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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

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 885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationwide — 1 of 16 in KY.
  • Deposits +1.8% year over year ($1.1B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.62%.
  • Return on assets 0.82%.
  • Efficiency ratio 62.36% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 69.80% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 16 in KY
View $1B-$10B leaderboard (KY) →

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 1.08% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.25% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 2.3% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 22.4% in tier
  • - Efficiency Ratio 2.63% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KY) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.3B
+3.5% YoY +0.4% QoQ
-$1.5B $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$707.7M
+4.5% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
21%
Total Loans ? $780.1M
+5.0% YoY -0.9% QoQ
-$1.2B $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$500.8M
+5.4% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Bottom 12.4% in tier
Total Deposits ? $1.1B
+1.8% YoY +0.6% QoQ
-$1.2B $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$593.9M
+4.1% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
24%
Return on Assets ? 0.82%
-55.7% YoY -47.5% QoQ
-0.57% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
1.28%
+12.5% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
19%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.95%
+12.9% YoY +6.0% QoQ
+1.08% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
3.93%
+6.2% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
Top 5.8% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 62.36%
+3.2% YoY -4.8% QoQ
+2.63% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
64.24%
-3.9% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
39%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.62%
+25.0% YoY -62.6% QoQ
-0.25% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
0.91%
+20.0% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
43%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 69.80%
+3.1% YoY -1.4% QoQ
-15.24% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
81.25%
+1.1% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
85%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 21.42%
-2.3% YoY -1.3% QoQ
+0.15% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
23.27%
-2.3% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
58%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.40%
+34.6% YoY -61.1% QoQ
-0.27% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.64%
+23.9% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
52%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 18.33%
+9.3% YoY +3.2% QoQ
+3.48% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
16.76%
+11.6% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
Top 10.7% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.41%
-3.0% YoY +67.5% QoQ
-0.12% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
0.31%
+0.1% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
71%

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 (KY) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 21.4%
-0.5pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
+0.1pp 21.4% 23.5% 22.2% 58%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.5% 5.4% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KY) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 10.0%
+0.6pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-4.0pp 14.0% 8.6% 12.5% 44%
CRE 40.1%
+2.0pp YoY
-0.8pp QoQ
-10.0pp 50.0% 37.1% 41.4% 25%
1-4 Family 43.8%
-1.8pp YoY
+0.8pp QoQ
+17.4pp 26.4% 41.6% 31.3% 85%
Consumer 3.4%
-0.3pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-1.4pp 4.7% 4.8% 5.0% 76%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KY) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 18.3%
+1.6pp YoY
+0.6pp QoQ
+2.7pp 15.6% 20.2% 19.7% 88%
Leverage Ratio 10.8%
+1.3pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.5pp 11.3% 14.0% 12.6% 57%
Total Capital Ratio 19.6%
+1.6pp YoY
+0.6pp QoQ
+2.9pp 16.7% 21.3% 20.8% 88%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KY) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 230
+3 (+1.3%) YoY
+3 (+1.3%) QoQ
-84 313 105 482 48%
Assets per Employee ($) $5.6M
+2.2% YoY
-0.9% QoQ
-$4.9M $10.5M $6.3M $8.8M 8%
Branch Count 17
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-3 20 8 18 57%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KY) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.2%
0.0pp YoY
-0.4pp QoQ
0.0pp 0.2% 0.3% 0.4% 88%
Nonaccrual 0.4%
+0.1pp YoY
-0.7pp QoQ
-0.4pp 0.8% 0.8% 1.0% 42%
Allowance Coverage 2.81x
-10.7% YoY
+199.1% QoQ
-15.90x 18.71x 7.45x 20.23x 61%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.1%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 56%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KY) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 7.1%
-11.5pp YoY
-6.4pp QoQ
-5.5pp 12.6% 13.3% 11.6% 16%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 0.8%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-1.1pp 1.9% 1.7% 1.7% 3%
Net Income ($, YTD) $5.2M
-53.9% YoY
— QoQ
-$14.0M $19.2M $5.1M $40.4M 13%

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 (2)

Margin Compression

decline
#3 of 85 • Bottom 2.3% 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: 0.82%
(Tier: 1.39%, National: 1.30%)
worse than tier avg
85 of 85 Mid-Market banks match · 413 nationally
→ Stable +8 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#91 of 402 • Bottom 22.4% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

402 of 402 Mid-Market banks match · 1401 nationally
→ Stable -58 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 885 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

52
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.95%
Peer Median: 3.87%
#52 of 885 Top 5.8% in $1B-$10B
96
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 18.33%
Peer Median: 14.84%
#96 of 885 Top 10.7% in $1B-$10B
135
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 69.80%
Peer Median: 85.04%
#135 of 885 Top 15.1% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

776
Total Loans
size
Value: $780.11M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#776 of 885 Bottom 12.4% in $1B-$10B
716
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.82%
Peer Median: 1.39%
#716 of 885 Bottom 19.2% in $1B-$10B
696
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.28B
Peer Median: $2.79B
#696 of 885 Bottom 21.5% in $1B-$10B
670
Total Deposits
size
Value: $1.12B
Peer Median: $2.32B
#670 of 885 Bottom 24.4% in $1B-$10B
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