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HNB First Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial AL FDIC cert 2805

Headland, AL

4 branches across AL · FL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 64 in AL
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HNB First Bank has 2 strengths but faces 2 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 0.37% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.45% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 41.3% in tier
  • - Cost Spiral: Bottom 79.4% in tier

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $280.6M
+12.5% YoY -1.6% QoQ
-$105.5M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.5B
+0.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
42%
Total Loans ? $219.5M
+29.0% YoY +7.6% QoQ
-$36.2M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.5B
+2.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
53%
Total Deposits ? $252.7M
+12.8% YoY -1.7% QoQ
-$75.2M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$2.1B
-0.2% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
45%
Return on Assets ? 1.00%
-19.9% YoY -20.5% QoQ
-0.27% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.78%
-19.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
38%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.30%
+10.8% YoY +2.3% QoQ
+0.37% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.99%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
73%
Efficiency Ratio ? 72.91%
+10.9% YoY +9.1% QoQ
+7.62% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
72.13%
+5.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
26%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.44%
-36.0% YoY -6.6% QoQ
-0.45% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.09%
+24.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
49%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 86.84%
+14.4% YoY +9.4% QoQ
+10.20% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
67.08%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
31%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.83%
-8.2% YoY -2.7% QoQ
-2.19% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
23.89%
+0.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
44%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.69%
+48.6% YoY -2.2% QoQ
+0.05% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.71%
+24.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
30%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.23%
-6.2% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-6.60% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.96%
+13.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 1.9% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.15%
-30.2% YoY -77.9% QoQ
-0.13% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.16%
-16.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
73%

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
#127 of 305 • Bottom 41.3% 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: 1.00%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
305 of 305 Community banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Cost Spiral

risk
#101 of 126 • Bottom 79.4% in tier

Historically lean operator (efficiency < 75%) now seeing 5+ point efficiency ratio increase YoY despite strong profitability. Efficiency advantage eroding.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 72.91%
(Tier: 65.29%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
126 of 126 Community banks match · 176 nationally
↑ Growing +82 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

2614
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.23%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2614 of 2664 Bottom 1.9% in $100M-$1B
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