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FirstState Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural AL FDIC cert 20468

Lineville, AL

3 branches across AL

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 63 in AL.
  • Deposits +1.9% year over year ($323.9M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.72%.
  • Return on assets 0.77%.
  • Efficiency ratio 71.80% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 46.59% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 63 in AL
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FirstState 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.19% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 17.9% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.28% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 7.32% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $349.4M
+3.1% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-$37.2M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$2.5B
+1.5% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
54%
Total Loans ? $150.9M
-1.5% YoY +0.1% QoQ
-$107.4M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$1.6B
+2.8% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
35%
Total Deposits ? $323.9M
+1.9% YoY +0.0% QoQ
-$2.8M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$2.1B
+0.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
59%
Return on Assets ? 0.77%
-14.5% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-0.55% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
0.89%
-13.0% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
22%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.71%
-0.6% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-0.28% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
4.02%
+3.4% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
37%
Efficiency Ratio ? 71.80%
+5.3% YoY -0.9% QoQ
+7.32% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
69.53%
+4.0% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
26%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.72%
-9.0% YoY -19.7% QoQ
-0.19% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
1.13%
+25.5% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
37%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 46.59%
-3.3% YoY +0.1% QoQ
-31.36% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
67.62%
+0.9% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Top 6.7% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 20.89%
+1.5% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-1.14% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
24.04%
+0.1% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
49%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.49%
-3.2% YoY -12.7% QoQ
-0.18% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.74%
+25.2% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
40%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.14%
+2.7% YoY +0.0% QoQ
-4.77% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
15.01%
+1.3% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
25%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.23%
+8.4% YoY +109.8% QoQ
-0.33% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.35%
-14.4% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
59%

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 (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 20.9%
+0.3pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-1.3pp 22.1% 24.0% 22.2% 49%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 5.5% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 5.8%
-0.2pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-5.8pp 11.6% 16.9% 12.5% 25%
CRE n/a n/a 39.5% 43.5% 41.4% n/a
1-4 Family 29.3%
+2.5pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
-3.4pp 32.6% 30.6% 31.3% 49%
Consumer 11.2%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+7.1pp 4.1% 5.7% 5.0% 94%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 18.8% 15.1% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 11.1%
+0.3pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-1.0pp 12.2% 13.2% 12.6% 53%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 19.9% 16.2% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 58
+4 (+7.4%) YoY
+1 (+1.8%) QoQ
-1 58 304 482 61%
Assets per Employee ($) $6.0M
-4.0% YoY
-1.4% QoQ
-$1.5M $7.5M $6.9M $8.8M 34%
Branch Count 3
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-2 4 20 18 26%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.0%
-0.2pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.3pp 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 14%
Nonaccrual 0.7%
+0.1pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.9% 1.2% 1.0% 63%
Allowance Coverage 1.78x
-0.7% YoY
+18.9% QoQ
-22.37x 24.15x 7.50x 20.23x 44%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.2%
+0.2pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
0.0pp 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 82%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 11.7%
-4.9pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.5pp 12.2% 10.0% 11.6% 48%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.8%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.1pp 1.7% 1.7% 1.7% 57%
Net Income ($, YTD) $1.4M
-11.2% YoY
— QoQ
-$1.2M $2.6M $17.2M $40.4M 37%

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 (1)

Margin Compression

decline
#56 of 307 • Bottom 17.9% in tier

Profitability above 0.75% ROA but margins eroding by at least 0.10pp YoY. Something changed - rising costs or falling yields need addressing.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 0.77%
(Tier: 1.32%, National: 1.30%)
worse than tier avg
307 of 307 Community banks match · 413 nationally
→ Stable +8 banks QoQ

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 (1 metrics)

177
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 46.59%
Peer Median: 77.95%
#177 of 2643 Top 6.7% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

2065
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.77%
Peer Median: 1.32%
#2065 of 2643 Bottom 21.9% in $100M-$1B
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