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The Citizens Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial AR FDIC cert 17211

Designations: Community bank

Batesville, AR

16 branches across AR

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 19 in AR
View $1B-$10B leaderboard (AR) →

The Citizens Bank has 3 strengths but faces 3 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 0.17% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 12.99% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.50% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 21.0% in tier
  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 26.7% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.17% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.6B
+5.0% YoY -1.6% QoQ
-$1.2B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$2.3B
+2.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
37%
Total Loans ? $1.2B
+4.8% YoY -0.7% QoQ
-$718.6M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$1.7B
+6.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
45%
Total Deposits ? $1.4B
+4.0% YoY -2.3% QoQ
-$918.3M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$1.9B
+3.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
43%
Return on Assets ? 1.53%
+15.3% YoY +15.8% QoQ
+0.17% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.34%
+14.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
73%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.65%
+7.6% YoY +0.1% QoQ
-0.17% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
4.08%
+8.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
51%
Efficiency Ratio ? 48.08%
-12.6% YoY -9.6% QoQ
-12.99% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
61.77%
-4.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
83%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.39%
+47.8% YoY +20.7% QoQ
-0.50% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.02%
+24.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
63%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 87.45%
+0.8% YoY +1.7% QoQ
+3.25% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
80.49%
+1.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
46%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 13.52%
+22.0% YoY +0.4% QoQ
-7.77% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
19.62%
+0.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
22%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.33%
+59.6% YoY +28.4% QoQ
-0.34% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.79%
+32.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
60%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.31%
+5.4% YoY +3.9% QoQ
-4.85% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
13.59%
+0.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 7.0% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.12%
+25.7% YoY -69.0% QoQ
-0.13% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.18%
-3.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
41%

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)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#89 of 420 • Bottom 21.0% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

420 of 420 Mid-Market banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Capital Thin

risk
#60 of 221 • Bottom 26.7% 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: 10.31%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

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)

150
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 48.08%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#150 of 884 Top 16.9% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

823
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.31%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#823 of 884 Bottom 7.0% in $1B-$10B
691
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 13.52%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#691 of 884 Bottom 21.9% in $1B-$10B
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