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First State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural ND FDIC cert 15539

Buxton, ND

5 branches across ND

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 2,643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationwide — 1 of 34 in ND.
  • Deposits +6.5% year over year ($371.9M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.00%.
  • Return on assets 2.08%.
  • Efficiency ratio 46.81% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 104.37% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 34 in ND
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First State Bank has 5 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

  • + Profitability Leader: Top 16.5% in tier
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.92% below tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.67% below tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.10% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 17.66% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Loan-to-Deposit Ratio 26.42% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $424.2M
+7.4% YoY +2.6% QoQ
+$37.6M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$1.1B
+6.9% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
64%
Total Loans ? $388.1M
+9.3% YoY +9.1% QoQ
+$129.8M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$805.2M
+6.2% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
78%
Total Deposits ? $371.9M
+6.5% YoY +1.0% QoQ
+$45.1M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$922.2M
+5.0% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
66%
Return on Assets ? 2.08%
+37.0% YoY -1.4% QoQ
+0.76% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.44%
+8.8% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
Top 11.6% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 4.08%
+20.1% YoY +5.3% QoQ
+0.10% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
3.79%
+4.3% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
58%
Efficiency Ratio ? 46.81%
-15.7% YoY -0.3% QoQ
-17.66% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
59.23%
-3.7% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Top 11.4% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY -100.0% QoQ
-0.92% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
0.86%
+16.6% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 104.37%
+2.7% YoY +8.1% QoQ
+26.42% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
73.82%
-0.7% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Bottom 6.1% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 14.45%
+4.6% YoY -1.7% QoQ
-7.58% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
21.56%
+2.8% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
22%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY -100.0% QoQ
-0.67% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.54%
+8.1% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.83%
+2.1% YoY -0.7% QoQ
-6.08% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
12.90%
+0.7% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 8.3% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.25%
+45.9% YoY +113.9% QoQ
-0.31% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.22%
-1.4% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
64%

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 (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 14.5%
+0.6pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-7.7pp 22.1% 21.6% 22.2% 22%
Brokered Deposits 0.0%
-1.4pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-7.9pp 7.9% 6.0% 8.5% 3%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 16.4%
-1.9pp YoY
-1.8pp QoQ
+4.9pp 11.6% 12.9% 12.5% 80%
CRE 37.7%
+2.3pp YoY
+2.0pp QoQ
-1.9pp 39.5% 29.0% 41.4% 48%
1-4 Family 15.6%
+1.7pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-17.0pp 32.6% 12.3% 31.3% 21%
Consumer 0.7%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-3.4pp 4.1% 4.5% 5.0% 20%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 18.8% 15.3% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 9.8%
+0.2pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-2.3pp 12.2% 10.7% 12.6% 27%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 19.9% 16.3% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 42
-1 (-2.3%) YoY
-2 (-4.5%) QoQ
-17 58 138 482 44%
Assets per Employee ($) $10.1M
+9.9% YoY
+7.5% QoQ
+$2.6M $7.5M $8.3M $8.8M 86%
Branch Count 5
0 YoY
0 QoQ
0 4 7 18 55%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.3% 0.5% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual n/a n/a 0.9% 0.7% 1.0% n/a
Allowance Coverage n/a n/a 24.15x 73.79x 20.23x n/a
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.1%
+0.1pp QoQ
0.0pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 81%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 21.5%
+5.7pp YoY
-0.4pp QoQ
+9.3pp 12.2% 16.0% 11.6% 91%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.1%
-0.4pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.4pp 1.7% 1.7% 1.7% 78%
Net Income ($, YTD) $4.3M
+41.7% YoY
— QoQ
+$1.8M $2.6M $7.0M $40.4M 83%

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)

Profitability Leader

growth
#110 of 661 • Top 16.5% in tier

Top-quartile profitability for peers of this size. Strong fundamentals and operational efficiency.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 2.08%
(Tier: 1.32%, National: 1.30%)
better than tier avg
661 of 661 Community banks match · 923 nationally
→ Stable | QoQ rank declining

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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.92%
#1 of 2633 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
1
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#1 of 2643 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
303
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 46.81%
Peer Median: 64.48%
#303 of 2643 Top 11.4% in $100M-$1B
308
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 2.08%
Peer Median: 1.32%
#308 of 2643 Top 11.6% in $100M-$1B
582
Total Loans
size
Value: $388.13M
Peer Median: $258.35M
#582 of 2643 Top 22.0% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2482
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 104.37%
Peer Median: 77.95%
#2482 of 2643 Bottom 6.1% in $100M-$1B
2424
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.83%
Peer Median: 15.91%
#2424 of 2643 Bottom 8.3% in $100M-$1B
2063
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 14.45%
Peer Median: 22.03%
#2063 of 2643 Bottom 22.0% in $100M-$1B
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