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First Southern State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial AL FDIC cert 2829

Stevenson, AL

11 branches across AL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 64 in AL
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First Southern State Bank has 3 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

  • + ROA 0.14% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 12.35% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.86% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 14.28% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.21% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $884.2M
+5.7% YoY +0.8% QoQ
+$498.1M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.5B
+0.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 4.5% in tier
Total Loans ? $492.4M
+6.7% YoY +2.6% QoQ
+$236.6M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.5B
+2.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Top 11.8% in tier
Total Deposits ? $799.6M
+4.4% YoY +0.6% QoQ
+$471.6M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$2.1B
-0.2% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 2.4% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.41%
+44.0% YoY +13.4% QoQ
+0.14% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.78%
-19.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
63%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.72%
+14.1% YoY +6.1% QoQ
-0.21% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.99%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
42%
Efficiency Ratio ? 52.94%
-11.9% YoY -4.9% QoQ
-12.35% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
72.13%
+5.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
78%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.03%
-76.9% YoY -60.0% QoQ
-0.86% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.09%
+24.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
83%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 61.57%
+2.2% YoY +2.0% QoQ
-15.06% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
67.08%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
79%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 7.73%
-3.3% YoY -5.2% QoQ
-14.28% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
23.89%
+0.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 6.6% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.03%
-74.1% YoY -63.0% QoQ
-0.61% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.71%
+24.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
82%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.42%
+3.6% YoY +1.2% QoQ
-5.41% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.96%
+13.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
15%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.14%
+7.7% YoY -75.0% QoQ
-0.14% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.16%
-16.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
72%

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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (7 metrics)

65
Total Deposits
size
Value: $799.62M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#65 of 2664 Top 2.4% in $100M-$1B
122
Total Assets
size
Value: $884.21M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#122 of 2664 Top 4.5% in $100M-$1B
316
Total Loans
size
Value: $492.36M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#316 of 2664 Top 11.8% in $100M-$1B
455
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#455 of 2654 Top 17.1% in $100M-$1B
472
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#472 of 2664 Top 17.7% in $100M-$1B
548
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 61.57%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#548 of 2664 Top 20.5% in $100M-$1B
575
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 52.94%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#575 of 2664 Top 21.5% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2490
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 7.73%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2490 of 2664 Bottom 6.6% in $100M-$1B
2260
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.42%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2260 of 2664 Bottom 15.2% in $100M-$1B
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