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First Peoples Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial GA FDIC cert 33010

Pine Mountain, GA

7 branches across GA

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 99 in GA
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First Peoples Bank has 2 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

  • + Deposit Franchise: Top 66.9% in tier
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.82% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 42.6% in tier
  • - Cost Spiral: Bottom 69.0% in tier

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $417.9M
+11.1% YoY -6.0% QoQ
+$31.9M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$814.8M
+10.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
64%
Total Loans ? $323.3M
+14.2% YoY +7.1% QoQ
+$67.6M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$550.6M
+10.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
71%
Total Deposits ? $354.8M
+7.7% YoY -7.4% QoQ
+$26.8M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$689.3M
+8.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
63%
Return on Assets ? 1.06%
-18.4% YoY -13.6% QoQ
-0.21% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.50%
+0.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
42%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.64%
+5.2% YoY +2.4% QoQ
+0.71% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.36%
+2.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 14.5% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 66.45%
+14.1% YoY +7.5% QoQ
+1.16% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
62.13%
-1.5% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
41%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.06%
-74.6% YoY -19.5% QoQ
-0.82% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.81%
+32.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
78%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 91.14%
+6.1% YoY +15.7% QoQ
+14.51% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.10%
+2.8% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
22%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 34.05%
+2.4% YoY -13.1% QoQ
+12.03% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
26.76%
-3.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 11.2% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.05%
-73.8% YoY -8.3% QoQ
-0.59% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.56%
+24.4% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
78%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.27%
+13.7% YoY -6.2% QoQ
-0.56% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
17.30%
-0.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
68%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.09%
+52.6% YoY -64.9% QoQ
-0.19% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.21%
+3.2% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
48%

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 (1)

Deposit Franchise

growth
#183 of 272 • Top 66.9% in tier

Top-quartile non-interest-bearing deposits AND top-quartile NIM. A premium deposit franchise translating into above-peer spread.

Why this signature
Noninterest-Bearing Deposit Share: 34.05%
(Tier: 22.02%, National: 22.01%)
better than tier avg
Net Interest Margin: 4.64%
(Tier: 3.93%, National: 3.89%)
better than tier avg
272 of 272 Community banks match · 369 nationally
→ Stable -14 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Concerns (2)

Margin Compression

decline
#131 of 305 • Bottom 42.6% in tier

Profitability above 0.75% ROA but margins eroding by at least 0.10pp YoY. Something changed - rising costs or falling yields need addressing.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.06%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
305 of 305 Community banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 banks QoQ

Cost Spiral

risk
#88 of 126 • Bottom 69.0% in tier

Historically lean operator (efficiency < 75%) now seeing 5+ point efficiency ratio increase YoY despite strong profitability. Efficiency advantage eroding.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 66.45%
(Tier: 65.29%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
126 of 126 Community banks match · 176 nationally
↑ Growing +82 banks QoQ

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 (4 metrics)

300
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 34.05%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#300 of 2664 Top 11.2% in $100M-$1B
388
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.64%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#388 of 2664 Top 14.5% in $100M-$1B
588
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.05%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#588 of 2664 Top 22.0% in $100M-$1B
587
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.06%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#587 of 2654 Top 22.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

2071
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 91.14%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#2071 of 2664 Bottom 22.3% in $100M-$1B
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