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First Bank Kansas

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial KS FDIC cert 18431

Salina, KS

8 branches across KS

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 118 in KS
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First Bank Kansas shows strong momentum with 5 strengths and 6.4% YoY asset growth

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

  • + Revenue Diversifier: Top 1.3% in tier
  • + Profitability Leader: Top 12.0% in tier
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.74% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 8.86% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.29% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

No key concerns identified

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $614.3M
+6.4% YoY +3.4% QoQ
+$228.2M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$509.2M
+7.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
81%
Total Loans ? $405.9M
+13.6% YoY +3.6% QoQ
+$150.2M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$338.5M
+8.8% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
80%
Total Deposits ? $561.6M
+6.6% YoY +3.9% QoQ
+$233.6M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$424.4M
+7.3% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
85%
Return on Assets ? 2.73%
+24.6% YoY +12.4% QoQ
+1.46% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.40%
+19.8% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Top 3.3% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 4.67%
+11.8% YoY +5.8% QoQ
+0.74% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.92%
+4.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 13.9% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 56.43%
-8.4% YoY -3.5% QoQ
-8.86% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
62.29%
-5.0% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
70%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.60%
+846.8% YoY +21.6% QoQ
-0.29% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.77%
+10.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
40%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 72.27%
+6.6% YoY -0.3% QoQ
-4.37% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.79%
+1.2% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
63%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 21.04%
+0.8% YoY -0.3% QoQ
-0.98% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
22.83%
-2.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
50%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.43%
+381.2% YoY +19.7% QoQ
-0.21% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.51%
+12.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
42%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.22%
-6.6% YoY -0.2% QoQ
-3.61% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
17.98%
-0.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
38%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.47%
+1.7% YoY -76.1% QoQ
+0.19% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.28%
-1.8% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 3.5% in tier

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 (2)

Revenue Diversifier

growth
#10 of 666 • Top 1.3% in tier

Top-quartile non-interest income relative to assets. Revenue less dependent on spread - more resilient to rate cycles.

Why this signature
Noninterest Income / Assets: 0.47%
(Tier: 0.28%, National: 0.32%)
better than tier avg
Return on Assets: 2.73%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Profitability Leader

growth
#81 of 666 • Top 12.0% in tier

Top-quartile profitability for peers of this size. Strong fundamentals and operational efficiency.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 2.73%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

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 (6 metrics)

88
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 2.73%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#88 of 2664 Top 3.3% in $100M-$1B
95
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.47%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#95 of 2664 Top 3.5% in $100M-$1B
370
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.67%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#370 of 2664 Top 13.9% in $100M-$1B
407
Total Deposits
size
Value: $561.62M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#407 of 2664 Top 15.2% in $100M-$1B
495
Total Assets
size
Value: $614.30M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#495 of 2664 Top 18.5% in $100M-$1B
536
Total Loans
size
Value: $405.89M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#536 of 2664 Top 20.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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