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First Metro Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial AL FDIC cert 27381

Designations: ✓ Community bank

Muscle Shoals, AL

11 branches across AL

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 AL.
  • Deposits -0.0% year over year ($893.7M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.13%.
  • Return on assets 1.62%.
  • Efficiency ratio 44.72% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 66.44% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 16 in AL
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First Metro Bank has 3 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

  • + ROA 0.23% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 15.01% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.73% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Net Interest Margin 0.18% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.0B
+1.4% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-$1.8B $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$2.5B
+1.5% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
Bottom 1.4% in tier
Total Loans ? $593.8M
+6.7% YoY +1.5% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$1.6B
+2.8% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Bottom 4.3% in tier
Total Deposits ? $893.7M
-0.0% YoY -0.1% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$2.1B
+0.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
Bottom 7.2% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.62%
-1.8% YoY +3.1% QoQ
+0.23% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
0.89%
-13.0% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
75%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.69%
-1.8% YoY +2.5% QoQ
-0.18% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
4.02%
+3.4% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
49%
Efficiency Ratio ? 44.72%
+0.8% YoY -1.8% QoQ
-15.01% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
69.53%
+4.0% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Top 11.2% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.13%
-66.1% YoY +31.4% QoQ
-0.73% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
1.13%
+25.5% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
84%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 66.44%
+6.7% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-18.59% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
67.62%
+0.9% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Top 12.0% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 15.82%
-11.9% YoY +2.5% QoQ
-5.46% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
24.04%
+0.1% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
31%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.11%
-53.7% YoY +20.3% QoQ
-0.56% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.74%
+25.2% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
83%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.98%
+7.8% YoY +2.2% QoQ
-1.86% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
15.01%
+1.3% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
48%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.23%
+2.4% YoY +97.5% QoQ
-0.30% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
0.35%
-14.4% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
36%

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 (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 15.8%
-2.1pp YoY
+0.4pp QoQ
-5.6pp 21.4% 24.0% 22.2% 30%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.5% 5.5% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 11.4%
-0.4pp YoY
+0.8pp QoQ
-2.6pp 14.0% 16.9% 12.5% 51%
CRE 52.4%
+4.5pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
+2.4pp 50.0% 43.5% 41.4% 58%
1-4 Family 31.2%
-3.0pp YoY
-0.6pp QoQ
+4.7pp 26.4% 30.6% 31.3% 68%
Consumer 2.7%
-0.2pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-2.0pp 4.7% 5.7% 5.0% 71%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 15.6% 15.1% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 13.0%
+0.9pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
+1.7pp 11.3% 13.2% 12.6% 85%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 16.7% 16.2% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 133
+1 (+0.8%) YoY
0 QoQ
-181 313 304 482 18%
Assets per Employee ($) $7.6M
+0.6% YoY
+0.3% QoQ
-$2.9M $10.5M $6.9M $8.8M 33%
Branch Count 11
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-9 20 20 18 35%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
-0.1pp 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 35%
Nonaccrual 0.1%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.7pp 0.8% 1.2% 1.0% 13%
Allowance Coverage 7.59x
+154.9% YoY
-24.9% QoQ
-11.12x 18.71x 7.50x 20.23x 84%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.2%
+0.2pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
0.0pp 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 81%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 14.8%
-2.7pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
+2.2pp 12.6% 10.0% 11.6% 72%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.6%
+0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.4pp 1.9% 1.7% 1.7% 26%
Net Income ($, YTD) $8.2M
-0.1% YoY
— QoQ
-$11.1M $19.2M $17.2M $40.4M 30%

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 885 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

100
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 44.72%
Peer Median: 59.73%
#100 of 885 Top 11.2% in $1B-$10B
107
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 66.44%
Peer Median: 85.04%
#107 of 885 Top 12.0% in $1B-$10B
138
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.13%
Peer Median: 0.87%
#138 of 882 Top 15.5% in $1B-$10B
150
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.11%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#150 of 885 Top 16.8% in $1B-$10B
222
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.62%
Peer Median: 1.39%
#222 of 885 Top 25.0% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

874
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.01B
Peer Median: $2.79B
#874 of 885 Bottom 1.4% in $1B-$10B
848
Total Loans
size
Value: $593.79M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#848 of 885 Bottom 4.3% in $1B-$10B
822
Total Deposits
size
Value: $893.70M
Peer Median: $2.32B
#822 of 885 Bottom 7.2% in $1B-$10B
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