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First Community Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial SC FDIC cert 34047

Lexington, SC

23 branches across SC · GA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 13 in SC
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First Community Bank 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 41.8% in tier
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.64% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 3.1% in tier
  • - Cost Spiral: Bottom 38.7% in tier
  • - ROA 0.28% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.24% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $2.4B
+17.8% YoY +16.7% QoQ
-$414.6M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$1.5B
+4.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
60%
Total Loans ? $1.5B
+23.5% YoY +17.6% QoQ
-$427.1M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$993.8M
+7.7% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
55%
Total Deposits ? $2.1B
+18.7% YoY +17.0% QoQ
-$289.9M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$1.3B
+4.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
61%
Return on Assets ? 1.09%
+16.0% YoY +2.0% QoQ
-0.28% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.18%
+45.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
39%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.57%
+14.1% YoY +8.0% QoQ
-0.24% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.64%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
45%
Efficiency Ratio ? 69.76%
+7.8% YoY +10.0% QoQ
+8.70% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
67.38%
-5.7% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
23%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.04%
+152.2% YoY +185.6% QoQ
-0.84% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.54%
+11.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 6.2% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 74.88%
+4.0% YoY +0.5% QoQ
-9.32% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
73.64%
+1.6% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
76%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 26.71%
-2.2% YoY -0.9% QoQ
+5.43% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
20.84%
-0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
76%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.04%
+10.2% YoY +96.5% QoQ
-0.64% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.34%
+10.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 7.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.80%
-0.8% YoY -2.4% QoQ
-2.36% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
17.50%
+3.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
45%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.19%
+2.4% YoY -75.3% QoQ
-0.06% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.17%
+48.2% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
70%

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)

Credit Quality Leader

growth
#93 of 220 • Top 41.8% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.04%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
220 of 220 Mid-Market banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (2)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#17 of 513 • Bottom 3.1% in tier

Delinquencies rising year-over-year. Credit risk is building - underwriting tools or reserves may need attention.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.04%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
513 of 513 Mid-Market banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ

Cost Spiral

risk
#13 of 31 • Bottom 38.7% 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: 69.76%
(Tier: 61.06%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
31 of 31 Mid-Market 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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

56
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.04%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#56 of 880 Top 6.2% in $1B-$10B
64
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.04%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#64 of 884 Top 7.1% in $1B-$10B
212
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 74.88%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#212 of 884 Top 23.9% in $1B-$10B
217
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 26.71%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#217 of 884 Top 24.4% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

679
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 69.76%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#679 of 884 Bottom 23.3% in $1B-$10B
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