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First Trust Bank of Illinois

$100M-$1B Specialty: Other IL FDIC cert 34778

Kankakee, IL

5 branches across IL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 211 in IL
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First Trust Bank of Illinois 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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 13.48% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Net Interest Margin 1.07% below tier average
  • - ROA 0.18% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.07% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $394.3M
+2.0% YoY +2.6% QoQ
+$8.2M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+4.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
60%
Total Loans ? $141.4M
-4.5% YoY -4.9% QoQ
-$114.3M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.2B
+5.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
33%
Total Deposits ? $318.1M
+1.9% YoY +4.4% QoQ
-$9.9M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+3.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
58%
Return on Assets ? 1.09%
+64.3% YoY +32.5% QoQ
-0.18% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.04%
+3.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
43%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.86%
+16.0% YoY +9.4% QoQ
-1.07% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.61%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 7.7% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 51.81%
-23.2% YoY -15.1% QoQ
-13.48% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
63.68%
-7.4% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
81%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.96%
-2.2% YoY -45.9% QoQ
+0.07% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.15%
+15.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
29%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 44.46%
-6.2% YoY -8.9% QoQ
-32.18% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.92%
+1.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 6.0% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 20.62%
+7.4% YoY +6.4% QoQ
-1.40% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
20.45%
-1.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
48%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.34%
-8.4% YoY -49.8% QoQ
-0.29% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.78%
+18.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
47%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 16.09%
+17.5% YoY +7.2% QoQ
+0.26% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.97%
+0.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
73%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.06%
+5.4% YoY -73.8% QoQ
-0.22% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.34%
+6.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
24%

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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

160
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 44.46%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#160 of 2664 Top 6.0% in $100M-$1B
515
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 51.81%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#515 of 2664 Top 19.3% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2459
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.86%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2459 of 2664 Bottom 7.7% in $100M-$1B
2021
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.06%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2021 of 2664 Bottom 24.2% in $100M-$1B
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