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The First Bank of Celeste

under $100M Specialty: Other TX FDIC cert 3133

Designations: ✓ Community bank

Celeste, TX

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 536 banks in the under $100M peer group nationwide — 1 of 38 in TX.
  • Deposits -0.5% year over year ($76.3M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.00%.
  • Return on assets 1.35%.
  • Efficiency ratio 67.74% vs a 119.40% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 39.87% vs a 74.21% peer average.

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536 banks in the under $100M peer group nationally 38 in TX
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The First Bank of Celeste has 5 strengths but faces 1 concern

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

  • + Delinquency Rate 1.48% below tier average
  • + Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 16.56% above tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.84% below tier average
  • + ROA 0.35% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 51.66% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Net Interest Margin 0.10% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $83.9M
+0.2% YoY +0.2% QoQ
+$21.4M $62.4M
-0.0% YoY
$2.3B
+5.2% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
76%
Total Loans ? $30.4M
+13.9% YoY +4.6% QoQ
-$4.5M $34.9M
-0.6% YoY
$1.1B
+11.2% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
45%
Total Deposits ? $76.3M
-0.5% YoY -0.1% QoQ
+$24.6M $51.6M
-0.2% YoY
$2.0B
+7.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
Top 14.4% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.35%
+6.6% YoY +8.7% QoQ
+0.35% 1.00%
+3.5% YoY
1.27%
-5.3% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
69%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.81%
+4.4% YoY +3.6% QoQ
-0.10% 3.91%
+2.3% YoY
4.08%
+2.2% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
47%
Efficiency Ratio ? 67.74%
+1.1% YoY -1.5% QoQ
-51.66% 119.40%
+49.6% YoY
90.57%
+43.9% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
57%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY
-1.48% 1.48%
+31.8% YoY
0.94%
+18.8% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 39.87%
+14.5% YoY +4.7% QoQ
-34.34% 74.21%
+12.6% YoY
67.96%
-1.3% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
83%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 40.05%
-3.8% YoY -3.8% QoQ
+16.56% 23.49%
+0.6% YoY
29.12%
-0.7% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
Top 9.3% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY
-0.84% 0.84%
+23.0% YoY
0.64%
+15.8% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 20.01%
-5.5% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-7.12% 27.13%
+3.0% YoY
18.23%
+1.1% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
68%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.24%
+9.4% YoY +134.0% QoQ
-1.14% 1.38%
+6.3% YoY
0.40%
+1.2% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
77%

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 (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 40.0%
-1.6pp YoY
-1.6pp QoQ
+15.4pp 24.6% 29.2% 22.2% 90%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.8% 8.0% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 19.5%
+2.1pp YoY
+4.9pp QoQ
+6.1pp 13.4% 14.8% 12.5% 78%
CRE n/a n/a 25.2% 48.4% 41.4% n/a
1-4 Family 14.0%
-0.1pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-21.0pp 35.0% 25.8% 31.3% 27%
Consumer 21.1%
-0.7pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
+13.5pp 7.7% 4.7% 5.0% 94%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 20.0%
-1.2pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-18.7pp 38.7% 22.7% 19.7% 46%
Leverage Ratio 8.4%
+0.4pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-9.3pp 17.7% 12.6% 12.6% 5%
Total Capital Ratio 21.3%
-1.2pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-18.4pp 39.7% 23.8% 20.8% 48%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 13
0 YoY
-1 (-7.1%) QoQ
+1 12 186 482 62%
Assets per Employee ($) $6.5M
+0.2% YoY
+7.9% QoQ
+$264K $6.2M $10.1M $8.8M 58%
Branch Count 1
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-1 1 12 18 0%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 1.0% 0.3% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual n/a n/a 1.7% 1.0% 1.0% n/a
Allowance Coverage n/a n/a 6.41x 18.82x 20.23x n/a
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.1%
+0.1pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 63%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 16.2%
+0.3pp YoY
+1.2pp QoQ
+9.8pp 6.4% 13.2% 11.6% 87%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 0.9%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.5pp 1.4% 1.6% 1.7% 22%
Net Income ($, YTD) $562,000
+9.6% YoY
— QoQ
+$244K $317,817 $15.9M $40.4M 80%

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 (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

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 536 peers in under $100M

Top Strengths (7 metrics)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 1.48%
#1 of 517 Top 0.1% in under $100M
1
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.84%
#1 of 536 Top 0.1% in under $100M
51
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 40.05%
Peer Median: 23.49%
#51 of 536 Top 9.3% in under $100M
78
Total Deposits
size
Value: $76.27M
Peer Median: $51.62M
#78 of 536 Top 14.4% in under $100M
92
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 39.87%
Peer Median: 74.21%
#92 of 536 Top 17.0% in under $100M
123
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.24%
Peer Median: 1.38%
#123 of 536 Top 22.8% in under $100M
130
Total Assets
size
Value: $83.87M
Peer Median: $62.44M
#130 of 536 Top 24.1% in under $100M

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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