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First State Bank of Blakely

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural GA FDIC cert 15496

Blakely, GA

8 branches across GA

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 99 in GA
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First State Bank of Blakely has 3 strengths 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

  • + ROA 0.43% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.85% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 12.43% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 36.7% in tier
  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 62.0% in tier
  • - Delinquency Rate 3.26% above tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 2.18% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $664.1M
-0.5% YoY -0.7% QoQ
+$278.1M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$814.8M
+10.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 14.5% in tier
Total Loans ? $439.1M
+0.8% YoY +1.8% QoQ
+$183.4M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$550.6M
+10.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
83%
Total Deposits ? $531.6M
-0.3% YoY +0.5% QoQ
+$203.6M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$689.3M
+8.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
82%
Return on Assets ? 1.70%
-8.4% YoY -6.3% QoQ
+0.43% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.50%
+0.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
78%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.78%
-2.1% YoY -3.9% QoQ
+0.85% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.36%
+2.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 11.5% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 52.86%
+4.7% YoY +4.7% QoQ
-12.43% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
62.13%
-1.5% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
79%
Delinquency Rate ? 4.15%
+656.9% YoY +3.5% QoQ
+3.26% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.81%
+32.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 3.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 82.60%
+1.1% YoY +1.3% QoQ
+5.96% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.10%
+2.8% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
41%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 20.02%
-4.3% YoY -8.5% QoQ
-2.00% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
26.76%
-3.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
45%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 2.82%
+584.1% YoY +7.0% QoQ
+2.18% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.56%
+24.4% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 3.3% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 19.13%
-24.6% YoY -28.7% QoQ
+3.30% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
17.30%
-0.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
85%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.08%
+4.5% YoY -74.0% QoQ
-0.20% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.21%
+3.2% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
37%

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 (2)

Liquidity Overhang

risk
#272 of 739 • Bottom 36.7% in tier

Exceptional capital position (Tier 1 >= 16%, top quartile). Strong fundamentals - opportunity to deploy capital more productively.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 19.13%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 82.60%
(Tier: 76.64%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
739 of 739 Community banks match · 939 nationally
→ Stable +13 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Margin Compression

decline
#190 of 305 • Bottom 62.0% in tier

Profitability above 0.75% ROA but margins eroding by at least 0.10pp YoY. Something changed - rising costs or falling yields need addressing.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.70%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
305 of 305 Community banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (7 metrics)

308
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.78%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#308 of 2664 Top 11.5% in $100M-$1B
386
Total Assets
size
Value: $664.14M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#386 of 2664 Top 14.5% in $100M-$1B
409
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 19.13%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#409 of 2664 Top 15.3% in $100M-$1B
442
Total Loans
size
Value: $439.11M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#442 of 2664 Top 16.6% in $100M-$1B
472
Total Deposits
size
Value: $531.60M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#472 of 2664 Top 17.7% in $100M-$1B
572
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 52.86%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#572 of 2664 Top 21.4% in $100M-$1B
594
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.70%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#594 of 2664 Top 22.3% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2572
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 4.15%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2572 of 2654 Bottom 3.1% in $100M-$1B
2576
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 2.82%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2576 of 2664 Bottom 3.3% in $100M-$1B
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