1.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
69%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.16%
+11.1% YoY -75.3% QoQ
-0.09% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.12%
+10.7% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
59%

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)

Deposit Outflow

decline
#22 of 130 • Bottom 16.2% in tier

Deposits down 0.5%+ YoY. Funding base eroding - rate competition or franchise weakness.

130 of 130 Mid-Market banks match · 656 nationally
→ Stable -8 banks QoQ

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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (1 metrics)

165
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 70.89%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#165 of 884 Top 18.6% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (6 metrics)

821
Total Loans
size
Value: $665.85M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#821 of 884 Bottom 7.2% in $1B-$10B
802
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.09B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#802 of 884 Bottom 9.4% in $1B-$10B
793
Total Deposits
size
Value: $939.29M
Peer Median: $2.34B
#793 of 884 Bottom 10.4% in $1B-$10B
766
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.89%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#766 of 884 Bottom 13.5% in $1B-$10B
732
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.43%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#732 of 880 Bottom 16.9% in $1B-$10B
667
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.87%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#667 of 884 Bottom 24.7% in $1B-$10B
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