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First Eagle Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial IL FDIC cert 25883

Designations: CDFI-certified

Chicago, IL

2 branches across IL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 211 in IL
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First Eagle Bank has 5 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 24.21% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.89% below tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.64% below tier average
  • + ROA 0.80% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.38% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 11.8% in tier

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $623.5M
+5.2% YoY +2.1% QoQ
+$237.4M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+4.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
82%
Total Loans ? $438.8M
+10.5% YoY +4.1% QoQ
+$183.1M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.2B
+5.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
83%
Total Deposits ? $444.4M
+3.1% YoY +1.9% QoQ
+$116.4M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+3.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
74%
Return on Assets ? 2.07%
-12.3% YoY -12.3% QoQ
+0.80% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.04%
+3.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Top 11.2% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 4.31%
+8.5% YoY +3.6% QoQ
+0.38% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.61%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
73%
Efficiency Ratio ? 41.08%
-8.5% YoY -3.0% QoQ
-24.21% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
63.68%
-7.4% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Top 5.0% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY
-0.89% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.15%
+15.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 98.75%
+7.2% YoY +2.2% QoQ
+22.11% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.92%
+1.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 10.0% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 25.51%
+0.7% YoY +8.0% QoQ
+3.49% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
20.45%
-1.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
68%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY
-0.64% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.78%
+18.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 21.46%
+3.1% YoY +2.1% QoQ
+5.63% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.97%
+0.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 10.8% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.06%
+23.3% YoY -77.0% QoQ
-0.22% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.34%
+6.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
25%

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 Overhang

risk
#88 of 739 • Bottom 11.8% in tier

Exceptional capital position (Tier 1 >= 16%, top quartile). Strong fundamentals - opportunity to deploy capital more productively.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 21.46%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 98.75%
(Tier: 76.64%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
739 of 739 Community banks match · 939 nationally
→ Stable +13 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

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 (7 metrics)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#1 of 2654 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
1
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#1 of 2664 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
133
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 41.08%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#133 of 2664 Top 5.0% in $100M-$1B
290
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 21.46%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#290 of 2664 Top 10.8% in $100M-$1B
300
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 2.07%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#300 of 2664 Top 11.2% in $100M-$1B
445
Total Loans
size
Value: $438.83M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#445 of 2664 Top 16.7% in $100M-$1B
474
Total Assets
size
Value: $623.53M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#474 of 2664 Top 17.8% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

2399
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 98.75%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#2399 of 2664 Bottom 10.0% in $100M-$1B
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