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First Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural KS FDIC cert 16473

Sterling, KS

3 branches across KS

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 118 in KS
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First Bank has 1 strength but faces 5 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.16% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 24.2% in tier
  • - Delinquency Rate 5.15% above tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 3.37% above tier average
  • - ROA 0.26% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 1.32% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $156.5M
-1.2% YoY +3.0% QoQ
-$229.6M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$509.2M
+7.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
16%
Total Loans ? $103.9M
+6.1% YoY +4.1% QoQ
-$151.8M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$338.5M
+8.8% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
21%
Total Deposits ? $121.9M
+3.1% YoY +7.2% QoQ
-$206.1M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$424.4M
+7.3% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 12.4% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.01%
+10.3% YoY +43.0% QoQ
-0.26% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.40%
+19.8% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
38%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.09%
+5.8% YoY +0.9% QoQ
+0.16% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.92%
+4.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
62%
Efficiency Ratio ? 66.61%
-3.4% YoY +4.0% QoQ
+1.32% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
62.29%
-5.0% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
40%
Delinquency Rate ? 6.04%
+5.0% QoQ
+5.15% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.77%
+10.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 1.4% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 85.27%
+2.9% YoY -2.8% QoQ
+8.63% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.79%
+1.2% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
34%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 27.93%
+16.2% YoY +2.1% QoQ
+5.91% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
22.83%
-2.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
76%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 4.01%
+746.7% YoY -3.6% QoQ
+3.37% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.51%
+12.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 1.5% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.58%
+0.1% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-3.25% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
17.98%
-0.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
42%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.12%
+15.1% YoY -74.3% QoQ
-0.16% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.28%
-1.8% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
61%

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)

Flatlined Growth

risk
#125 of 512 • Bottom 24.2% in tier

Asset growth stalled (-2% to +2% YoY) despite healthy profitability (>0.25% ROA). Suggests untapped opportunity or strategic drift worth investigating.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.01%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

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 (1 metrics)

638
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 27.93%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#638 of 2664 Top 23.9% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

2618
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 6.04%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2618 of 2654 Bottom 1.4% in $100M-$1B
2625
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 4.01%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2625 of 2664 Bottom 1.5% in $100M-$1B
2335
Total Deposits
size
Value: $121.86M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2335 of 2664 Bottom 12.4% in $100M-$1B
2230
Total Assets
size
Value: $156.49M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2230 of 2664 Bottom 16.3% in $100M-$1B
2113
Total Loans
size
Value: $103.91M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2113 of 2664 Bottom 20.7% in $100M-$1B
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