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First Security State Bank

under $100M Specialty: Commercial IA FDIC cert 18508

Designations: ✓ Community bank

Evansdale, IA

2 branches across IA

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 536 banks in the under $100M peer group nationwide — 1 of 32 in IA.
  • Deposits -6.8% year over year ($74.1M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 3.15%.
  • Return on assets 1.03%.
  • Efficiency ratio 72.21% vs a 119.40% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 83.07% vs a 74.21% peer average.

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536 banks in the under $100M peer group nationally 32 in IA
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First Security State Bank has 1 strength 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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 47.19% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 1.38% above tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.14% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 1.67% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $87.3M
-5.4% YoY +0.3% QoQ
+$24.9M $62.4M
-0.0% YoY
$566.2M
+5.8% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
82%
Total Loans ? $61.6M
+7.8% YoY +4.1% QoQ
+$26.7M $34.9M
-0.6% YoY
$385.0M
+5.4% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Top 12.3% in tier
Total Deposits ? $74.1M
-6.8% YoY +0.1% QoQ
+$22.5M $51.6M
-0.2% YoY
$472.4M
+6.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
82%
Return on Assets ? 1.03%
+5.7% YoY +2.5% QoQ
+0.03% 1.00%
+3.5% YoY
1.58%
+39.1% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
51%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.77%
+7.2% YoY +2.8% QoQ
-0.14% 3.91%
+2.3% YoY
3.58%
+9.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
44%
Efficiency Ratio ? 72.21%
+0.0% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-47.19% 119.40%
+49.6% YoY
57.74%
-6.0% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
47%
Delinquency Rate ? 3.15%
+8.2% YoY +0.7% QoQ
+1.67% 1.48%
+31.8% YoY
0.99%
+12.8% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
Bottom 11.6% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 83.07%
+15.7% YoY +4.0% QoQ
+8.86% 74.21%
+12.6% YoY
80.39%
+2.7% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
25%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.28%
-0.2% YoY +8.9% QoQ
-4.21% 23.49%
+0.6% YoY
17.72%
+0.8% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
36%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 2.22%
+23.3% YoY +4.5% QoQ
+1.38% 0.84%
+23.0% YoY
0.63%
+7.9% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
Bottom 9.0% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.90%
+4.0% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-12.23% 27.13%
+3.0% YoY
14.69%
+3.0% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
46%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.11%
+6.9% YoY +95.2% QoQ
-1.27% 1.38%
+6.3% YoY
0.24%
+5.5% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
43%

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 (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 19.3%
0.0pp YoY
+1.6pp QoQ
-5.4pp 24.6% 17.8% 22.2% 33%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.8% 6.0% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 35.4%
-1.2pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
+22.0pp 13.4% 12.8% 12.5% 94%
CRE 16.3%
+0.3pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-9.0pp 25.2% 28.3% 41.4% 39%
1-4 Family 15.3%
+0.6pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-19.7pp 35.0% 23.0% 31.3% 30%
Consumer 31.8%
-1.7pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
+24.1pp 7.7% 2.9% 5.0% 97%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 38.7% 15.4% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 14.9%
+0.6pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-2.8pp 17.7% 12.4% 12.6% 68%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 39.7% 16.5% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 17
-1 (-5.6%) YoY
-1 (-5.6%) QoQ
+5 12 64 482 81%
Assets per Employee ($) $5.1M
+0.1% YoY
+6.2% QoQ
-$1.1M $6.2M $8.9M $8.8M 38%
Branch Count 2
0 YoY
0 QoQ
+0 1 5 18 63%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 1.1%
+0.6pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
+0.1pp 1.0% 0.4% 0.4% 77%
Nonaccrual 2.1%
-0.4pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
+0.3pp 1.7% 1.0% 1.0% 76%
Allowance Coverage 0.33x
-11.8% YoY
-5.5% QoQ
-6.08x 6.41x 18.97x 20.23x 9%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
-0.3pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 54%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 7.4%
-0.4pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
+1.0pp 6.4% 12.8% 11.6% 46%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.7%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.3pp 1.4% 1.8% 1.7% 68%
Net Income ($, YTD) $449,000
-0.2% YoY
— QoQ
+$131K $317,817 $4.0M $40.4M 68%

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 (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 536 peers in under $100M

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

67
Total Loans
size
Value: $61.58M
Peer Median: $34.89M
#67 of 536 Top 12.3% in under $100M
96
Total Assets
size
Value: $87.33M
Peer Median: $62.44M
#96 of 536 Top 17.7% in under $100M
97
Total Deposits
size
Value: $74.13M
Peer Median: $51.62M
#97 of 536 Top 17.9% in under $100M

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

489
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 2.22%
Peer Median: 0.84%
#489 of 536 Bottom 9.0% in under $100M
458
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 3.15%
Peer Median: 1.48%
#458 of 517 Bottom 11.6% in under $100M
403
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 83.07%
Peer Median: 74.21%
#403 of 536 Bottom 25.0% in under $100M
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