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First Southern Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural AL FDIC cert 29332

Florence, AL

10 branches across AL · FL · AR · MS

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 64 in AL
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First Southern Bank has 1 strength but faces 6 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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 3.42% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 36.6% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 5.61% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 6.63% above tier average
  • - Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 15.37% below tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 4.46% above tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.53% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $685.1M
+5.7% YoY -6.4% QoQ
+$299.0M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.5B
+0.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 13.2% in tier
Total Loans ? $461.9M
-13.5% YoY -7.4% QoQ
+$206.2M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.5B
+2.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Top 14.5% in tier
Total Deposits ? $582.2M
+8.1% YoY -6.3% QoQ
+$254.3M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$2.1B
-0.2% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 13.7% in tier
Return on Assets ? -4.34% -5.61% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.78%
-19.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 0.3% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.40%
+5.6% YoY -6.2% QoQ
-0.53% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.99%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
26%
Efficiency Ratio ? 61.87%
-5.8% YoY +4.5% QoQ
-3.42% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
72.13%
+5.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
54%
Delinquency Rate ? 7.52%
+26.9% YoY +24.6% QoQ
+6.63% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.09%
+24.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 0.5% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 79.33%
-20.0% YoY -1.2% QoQ
+2.69% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
67.08%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
48%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 6.65%
-11.4% YoY +2.2% QoQ
-15.37% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
23.89%
+0.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 5.3% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 5.10%
+4.3% YoY +22.3% QoQ
+4.46% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.71%
+24.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 0.9% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 8.66%
-16.4% YoY -13.1% QoQ
-7.17% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.96%
+13.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 0.3% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.06%
-5.4% YoY -74.8% QoQ
-0.22% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.16%
-16.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
23%

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 (1)

Capital Thin

risk
#245 of 666 • Bottom 36.6% in tier

Tier 1 capital ratio in the bottom quartile of peers. Capital cushion thin relative to peers - regulator-watching cohort.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 8.66%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

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 (3 metrics)

353
Total Assets
size
Value: $685.07M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#353 of 2664 Top 13.2% in $100M-$1B
366
Total Deposits
size
Value: $582.23M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#366 of 2664 Top 13.7% in $100M-$1B
388
Total Loans
size
Value: $461.87M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#388 of 2664 Top 14.5% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (6 metrics)

2658
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 8.66%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2658 of 2664 Bottom 0.3% in $100M-$1B
2658
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: -4.34%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2658 of 2664 Bottom 0.3% in $100M-$1B
2641
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 7.52%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2641 of 2654 Bottom 0.5% in $100M-$1B
2642
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 5.10%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2642 of 2664 Bottom 0.9% in $100M-$1B
2523
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 6.65%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2523 of 2664 Bottom 5.3% in $100M-$1B
2053
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.06%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2053 of 2664 Bottom 23.0% in $100M-$1B
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