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First Southern National Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial KY FDIC cert 2700

Designations: Community bank

Lancaster, KY

17 branches across KY

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 17 in KY
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First Southern National Bank 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.85% above tier average
  • + ROA 0.20% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 51.2% in tier
  • - Efficiency Ratio 4.42% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.77% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KY) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.3B
+5.1% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-$1.5B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$702.0M
+4.4% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
22%
Total Loans ? $787.0M
+7.1% YoY +1.1% QoQ
-$1.2B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$492.7M
+5.5% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 14.1% in tier
Total Deposits ? $1.1B
+2.9% YoY +1.4% QoQ
-$1.2B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$590.5M
+4.1% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
24%
Return on Assets ? 1.57%
-13.0% YoY -36.2% QoQ
+0.20% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.25%
+16.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
74%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.66%
+8.4% YoY +4.8% QoQ
+0.85% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.88%
+7.4% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 8.8% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 65.49%
+2.1% YoY +2.1% QoQ
+4.42% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
64.22%
-6.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
32%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.66%
+332.6% YoY +74.0% QoQ
+0.77% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.89%
+17.0% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 12.4% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 70.82%
+4.1% YoY -0.3% QoQ
-13.39% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
80.71%
+1.5% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
82%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 21.71%
-3.4% YoY +1.3% QoQ
+0.42% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
23.47%
-1.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
59%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.03%
+344.8% YoY +74.8% QoQ
+0.36% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.61%
+22.3% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
20%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 17.75%
+9.3% YoY +4.7% QoQ
+2.59% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
14.97%
-0.1% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 12.6% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.24%
+83.5% YoY -64.8% QoQ
-0.01% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.16%
+4.4% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
80%

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
#44 of 84 • Bottom 51.2% 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: 1.57%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
84 of 84 Mid-Market banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

79
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.66%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#79 of 884 Top 8.8% in $1B-$10B
112
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 17.75%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#112 of 884 Top 12.6% in $1B-$10B
162
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 70.82%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#162 of 884 Top 18.2% in $1B-$10B
182
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.24%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#182 of 884 Top 20.5% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

772
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.66%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#772 of 880 Bottom 12.4% in $1B-$10B
760
Total Loans
size
Value: $786.96M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#760 of 884 Bottom 14.1% in $1B-$10B
709
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.03%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#709 of 884 Bottom 19.9% in $1B-$10B
692
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.28B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#692 of 884 Bottom 21.8% in $1B-$10B
675
Total Deposits
size
Value: $1.11B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#675 of 884 Bottom 23.8% in $1B-$10B
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