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First Community Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial AR FDIC cert 34533

Designations: Community bank

Batesville, AR

35 branches across AR · MO

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 19 in AR
View $1B-$10B leaderboard (AR) →

First Community Bank has 3 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.22% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 3.92% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.56% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 10.7% in tier
  • - ROA 0.18% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $3.5B
+13.2% YoY +2.3% QoQ
+$685.5M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$2.3B
+2.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
77%
Total Loans ? $2.8B
+12.1% YoY +2.2% QoQ
+$853.1M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$1.7B
+6.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
80%
Total Deposits ? $2.9B
+14.1% YoY +3.2% QoQ
+$519.5M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$1.9B
+3.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
76%
Return on Assets ? 1.19%
+3.8% YoY +8.6% QoQ
-0.18% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.34%
+14.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
47%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.04%
+4.6% YoY +1.2% QoQ
+0.22% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
4.08%
+8.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
73%
Efficiency Ratio ? 57.14%
-7.1% YoY -6.7% QoQ
-3.92% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
61.77%
-4.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
58%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.33%
+3.4% YoY +1.0% QoQ
-0.56% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.02%
+24.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
67%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 98.43%
-1.8% YoY -1.0% QoQ
+14.23% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
80.49%
+1.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
17%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 14.36%
-5.8% YoY -1.3% QoQ
-6.93% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
19.62%
+0.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
25%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.40%
+108.9% YoY -0.2% QoQ
+0.73% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.79%
+32.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 11.5% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.41%
-0.2% YoY -0.0% QoQ
-4.75% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
13.59%
+0.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 7.8% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.20%
+2.1% YoY -75.1% QoQ
-0.06% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.18%
-3.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
71%

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)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#56 of 513 • Bottom 10.7% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.33%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
513 of 513 Mid-Market banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 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 (3 metrics)

175
Total Loans
size
Value: $2.82B
Peer Median: $1.96B
#175 of 884 Top 19.7% in $1B-$10B
208
Total Assets
size
Value: $3.50B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#208 of 884 Top 23.4% in $1B-$10B
216
Total Deposits
size
Value: $2.86B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#216 of 884 Top 24.3% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

816
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.41%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#816 of 884 Bottom 7.8% in $1B-$10B
783
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.40%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#783 of 884 Bottom 11.5% in $1B-$10B
739
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 98.43%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#739 of 884 Bottom 16.5% in $1B-$10B
664
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 14.36%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#664 of 884 Bottom 25.0% in $1B-$10B
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