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The First State Bank of Malta

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural MT FDIC cert 1982

Malta, MT

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 2,643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationwide — 1 of 23 in MT.
  • Deposits +8.5% year over year ($164.9M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 2.27%.
  • Return on assets 1.03%.
  • Efficiency ratio 53.04% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 40.56% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 23 in MT
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The First State Bank of Malta 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 11.44% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Net Interest Margin 1.13% below tier average
  • - ROA 0.29% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 1.35% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $189.7M
+8.3% YoY -1.9% QoQ
-$196.9M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$2.2B
+3.0% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
24%
Total Loans ? $66.9M
-2.2% YoY +10.2% QoQ
-$191.5M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$1.4B
+2.6% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Bottom 6.3% in tier
Total Deposits ? $164.9M
+8.5% YoY -2.7% QoQ
-$161.8M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$1.8B
+4.6% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
25%
Return on Assets ? 1.03%
+79.3% YoY +11.4% QoQ
-0.29% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.54%
-6.6% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
36%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.86%
+15.4% YoY +5.0% QoQ
-1.13% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
4.16%
+5.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
Bottom 6.8% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 53.04%
-23.9% YoY -2.2% QoQ
-11.44% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
60.98%
-0.5% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
77%
Delinquency Rate ? 2.27%
-46.0% YoY -8.5% QoQ
+1.35% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
1.28%
+29.2% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
Bottom 10.6% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 40.56%
-9.9% YoY +13.2% QoQ
-37.39% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
70.68%
-1.2% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Top 4.4% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 20.37%
+9.5% YoY -2.4% QoQ
-1.66% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
26.03%
+1.9% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
47%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.80%
-51.2% YoY +2.9% QoQ
+0.13% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.78%
+50.1% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
27%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.36%
-7.2% YoY +5.1% QoQ
-1.55% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
18.68%
-1.3% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
60%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.08%
+3.2% YoY +97.1% QoQ
-0.49% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
1.73%
+7.3% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
Bottom 11.4% in tier

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 (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 20.4%
+1.8pp YoY
-0.5pp QoQ
-1.8pp 22.1% 26.8% 22.2% 47%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 10.6% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 10.3%
-1.0pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-1.3pp 11.6% 14.3% 12.5% 54%
CRE n/a n/a 39.5% 42.8% 41.4% n/a
1-4 Family 0.8%
0.0pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-31.8pp 32.6% 26.0% 31.3% 1%
Consumer 4.7%
+0.1pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
+0.6pp 4.1% 2.7% 5.0% 76%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 18.8% 22.4% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 14.4%
-1.1pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
+2.2pp 12.2% 13.2% 12.6% 83%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 19.9% 23.5% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 19
-2 (-9.5%) YoY
0 QoQ
-40 58 284 482 9%
Assets per Employee ($) $10.0M
+19.7% YoY
-1.9% QoQ
+$2.5M $7.5M $8.1M $8.8M 85%
Branch Count 1
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-4 4 21 18 0%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.3% 0.6% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 2.3%
-1.9pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
+1.3pp 0.9% 1.1% 1.0% 90%
Allowance Coverage 1.27x
+105.4% YoY
-0.8% QoQ
-22.88x 24.15x 3.69x 20.23x 34%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) -0.1%
-0.1pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-0.3pp 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 3%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 8.6%
+4.0pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
-3.6pp 12.2% 14.2% 11.6% 28%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.7%
-0.3pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
0.0pp 1.7% 1.5% 1.7% 50%
Net Income ($, YTD) $1.0M
+104.7% YoY
— QoQ
-$1.5M $2.6M $14.9M $40.4M 27%

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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

117
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 40.56%
Peer Median: 77.95%
#117 of 2643 Top 4.4% in $100M-$1B
618
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 53.04%
Peer Median: 64.48%
#618 of 2643 Top 23.3% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

2478
Total Loans
size
Value: $66.88M
Peer Median: $258.35M
#2478 of 2643 Bottom 6.3% in $100M-$1B
2464
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.86%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#2464 of 2643 Bottom 6.8% in $100M-$1B
2355
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 2.27%
Peer Median: 0.92%
#2355 of 2633 Bottom 10.6% in $100M-$1B
2343
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.08%
Peer Median: 0.57%
#2343 of 2643 Bottom 11.4% in $100M-$1B
2015
Total Assets
size
Value: $189.67M
Peer Median: $386.57M
#2015 of 2643 Bottom 23.8% in $100M-$1B
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