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Citizens Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial TX FDIC cert 16817

Kilgore, TX

11 branches across TX

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 219 in TX
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Citizens Bank has 2 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 24.4% in tier
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.51% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 14.1% in tier
  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 41.0% in tier
  • - ROA 0.42% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 8.68% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $495.1M
+1.5% YoY -3.2% QoQ
+$109.0M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+1.1% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
72%
Total Loans ? $324.1M
+15.8% YoY +3.7% QoQ
+$68.4M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.1B
+10.2% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
71%
Total Deposits ? $444.2M
+7.1% YoY +2.4% QoQ
+$116.3M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+3.3% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
74%
Return on Assets ? 0.84%
+99.5% YoY -2.2% QoQ
-0.42% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.40%
+10.3% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
28%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.44%
+12.5% YoY -4.5% QoQ
+0.51% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.03%
+2.6% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
80%
Efficiency Ratio ? 73.96%
-9.2% YoY -6.5% QoQ
+8.68% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
63.18%
-2.3% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
24%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.03%
-34.9% YoY -26.2% QoQ
-0.86% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.96%
+36.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
82%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 72.96%
+8.2% YoY +1.2% QoQ
-3.68% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
67.20%
-0.8% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
62%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 29.80%
+4.8% YoY +6.0% QoQ
+7.78% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
29.02%
-1.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
81%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.02%
-25.7% YoY -20.9% QoQ
-0.62% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.62%
+31.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
83%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.91%
-54.1% YoY -52.9% QoQ
-5.92% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
18.04%
+0.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 8.7% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.05%
+12.1% YoY -74.9% QoQ
-0.23% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.20%
+4.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
21%

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)

Credit Quality Leader

growth
#163 of 664 • Top 24.4% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.03%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
664 of 664 Community banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Concerns (2)

Capital Thin

risk
#95 of 666 • Bottom 14.1% in tier

Tier 1 capital ratio in the bottom quartile of peers. Capital cushion thin relative to peers - regulator-watching cohort.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 9.91%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ

Flatlined Growth

risk
#211 of 512 • Bottom 41.0% 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: 0.84%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 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 (4 metrics)

447
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.02%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#447 of 2664 Top 16.7% in $100M-$1B
472
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#472 of 2654 Top 17.7% in $100M-$1B
504
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 29.80%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#504 of 2664 Top 18.9% in $100M-$1B
543
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.44%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#543 of 2664 Top 20.3% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2432
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.91%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2432 of 2664 Bottom 8.7% in $100M-$1B
2094
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.05%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2094 of 2664 Bottom 21.4% in $100M-$1B
2018
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 73.96%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2018 of 2664 Bottom 24.3% in $100M-$1B
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