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First County Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial CT FDIC cert 18204

Designations: Community bank Mutual

Stamford, CT

14 branches across CT

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 14 in CT
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First County 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.64% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 23.0% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 23.6% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 1.12% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.46% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 18.76% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $2.4B
+3.4% YoY +3.0% QoQ
-$456.5M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$4.6B
+6.9% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
59%
Total Loans ? $1.8B
+5.3% YoY +4.5% QoQ
-$178.4M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$3.2B
+8.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
62%
Total Deposits ? $1.8B
+1.0% YoY -0.3% QoQ
-$572.9M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$3.7B
+5.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
53%
Return on Assets ? 0.24%
+18.2% YoY +8.5% QoQ
-1.12% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
0.98%
+59.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 4.4% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 2.36%
+22.0% YoY +13.1% QoQ
-1.46% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.30%
+11.1% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 4.3% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 79.82%
-5.1% YoY -9.5% QoQ
+18.76% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
74.04%
-0.3% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 8.7% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.25%
+91.8% YoY +67.3% QoQ
-0.64% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.76%
+15.1% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
75%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 100.90%
+4.3% YoY +4.8% QoQ
+16.70% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
87.65%
+0.6% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 11.7% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 20.52%
+5.5% YoY +3.1% QoQ
-0.77% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
20.48%
-2.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
55%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.19%
+95.4% YoY +69.9% QoQ
-0.49% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.54%
+14.2% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
74%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.69%
-4.6% YoY -4.7% QoQ
-2.47% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
15.66%
+1.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
43%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.10%
-29.4% YoY -77.8% QoQ
-0.16% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.74%
+3.6% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
32%

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 Quality Pressure

risk
#119 of 513 • Bottom 23.0% in tier

Delinquencies rising year-over-year. Credit risk is building - underwriting tools or reserves may need attention.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.25%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
513 of 513 Mid-Market banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#100 of 420 • Bottom 23.6% 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

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 (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

847
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.36%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#847 of 884 Bottom 4.3% in $1B-$10B
846
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.24%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#846 of 884 Bottom 4.4% in $1B-$10B
808
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 79.82%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#808 of 884 Bottom 8.7% in $1B-$10B
782
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 100.90%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#782 of 884 Bottom 11.7% in $1B-$10B
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