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The First National Bank of East Texas

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial TX FDIC cert 3218

Gilmer, TX

12 branches across TX

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 219 in TX
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The First National Bank of East Texas has 1 strength 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.15% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 28.8% in tier
  • - Efficiency Ratio 3.13% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.83% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TX) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $602.0M
+4.5% YoY -2.1% QoQ
+$215.9M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+1.1% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
81%
Total Loans ? $416.8M
+3.1% YoY +0.7% QoQ
+$161.1M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.1B
+10.2% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
81%
Total Deposits ? $546.0M
+3.9% YoY -1.9% QoQ
+$218.0M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+3.3% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
83%
Return on Assets ? 1.27%
+93.7% YoY +13.6% QoQ
+0.00% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.40%
+10.3% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
54%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.08%
-3.6% YoY -4.7% QoQ
+0.15% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.03%
+2.6% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
61%
Efficiency Ratio ? 68.41%
-6.8% YoY +0.4% QoQ
+3.13% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
63.18%
-2.3% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
36%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.72%
+316.7% YoY +149.8% QoQ
+0.83% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.96%
+36.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
15%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 76.33%
-0.7% YoY +2.7% QoQ
-0.31% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
67.20%
-0.8% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
54%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 22.73%
+2.2% YoY +5.5% QoQ
+0.71% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
29.02%
-1.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
57%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.27%
+339.4% YoY +145.5% QoQ
+0.63% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.62%
+31.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 14.6% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.72%
-0.1% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-6.11% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
18.04%
+0.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 6.6% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.12%
+11.8% YoY -71.3% QoQ
-0.16% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.20%
+4.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
64%

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)

Capital Thin

risk
#193 of 666 • Bottom 28.8% in tier

Tier 1 capital ratio in the bottom quartile of peers. Capital cushion thin relative to peers - regulator-watching cohort.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 9.72%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

442
Total Deposits
size
Value: $546.01M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#442 of 2664 Top 16.6% in $100M-$1B
499
Total Loans
size
Value: $416.78M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#499 of 2664 Top 18.7% in $100M-$1B
512
Total Assets
size
Value: $602.01M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#512 of 2664 Top 19.2% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2488
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.72%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2488 of 2664 Bottom 6.6% in $100M-$1B
2275
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.27%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2275 of 2664 Bottom 14.6% in $100M-$1B
2248
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.72%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2248 of 2654 Bottom 15.3% in $100M-$1B
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