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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

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 19 in LA
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First Federal Bank of Louisiana has 2 strengths but faces 4 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 22.13% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.71% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 11.3% in tier
  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 40.5% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 0.98% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.03% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.2B
+1.3% YoY +3.4% QoQ
-$1.6B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$784.8M
+7.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 14.9% in tier
Total Loans ? $632.8M
-4.5% YoY -3.1% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$523.7M
+4.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 5.7% in tier
Total Deposits ? $1.0B
-0.1% YoY +4.5% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$671.5M
+6.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
16%
Return on Assets ? 0.38%
+9.9% YoY +28.6% QoQ
-0.98% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.24%
+12.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 7.1% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 2.79%
+9.0% YoY +3.0% QoQ
-1.03% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
4.12%
+1.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 10.4% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 85.39%
-2.0% YoY +0.6% QoQ
+24.33% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
70.37%
-1.0% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 5.1% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.18%
-93.6% YoY -93.9% QoQ
-0.71% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.51%
+4.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
81%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 62.08%
-4.3% YoY -7.3% QoQ
-22.13% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
75.16%
-1.5% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 9.2% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.89%
-0.3% YoY +6.0% QoQ
-3.40% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
24.55%
-1.4% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
40%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.50%
-6.0% YoY -10.0% QoQ
+0.82% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
1.07%
+4.2% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 11.2% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 21.41%
+4.1% YoY +1.5% QoQ
+6.25% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
16.56%
+0.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 6.2% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.15%
-1.9% YoY -76.9% QoQ
-0.11% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.11%
-17.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
52%

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 (2)

Flatlined Growth

risk
#18 of 150 • Bottom 11.3% in tier

Asset growth stalled (-2% to +2% YoY) despite healthy profitability (>0.25% ROA). Suggests untapped opportunity or strategic drift worth investigating.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 0.38%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
150 of 150 Mid-Market banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Efficiency Drag

risk
#31 of 74 • Bottom 40.5% in tier

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

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 85.39%
(Tier: 61.06%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
74 of 74 Mid-Market banks match · 492 nationally
→ Stable | QoQ rank declining

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 (3 metrics)

56
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 21.41%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#56 of 884 Top 6.2% in $1B-$10B
82
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 62.08%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#82 of 884 Top 9.2% in $1B-$10B
167
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.18%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#167 of 880 Top 18.9% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (7 metrics)

840
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 85.39%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#840 of 884 Bottom 5.1% in $1B-$10B
835
Total Loans
size
Value: $632.80M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#835 of 884 Bottom 5.7% in $1B-$10B
822
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.38%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#822 of 884 Bottom 7.1% in $1B-$10B
793
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.79%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#793 of 884 Bottom 10.4% in $1B-$10B
786
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.50%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#786 of 884 Bottom 11.2% in $1B-$10B
753
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.18B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#753 of 884 Bottom 14.9% in $1B-$10B
740
Total Deposits
size
Value: $1.02B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#740 of 884 Bottom 16.4% in $1B-$10B
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