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The First State Bank of Malta

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

Malta, MT

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 22 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 11.04% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Net Interest Margin 1.21% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 1.59% above tier average
  • - ROA 0.34% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MT) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $193.4M
+14.3% YoY -3.9% QoQ
-$192.7M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.2B
+7.4% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
25%
Total Loans ? $60.7M
-6.6% YoY +4.8% QoQ
-$195.0M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.4B
+7.1% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 5.1% in tier
Total Deposits ? $169.4M
+15.2% YoY -3.8% QoQ
-$158.6M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.8B
+10.6% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
26%
Return on Assets ? 0.93%
+113.5% YoY +31.7% QoQ
-0.34% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.68%
+0.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
33%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.72%
+15.8% YoY -0.7% QoQ
-1.21% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.10%
+5.6% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 5.7% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 54.24%
-27.0% YoY -14.9% QoQ
-11.04% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
58.72%
-5.9% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
75%
Delinquency Rate ? 2.48%
-43.4% YoY -15.3% QoQ
+1.59% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.39%
+43.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 8.3% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 35.82%
-18.9% YoY +9.0% QoQ
-40.82% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
68.91%
-1.7% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 2.9% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 20.88%
+9.7% YoY +0.7% QoQ
-1.14% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
25.97%
-2.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
49%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.78%
-53.7% YoY -7.7% QoQ
+0.14% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.81%
+60.9% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
27%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.66%
-8.9% YoY -8.1% QoQ
-2.17% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
19.61%
+1.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
54%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.04%
+9.7% YoY -70.6% QoQ
-0.24% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.88%
+6.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Bottom 12.5% 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 (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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

79
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 35.82%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#79 of 2664 Top 2.9% in $100M-$1B
655
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 54.24%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#655 of 2664 Top 24.5% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

2530
Total Loans
size
Value: $60.68M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2530 of 2664 Bottom 5.1% in $100M-$1B
2512
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.72%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2512 of 2664 Bottom 5.7% in $100M-$1B
2434
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 2.48%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2434 of 2654 Bottom 8.3% in $100M-$1B
2333
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.04%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2333 of 2664 Bottom 12.5% in $100M-$1B
2003
Total Assets
size
Value: $193.42M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2003 of 2664 Bottom 24.8% in $100M-$1B
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