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First Western Federal Savings Bank

under $100M Specialty: Mortgage SD FDIC cert 31972

Designations: Community bank

Rapid City, SD

541 banks in the under $100M peer group nationally 15 in SD
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First Western Federal Savings Bank has 5 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

  • + Return on Assets 1.32% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 1.37% below tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.79% below tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 1.00% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 33.65% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Loan-to-Deposit Ratio 64.35% above tier average
  • - Non-Interest Income / Assets 0.67% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SD) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $65.5M
+8.2% YoY -1.8% QoQ
+$3.4M $62.2M
-0.6% YoY
$68.7B
+9.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
51%
Total Loans ? $56.6M
+1.8% YoY +1.0% QoQ
+$22.4M $34.2M
-1.4% YoY
$30.8B
+10.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
85%
Total Deposits ? $44.0M
+9.7% YoY -0.6% QoQ
-$7.7M $51.7M
-0.7% YoY
$54.8B
+8.5% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
35%
Return on Assets ? 2.16%
+31.5% YoY +17.5% QoQ
+1.32% 0.84%
-2.3% YoY
1.41%
+1.8% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Top 7.9% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 4.86%
+5.1% YoY +2.6% QoQ
+1.00% 3.86%
+2.8% YoY
4.19%
+0.4% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 14.6% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 54.70%
-14.3% YoY -9.4% QoQ
-33.65% 88.34%
+0.3% YoY
64.00%
-0.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Top 14.2% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY
-1.37% 1.37%
+33.8% YoY
0.59%
+45.1% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 128.57%
-7.2% YoY +1.6% QoQ
+64.35% 64.22%
-0.7% YoY
71.70%
+0.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 1.5% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 6.23%
-5.4% YoY +17.7% QoQ
-17.49% 23.71%
+0.3% YoY
23.74%
-0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 11.5% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY
-0.79% 0.79%
+28.2% YoY
0.41%
+39.3% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 16.51%
-2.2% YoY -0.3% QoQ
-10.17% 26.68%
+2.0% YoY
15.79%
+0.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
56%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY -100.0% QoQ
-0.67% 0.67%
+1.9% YoY
0.27%
+0.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Bottom 2.6% in tier

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 541 peers in under $100M

Top Strengths (6 metrics)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#1 of 521 Top 0.1% in under $100M
1
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.79%
#1 of 541 Top 0.1% in under $100M
44
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 2.16%
Peer Median: 0.84%
#44 of 541 Top 7.9% in under $100M
78
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 54.70%
Peer Median: 88.34%
#78 of 541 Top 14.2% in under $100M
80
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.86%
Peer Median: 3.86%
#80 of 541 Top 14.6% in under $100M
83
Total Loans
size
Value: $56.62M
Peer Median: $34.25M
#83 of 541 Top 15.2% in under $100M

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

534
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 128.57%
Peer Median: 64.22%
#534 of 541 Bottom 1.5% in under $100M
528
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#528 of 541 Bottom 2.6% in under $100M
480
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 6.23%
Peer Median: 23.71%
#480 of 541 Bottom 11.5% in under $100M
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