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First Secure State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial IL FDIC cert 22971

Wonder Lake, IL

7 branches across IL

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 211 in IL.
  • Deposits +2.3% year over year ($249.3M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 1.32%.
  • Return on assets 0.64%.
  • Efficiency ratio 74.88% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 79.67% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 211 in IL
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First Secure State Bank faces 4 concerns requiring attention

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

No key strengths identified

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.68% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.11% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 10.41% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.41% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $305.6M
+2.2% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-$80.9M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$2.4B
+4.3% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
47%
Total Loans ? $198.6M
+21.4% YoY +4.1% QoQ
-$59.7M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$1.3B
+4.4% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
48%
Total Deposits ? $249.3M
+2.3% YoY -0.8% QoQ
-$77.4M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$1.9B
+3.7% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
45%
Return on Assets ? 0.64%
+24.5% YoY -2.8% QoQ
-0.68% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.12%
+2.8% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
16%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.88%
+9.7% YoY -2.5% QoQ
-0.11% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
3.68%
+7.2% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
47%
Efficiency Ratio ? 74.88%
-3.1% YoY +1.0% QoQ
+10.41% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
63.11%
-4.5% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
21%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.32%
-74.2% YoY -50.7% QoQ
+0.41% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
1.19%
+6.2% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
21%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 79.67%
+18.7% YoY +4.9% QoQ
+1.71% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
72.86%
+0.7% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
50%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 16.88%
+1.0% YoY -5.4% QoQ
-5.15% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
20.01%
-0.1% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
32%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.86%
-69.4% YoY -48.9% QoQ
+0.19% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.81%
+6.3% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
24%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 17.48%
-8.8% YoY +35.8% QoQ
+1.57% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
17.17%
+1.3% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
79%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.19%
+5.8% YoY +180.2% QoQ
-0.38% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.68%
+1.1% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
45%

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 (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 16.9%
+0.2pp YoY
-1.0pp QoQ
-5.3pp 22.1% 20.1% 22.2% 32%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 8.0% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 16.6%
-1.5pp YoY
+2.0pp QoQ
+5.1pp 11.6% 14.7% 12.5% 81%
CRE 52.4%
+6.2pp YoY
-3.2pp QoQ
+12.8pp 39.5% 37.9% 41.4% 74%
1-4 Family 24.8%
-4.1pp YoY
+1.4pp QoQ
-7.8pp 32.6% 28.3% 31.3% 40%
Consumer 0.7%
-0.4pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-3.4pp 4.1% 5.4% 5.0% 21%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 17.5%
-1.7pp YoY
-1.3pp 18.8% 19.9% 19.7% 66%
Leverage Ratio 13.0%
+0.4pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
+0.9pp 12.2% 12.2% 12.6% 75%
Total Capital Ratio 18.5%
-1.7pp YoY
-1.4pp 19.9% 20.9% 20.8% 66%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 43
+1 (+2.4%) YoY
+2 (+4.9%) QoQ
-16 58 228 482 45%
Assets per Employee ($) $7.1M
-0.2% YoY
-4.3% QoQ
-$411K $7.5M $8.3M $8.8M 54%
Branch Count 7
0 YoY
0 QoQ
+2 4 10 18 75%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.7%
-3.1pp YoY
-1.3pp QoQ
+0.3pp 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 87%
Nonaccrual 0.7%
-0.7pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.3pp 0.9% 1.1% 1.0% 60%
Allowance Coverage 0.84x
+269.7% YoY
+101.8% QoQ
-23.31x 24.15x 5.62x 20.23x 22%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 40%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 5.2%
+0.8pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-7.0pp 12.2% 10.5% 11.6% 14%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.2%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.5pp 1.7% 1.6% 1.7% 19%
Net Income ($, YTD) $975,000
+27.6% YoY
— QoQ
-$1.6M $2.6M $11.7M $40.4M 26%

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 (1 metrics)

558
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 17.48%
Peer Median: 15.91%
#558 of 2643 Top 21.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2209
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.64%
Peer Median: 1.32%
#2209 of 2643 Bottom 16.5% in $100M-$1B
2100
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 74.88%
Peer Median: 64.48%
#2100 of 2643 Bottom 20.6% in $100M-$1B
2071
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.32%
Peer Median: 0.92%
#2071 of 2633 Bottom 21.4% in $100M-$1B
2003
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.86%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#2003 of 2643 Bottom 24.3% in $100M-$1B
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