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Friend Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial AL FDIC cert 2828

Designations: CDFI-certified

Slocomb, AL

5 branches across AL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 64 in AL
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Friend Bank has 3 strengths but faces 4 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

  • + ROA 0.13% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.53% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.22% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 28.1% in tier
  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 34.6% in tier
  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 59.0% in tier
  • - Efficiency Ratio 1.96% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $217.8M
+3.8% YoY +2.3% QoQ
-$168.3M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.5B
+0.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
31%
Total Loans ? $137.2M
+6.8% YoY +1.1% QoQ
-$118.5M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.5B
+2.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
32%
Total Deposits ? $187.4M
+3.5% YoY +2.6% QoQ
-$140.5M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$2.1B
-0.2% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
31%
Return on Assets ? 1.40%
-6.8% YoY -6.6% QoQ
+0.13% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.78%
-19.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
62%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.46%
+3.8% YoY -1.7% QoQ
+0.53% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.99%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
81%
Efficiency Ratio ? 67.25%
+7.2% YoY +4.7% QoQ
+1.96% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
72.13%
+5.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
39%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.67%
+22.3% YoY -15.6% QoQ
-0.22% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.09%
+24.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
38%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 73.22%
+3.2% YoY -1.4% QoQ
-3.42% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
67.08%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
61%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 26.72%
-0.5% YoY +5.1% QoQ
+4.70% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
23.89%
+0.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
72%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.44%
+31.4% YoY -16.0% QoQ
-0.20% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.71%
+24.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
41%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.67%
-0.8% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-2.16% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.96%
+13.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
54%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.11%
-8.3% YoY -76.2% QoQ
-0.17% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.16%
-16.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
58%

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 (3)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#274 of 973 • Bottom 28.1% in tier

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

973 of 973 Community banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#453 of 1308 • Bottom 34.6% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.67%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
1308 of 1308 Community banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Margin Compression

decline
#181 of 305 • Bottom 59.0% 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: 1.40%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
305 of 305 Community banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

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 (1 metrics)

514
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.46%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#514 of 2664 Top 19.3% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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