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First State Bank of DeQueen

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural AR FDIC cert 21805

De Queen, AR

7 branches across AR

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 50 in AR
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First State Bank of DeQueen 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

  • + ROA 0.25% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 12.76% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - NIB Deposit Bleed: Bottom 30.8% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.60% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.28% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $516.6M
+20.1% YoY +2.9% QoQ
+$130.5M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+2.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
73%
Total Loans ? $284.5M
+10.4% YoY +1.5% QoQ
+$28.8M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.7B
+6.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
65%
Total Deposits ? $470.7M
+24.8% YoY +4.2% QoQ
+$142.7M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+3.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
77%
Return on Assets ? 1.52%
+11.3% YoY +8.4% QoQ
+0.25% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.34%
+14.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
69%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.33%
+3.9% YoY -0.2% QoQ
-0.60% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.08%
+8.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
23%
Efficiency Ratio ? 52.53%
-8.5% YoY -6.3% QoQ
-12.76% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
61.77%
-4.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
79%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.17%
-0.8% YoY -2.1% QoQ
+0.28% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.02%
+24.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
25%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 60.44%
-11.6% YoY -2.5% QoQ
-16.20% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
80.49%
+1.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
81%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 7.47%
-25.8% YoY -4.7% QoQ
-14.55% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
19.62%
+0.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 6.4% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.66%
-6.3% YoY -0.7% QoQ
+0.02% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.79%
+32.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
31%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 8.43%
-7.0% YoY -8.7% QoQ
-7.40% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
13.59%
+0.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 0.1% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.08%
-25.7% YoY -77.3% QoQ
-0.20% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.18%
-3.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
39%

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)

NIB Deposit Bleed

decline
#62 of 198 • Bottom 30.8% in tier

Non-interest-bearing deposit share dropped 2+ pp YoY and now below the tier median. Cheap funding leaving for higher-yield competitors.

Why this signature
Noninterest-Bearing Deposit Share: 7.47%
(Tier: 22.02%, National: 22.01%)
worse than tier avg
198 of 198 Community banks match · 238 nationally
↓ Shrinking -31 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

510
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 60.44%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#510 of 2664 Top 19.1% in $100M-$1B
554
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 52.53%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#554 of 2664 Top 20.8% in $100M-$1B
618
Total Deposits
size
Value: $470.65M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#618 of 2664 Top 23.2% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2662
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 8.43%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2662 of 2664 Bottom 0.1% in $100M-$1B
2495
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 7.47%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2495 of 2664 Bottom 6.4% in $100M-$1B
2046
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.33%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2046 of 2664 Bottom 23.2% in $100M-$1B
2000
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.17%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2000 of 2654 Bottom 24.7% in $100M-$1B
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