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First Federal Bank of Louisiana

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial LA FDIC cert 30441

Designations: ✓ Community bank

Lake Charles, LA

16 branches across LA

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 18 in LA.
  • Deposits +0.7% year over year ($991.6M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.17%.
  • Return on assets 0.32%.
  • Efficiency ratio 82.10% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 63.96% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 18 in LA
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First Federal Bank of Louisiana has 2 strengths but faces 3 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

  • + Loan-to-Deposit Ratio 21.07% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.70% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 40.0% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 1.07% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.99% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.1B
+2.0% YoY -2.3% QoQ
-$1.6B $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$799.3M
+7.8% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
Bottom 13.8% in tier
Total Loans ? $634.2M
-5.2% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$538.5M
+5.3% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Bottom 5.2% in tier
Total Deposits ? $991.6M
+0.7% YoY -2.7% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$677.9M
+7.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
15%
Return on Assets ? 0.32%
+76.2% YoY -15.7% QoQ
-1.07% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
1.37%
+23.6% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
Bottom 4.0% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 2.88%
+8.6% YoY +3.3% QoQ
-0.99% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
4.15%
+0.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
Bottom 11.2% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 82.10%
-3.6% YoY -3.9% QoQ
+22.37% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
69.40%
-0.9% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Bottom 5.3% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.17%
-93.8% YoY -3.4% QoQ
-0.70% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
1.53%
+7.9% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
81%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 63.96%
-5.8% YoY +3.0% QoQ
-21.07% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
77.15%
-1.0% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Top 9.5% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 18.17%
-4.0% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-3.10% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
24.65%
+0.5% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
41%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.52%
-8.1% YoY +1.4% QoQ
+0.84% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
1.11%
+4.1% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
Bottom 10.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 21.41%
+5.5% YoY +0.0% QoQ
+6.57% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
17.35%
+5.4% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
Top 5.9% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.32%
+0.7% YoY +117.7% QoQ
-0.21% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
0.33%
+19.6% 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 (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 18.2%
-0.7pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-3.2pp 21.4% 24.6% 22.2% 41%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.5% 6.7% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 5.8%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-8.2pp 14.0% 12.6% 12.5% 23%
CRE 51.2%
-0.2pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
+1.2pp 50.0% 44.9% 41.4% 55%
1-4 Family 41.2%
+0.4pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
+14.7pp 26.4% 34.2% 31.3% 83%
Consumer 2.5%
+0.2pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-2.2pp 4.7% 4.2% 5.0% 70%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 21.4%
+1.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+5.8pp 15.6% 22.5% 19.7% 93%
Leverage Ratio 12.0%
+0.3pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.6pp 11.3% 13.4% 12.6% 76%
Total Capital Ratio 22.5%
+1.1pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
+5.8pp 16.7% 23.6% 20.8% 93%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 197
-4 (-2.0%) YoY
+5 (+2.6%) QoQ
-117 313 114 482 41%
Assets per Employee ($) $5.8M
+4.1% YoY
-4.8% QoQ
-$4.7M $10.5M $6.8M $8.8M 10%
Branch Count 16
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-4 20 9 18 53%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.2% 0.4% 0.4% 7%
Nonaccrual 0.2%
-2.5pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.7pp 0.8% 1.4% 1.0% 18%
Allowance Coverage 6.00x
+1512.8% YoY
+23.7% QoQ
-12.71x 18.71x 27.36x 20.23x 81%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.4%
+0.4pp YoY
-0.4pp QoQ
+0.2pp 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 90%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 3.0%
+1.2pp YoY
-0.6pp QoQ
-9.6pp 12.6% 12.5% 11.6% 4%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.7%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 1.9% 1.7% 1.7% 39%
Net Income ($, YTD) $1.9M
+78.1% YoY
— QoQ
-$17.4M $19.2M $5.1M $40.4M 3%

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)

Efficiency Drag

risk
#25 of 60 • Bottom 40.0% in tier

Efficiency ratio above 80% - operating costs elevated relative to revenue. Margin improvement opportunity.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 82.10%
(Tier: 59.73%, National: 70.05%)
worse than tier avg
60 of 60 Mid-Market banks match · 426 nationally
↓ Shrinking -64 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 885 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

53
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 21.41%
Peer Median: 14.84%
#53 of 885 Top 5.9% in $1B-$10B
85
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 63.96%
Peer Median: 85.04%
#85 of 885 Top 9.5% in $1B-$10B
171
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.17%
Peer Median: 0.87%
#171 of 882 Top 19.3% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (7 metrics)

851
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.32%
Peer Median: 1.39%
#851 of 885 Bottom 4.0% in $1B-$10B
840
Total Loans
size
Value: $634.25M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#840 of 885 Bottom 5.2% in $1B-$10B
839
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 82.10%
Peer Median: 59.73%
#839 of 885 Bottom 5.3% in $1B-$10B
797
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.52%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#797 of 885 Bottom 10.1% in $1B-$10B
787
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.88%
Peer Median: 3.87%
#787 of 885 Bottom 11.2% in $1B-$10B
764
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.15B
Peer Median: $2.79B
#764 of 885 Bottom 13.8% in $1B-$10B
753
Total Deposits
size
Value: $991.56M
Peer Median: $2.32B
#753 of 885 Bottom 15.0% in $1B-$10B
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