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The First Bank and Trust Company

$1B-$10B Specialty: Agricultural VA FDIC cert 22918

Designations: Community bank

Lebanon, VA

35 branches across VA · TN · NC

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 24 in VA
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The First Bank and Trust Company has 4 strengths but faces 1 concern

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 18.68% below tier average
  • + ROA 0.34% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.28% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.58% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 46.1% in tier

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (VA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $4.1B
+5.7% YoY -1.4% QoQ
+$1.3B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$17.9B
+25.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
81%
Total Loans ? $3.5B
+8.0% YoY +3.2% QoQ
+$1.6B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$10.6B
+27.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Top 14.6% in tier
Total Deposits ? $3.7B
+5.6% YoY -1.9% QoQ
+$1.3B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$14.1B
+22.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
83%
Return on Assets ? 1.70%
+8.7% YoY +5.1% QoQ
+0.34% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.15%
+53.9% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
80%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.10%
+6.0% YoY +2.9% QoQ
+0.28% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.81%
+7.1% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
76%
Efficiency Ratio ? 42.38%
-6.3% YoY -4.4% QoQ
-18.68% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
65.58%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Top 8.7% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.31%
-19.4% YoY -19.1% QoQ
-0.58% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.77%
+12.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
70%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 95.31%
+2.3% YoY +5.1% QoQ
+11.11% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
79.34%
+0.5% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
24%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.58%
-3.1% YoY -1.7% QoQ
-1.71% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
25.27%
-0.4% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
49%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.26%
-17.1% YoY -14.8% QoQ
-0.41% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.55%
+12.2% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
67%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.62%
+1.1% YoY -0.8% QoQ
-2.54% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
16.28%
+2.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
41%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.11%
-13.6% YoY -77.3% QoQ
-0.15% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.18%
+27.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
36%

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)

Liquidity Strain

risk
#155 of 334 • Bottom 46.1% in tier

Loan-to-deposit ratio above 90% - loan demand outpacing deposits. Bumping against liquidity limits, funding solutions needed.

Why this signature
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 95.31%
(Tier: 84.20%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
334 of 334 Mid-Market banks match · 1013 nationally
→ Stable -50 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (6 metrics)

78
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 42.38%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#78 of 884 Top 8.7% in $1B-$10B
130
Total Loans
size
Value: $3.52B
Peer Median: $1.96B
#130 of 884 Top 14.6% in $1B-$10B
151
Total Deposits
size
Value: $3.69B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#151 of 884 Top 17.0% in $1B-$10B
169
Total Assets
size
Value: $4.15B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#169 of 884 Top 19.0% in $1B-$10B
175
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.70%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#175 of 884 Top 19.7% in $1B-$10B
213
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.10%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#213 of 884 Top 24.0% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

676
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 95.31%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#676 of 884 Bottom 23.6% in $1B-$10B
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