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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

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 885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationwide — 1 of 15 in CT.
  • Deposits +9.4% year over year ($1.9B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.24%.
  • Return on assets 0.46%.
  • Efficiency ratio 80.54% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 98.78% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 15 in CT
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First County Bank has 1 strength 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.62% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 22.2% in tier
  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 60.0% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 0.93% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.39% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $2.4B
+8.7% YoY +2.7% QoQ
-$370.9M $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$4.8B
+5.5% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
60%
Total Loans ? $1.9B
+13.1% YoY +6.1% QoQ
-$67.2M $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$3.3B
+8.0% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
64%
Total Deposits ? $1.9B
+9.4% YoY +8.4% QoQ
-$399.4M $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$3.9B
+6.2% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
57%
Return on Assets ? 0.46%
+170.2% YoY +88.4% QoQ
-0.93% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
1.11%
+57.7% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
Bottom 6.7% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 2.48%
+23.6% YoY +5.0% QoQ
-1.39% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
3.44%
+11.6% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
Bottom 4.4% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 80.54%
-9.6% YoY +0.9% QoQ
+20.81% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
72.27%
-70.9% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Bottom 6.6% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.24%
+76.1% YoY -1.7% QoQ
-0.62% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
0.70%
-4.9% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
75%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 98.78%
+3.4% YoY -2.1% QoQ
+13.74% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
91.71%
+1.4% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
18%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.81%
+0.2% YoY -3.4% QoQ
-1.46% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
22.06%
+1.6% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
50%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.19%
+83.1% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-0.48% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.53%
-3.6% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
73%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.08%
-10.2% YoY -4.8% QoQ
-2.76% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
14.05%
-0.0% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
35%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.20%
-18.7% YoY +102.9% QoQ
-0.33% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
0.35%
+5.1% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
31%

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 (CT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 19.8%
0.0pp YoY
-0.7pp QoQ
-1.6pp 21.4% 22.1% 22.2% 50%
Brokered Deposits 5.5%
+2.1pp YoY
+3.8pp QoQ
-3.9pp 9.5% 8.1% 8.5% 52%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CT) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 4.1%
-0.7pp YoY
-0.7pp QoQ
-9.9pp 14.0% 11.4% 12.5% 14%
CRE 58.5%
+7.2pp YoY
+3.2pp QoQ
+8.5pp 50.0% 42.4% 41.4% 72%
1-4 Family 37.6%
-6.5pp YoY
-2.6pp QoQ
+11.2pp 26.4% 42.2% 31.3% 79%
Consumer 0.6%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-4.1pp 4.7% 4.1% 5.0% 34%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CT) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 12.1%
-1.4pp YoY
-0.6pp QoQ
-3.5pp 15.6% 15.0% 19.7% 26%
Leverage Ratio 9.6%
+0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-1.8pp 11.3% 12.7% 12.6% 23%
Total Capital Ratio 13.0%
-1.6pp YoY
-0.8pp QoQ
-3.7pp 16.7% 16.0% 20.8% 21%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 196
-3 (-1.5%) YoY
+4 (+2.1%) QoQ
-118 313 342 482 40%
Assets per Employee ($) $12.4M
+10.4% YoY
+0.6% QoQ
+$1.9M $10.5M $9.9M $8.8M 80%
Branch Count 14
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-6 20 19 18 46%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 6%
Nonaccrual 0.2%
+0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.6pp 0.8% 0.7% 1.0% 25%
Allowance Coverage 3.63x
-52.7% YoY
-13.3% QoQ
-15.08x 18.71x 4.87x 20.23x 69%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 48%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CT) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 5.8%
+3.6pp YoY
+2.7pp QoQ
-6.8pp 12.6% 8.2% 11.6% 11%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.2%
-0.4pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.3pp 1.9% 1.7% 1.7% 72%
Net Income ($, YTD) $5.4M
+179.8% YoY
— QoQ
-$13.8M $19.2M $28.0M $40.4M 14%

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
#110 of 492 • Bottom 22.2% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.24%
(Tier: 0.87%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
492 of 492 Mid-Market banks match · 1820 nationally
→ Stable -71 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Efficiency Drag

risk
#37 of 60 • Bottom 60.0% in tier

Efficiency ratio above 80% - operating costs elevated relative to revenue. Margin improvement opportunity.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 80.54%
(Tier: 59.73%, National: 70.05%)
worse than tier avg
60 of 60 Mid-Market banks match · 426 nationally
↓ Shrinking -64 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 885 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

847
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.48%
Peer Median: 3.87%
#847 of 885 Bottom 4.4% in $1B-$10B
828
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 80.54%
Peer Median: 59.73%
#828 of 885 Bottom 6.6% in $1B-$10B
827
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.46%
Peer Median: 1.39%
#827 of 885 Bottom 6.7% in $1B-$10B
729
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 98.78%
Peer Median: 85.04%
#729 of 885 Bottom 17.7% in $1B-$10B
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