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First Financial Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial AL FDIC cert 19440

Bessemer, AL

8 branches across AL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 64 in AL
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First Financial Bank has 2 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

  • + Revenue Diversifier: Top 23.6% in tier
  • + Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 14.94% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.18% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 11.30% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.51% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $245.6M
+1.7% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-$140.5M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.5B
+0.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
36%
Total Loans ? $130.1M
+13.6% YoY +2.0% QoQ
-$125.6M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.5B
+2.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
29%
Total Deposits ? $238.3M
+0.7% YoY +0.5% QoQ
-$89.7M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$2.1B
-0.2% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
42%
Return on Assets ? 1.09%
-2.3% YoY -1.3% QoQ
-0.18% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.78%
-19.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
44%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.94%
+5.8% YoY +2.9% QoQ
+0.01% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.99%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
54%
Efficiency Ratio ? 76.58%
+1.1% YoY +2.3% QoQ
+11.30% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
72.13%
+5.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
20%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.40%
+641.8% YoY -17.9% QoQ
+0.51% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.09%
+24.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
20%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 54.59%
+12.8% YoY +1.5% QoQ
-22.05% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
67.08%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 13.2% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 36.96%
+0.2% YoY +5.4% QoQ
+14.94% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
23.89%
+0.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 7.7% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.77%
+759.0% YoY -13.4% QoQ
+0.13% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.71%
+24.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
27%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.24%
-1.0% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-0.59% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.96%
+13.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
68%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.37%
-0.2% YoY -74.6% QoQ
+0.09% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.16%
-16.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 4.9% 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 (1)

Revenue Diversifier

growth
#158 of 666 • Top 23.6% 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: 0.37%
(Tier: 0.28%, National: 0.32%)
better than tier avg
Return on Assets: 1.09%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
but worse 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 (3 metrics)

132
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.37%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#132 of 2664 Top 4.9% in $100M-$1B
207
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 36.96%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#207 of 2664 Top 7.7% in $100M-$1B
353
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 54.59%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#353 of 2664 Top 13.2% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2134
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 76.58%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2134 of 2664 Bottom 19.9% in $100M-$1B
2116
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.40%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2116 of 2654 Bottom 20.3% in $100M-$1B
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