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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

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 15 in AL
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First Metro Bank has 3 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 18.6% in tier
  • + ROA 0.21% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 15.53% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 10.3% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 16.4% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.22% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.0B
+1.2% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-$1.8B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$2.5B
+0.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 0.9% in tier
Total Loans ? $585.2M
+4.5% YoY +0.7% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$1.5B
+2.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 4.4% in tier
Total Deposits ? $895.0M
-0.3% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$2.1B
-0.2% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 6.1% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.57%
+1.5% YoY -8.2% QoQ
+0.21% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
0.78%
-19.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
75%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.60%
-1.3% YoY -6.3% QoQ
-0.22% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.99%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
48%
Efficiency Ratio ? 45.53%
-0.8% YoY +4.0% QoQ
-15.53% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
72.13%
+5.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Top 12.0% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.10%
+472.3% YoY +3.3% QoQ
-0.79% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.09%
+24.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 11.6% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 65.39%
+4.8% YoY +0.6% QoQ
-18.82% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
67.08%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 12.4% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 15.42%
+440.7% YoY +1.7% QoQ
-5.86% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
23.89%
+0.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
30%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.09%
+150.4% YoY +2.3% QoQ
-0.58% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.71%
+24.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 13.6% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.70%
+8.7% YoY +2.0% QoQ
-2.46% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
16.96%
+13.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
43%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.11%
+6.5% YoY -72.9% QoQ
-0.14% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.16%
-16.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
38%

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 (1)

Credit Quality Leader

growth
#42 of 220 • Top 18.6% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.10%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
220 of 220 Mid-Market banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (2)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#54 of 513 • Bottom 10.3% in tier

Delinquencies rising year-over-year. Credit risk is building - underwriting tools or reserves may need attention.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.10%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
513 of 513 Mid-Market banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#70 of 420 • Bottom 16.4% in tier

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

420 of 420 Mid-Market banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 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)

103
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.10%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#103 of 880 Top 11.6% in $1B-$10B
107
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 45.53%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#107 of 884 Top 12.0% in $1B-$10B
111
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 65.39%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#111 of 884 Top 12.4% in $1B-$10B
121
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.09%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#121 of 884 Top 13.6% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

877
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.01B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#877 of 884 Bottom 0.9% in $1B-$10B
846
Total Loans
size
Value: $585.23M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#846 of 884 Bottom 4.4% in $1B-$10B
831
Total Deposits
size
Value: $895.00M
Peer Median: $2.34B
#831 of 884 Bottom 6.1% in $1B-$10B
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