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First Federal Bank

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

Designations: Community bank

Dickson, TN

17 branches across TN

884 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 0.13% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 10.64% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.27% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 73.8% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.62% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.1B
+12.6% YoY +2.4% QoQ
-$1.7B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$2.8B
+35.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 9.8% in tier
Total Loans ? $641.5M
+15.5% YoY +5.5% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$2.0B
+36.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 6.2% in tier
Total Deposits ? $969.7M
+13.4% YoY +2.8% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$2.4B
+35.2% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 12.6% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.50%
-7.9% YoY -5.3% QoQ
+0.13% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.12%
+20.1% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
71%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.20%
-4.5% YoY -4.8% QoQ
-0.62% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.93%
+7.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
24%
Efficiency Ratio ? 50.43%
+2.8% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-10.64% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
66.13%
-5.5% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
78%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.61%
+37.0% YoY +40.3% QoQ
-0.27% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.68%
+13.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
46%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 66.16%
+1.9% YoY +2.7% QoQ
-18.05% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
79.84%
+2.1% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 13.6% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.05%
-2.4% YoY +0.6% QoQ
-4.24% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
18.48%
-3.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
36%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.36%
+40.6% YoY +44.6% QoQ
-0.32% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.56%
+16.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
57%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.48%
-5.0% YoY -0.6% QoQ
-4.68% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
14.23%
-1.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 8.5% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.16%
-6.7% YoY -76.2% QoQ
-0.10% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.17%
-1.0% 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 (1)

Margin Compression

decline
#63 of 84 • Bottom 73.8% 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: 1.50%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
84 of 84 Mid-Market banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

121
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 66.16%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#121 of 884 Top 13.6% in $1B-$10B
195
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 50.43%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#195 of 884 Top 21.9% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

830
Total Loans
size
Value: $641.52M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#830 of 884 Bottom 6.2% in $1B-$10B
810
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.48%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#810 of 884 Bottom 8.5% in $1B-$10B
798
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.10B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#798 of 884 Bottom 9.8% in $1B-$10B
774
Total Deposits
size
Value: $969.67M
Peer Median: $2.34B
#774 of 884 Bottom 12.6% in $1B-$10B
670
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.20%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#670 of 884 Bottom 24.3% in $1B-$10B
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