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First Federal Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial TN FDIC cert 29782

Designations: ✓ Community bank

Dickson, TN

17 branches across TN

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationwide — 1 of 28 in TN.
  • Deposits +5.1% year over year ($978.6M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.54%.
  • Return on assets 1.61%.
  • Efficiency ratio 50.07% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 68.80% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 28 in TN
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First Federal 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 0.22% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 9.65% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.33% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 31.1% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.56% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.1B
+5.3% YoY +1.2% QoQ
-$1.7B $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$2.9B
+37.8% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
Bottom 11.2% in tier
Total Loans ? $673.3M
+16.0% YoY +4.9% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$2.1B
+37.6% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Bottom 6.9% in tier
Total Deposits ? $978.6M
+5.1% YoY +0.9% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$2.4B
+35.4% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
Bottom 13.8% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.61%
-5.8% YoY +7.5% QoQ
+0.22% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
1.13%
+12.0% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
74%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.31%
-3.4% YoY +3.5% QoQ
-0.56% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
3.99%
+5.6% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
26%
Efficiency Ratio ? 50.07%
+2.3% YoY -0.7% QoQ
-9.65% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
65.40%
-4.8% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
77%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.54%
-7.4% YoY -12.8% QoQ
-0.33% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
0.70%
+6.5% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
49%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 68.80%
+10.4% YoY +4.0% QoQ
-16.24% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
81.19%
+2.5% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Top 14.4% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.21%
+6.1% YoY +1.0% QoQ
-4.06% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
18.80%
-1.8% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
35%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.32%
+2.0% YoY -9.6% QoQ
-0.35% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.58%
+9.8% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
59%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.48%
-3.6% YoY -0.0% QoQ
-4.36% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
14.06%
-1.8% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 10.5% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.32%
-5.2% YoY +97.0% QoQ
-0.21% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
0.34%
-6.5% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
56%

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 17.2%
+1.0pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-4.2pp 21.4% 18.8% 22.2% 35%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.5% 9.4% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TN) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 2.5%
+0.5pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-11.5pp 14.0% 10.9% 12.5% 7%
CRE 43.5%
+1.6pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
-6.5pp 50.0% 42.4% 41.4% 32%
1-4 Family 45.9%
-1.1pp YoY
-1.8pp QoQ
+19.5pp 26.4% 39.8% 31.3% 87%
Consumer 3.1%
+0.1pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-1.7pp 4.7% 4.5% 5.0% 74%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TN) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 15.6% 14.8% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 10.5%
-0.4pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.8pp 11.3% 11.4% 12.6% 49%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 16.7% 15.9% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 171
+3 (+1.8%) YoY
-4 (-2.3%) QoQ
-143 313 270 482 31%
Assets per Employee ($) $6.5M
+3.5% YoY
+3.6% QoQ
-$4.0M $10.5M $7.1M $8.8M 17%
Branch Count 17
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-3 20 17 18 57%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 59%
Nonaccrual 0.5%
-0.1pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-0.3pp 0.8% 0.7% 1.0% 48%
Allowance Coverage 3.74x
+2.8% YoY
+10.7% QoQ
-14.97x 18.71x 28.97x 20.23x 70%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.3pp 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 32%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TN) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 15.4%
-0.7pp YoY
+1.1pp QoQ
+2.8pp 12.6% 10.9% 11.6% 76%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.7%
+0.3pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 1.9% 2.0% 1.7% 40%
Net Income ($, YTD) $8.8M
+2.6% YoY
— QoQ
-$10.4M $19.2M $16.7M $40.4M 33%

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
#70 of 222 • Bottom 31.1% 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: 10.48%
(Tier: 14.84%, National: 17.09%)
worse than tier avg
222 of 222 Mid-Market banks match · 923 nationally
→ Stable | 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 885 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

128
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 68.80%
Peer Median: 85.04%
#128 of 885 Top 14.4% in $1B-$10B
208
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 50.07%
Peer Median: 59.73%
#208 of 885 Top 23.4% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

825
Total Loans
size
Value: $673.26M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#825 of 885 Bottom 6.9% in $1B-$10B
793
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.48%
Peer Median: 14.84%
#793 of 885 Bottom 10.5% in $1B-$10B
787
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.11B
Peer Median: $2.79B
#787 of 885 Bottom 11.2% in $1B-$10B
764
Total Deposits
size
Value: $978.63M
Peer Median: $2.32B
#764 of 885 Bottom 13.8% in $1B-$10B
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