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First Capital Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial SC FDIC cert 34966

Designations: Community bank

Charleston, SC

4 branches across SC · NC

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 13 in SC
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First Capital 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 27.7% in tier
  • + Efficiency Ratio 7.43% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 5.1% in tier
  • - Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 12.32% below tier average
  • - ROA 0.24% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.33% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.2B
+22.5% YoY +8.9% QoQ
-$1.6B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$1.5B
+4.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
20%
Total Loans ? $1.0B
+24.3% YoY +7.0% QoQ
-$917.6M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$993.8M
+7.7% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
34%
Total Deposits ? $1.0B
+25.6% YoY +11.2% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$1.3B
+4.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
19%
Return on Assets ? 1.12%
+33.0% YoY +11.4% QoQ
-0.24% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.18%
+45.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
41%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.49%
+4.3% YoY +3.0% QoQ
-0.33% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.64%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
40%
Efficiency Ratio ? 53.63%
-9.6% YoY -5.7% QoQ
-7.43% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
67.38%
-5.7% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
68%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.10%
+37.2% YoY -9.0% QoQ
-0.79% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.54%
+11.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 11.9% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 99.98%
-1.0% YoY -3.8% QoQ
+15.78% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
73.64%
+1.6% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 13.8% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 8.97%
-7.7% YoY -19.9% QoQ
-12.32% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
20.84%
-0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 9.7% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.09%
+39.3% YoY -10.5% QoQ
-0.59% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.34%
+10.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 12.6% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.95%
-6.0% YoY +0.1% QoQ
-4.21% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
17.50%
+3.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
16%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.05%
+84.6% YoY -76.9% QoQ
-0.21% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.17%
+48.2% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Bottom 10.1% in tier

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
#62 of 220 • Top 27.7% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.10%
(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 declining

Concerns (1)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#27 of 513 • Bottom 5.1% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.10%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
513 of 513 Mid-Market banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

106
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.10%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#106 of 880 Top 11.9% in $1B-$10B
112
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.09%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#112 of 884 Top 12.6% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (6 metrics)

799
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 8.97%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#799 of 884 Bottom 9.7% in $1B-$10B
796
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.05%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#796 of 884 Bottom 10.1% in $1B-$10B
763
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 99.98%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#763 of 884 Bottom 13.8% in $1B-$10B
740
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.95%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#740 of 884 Bottom 16.4% in $1B-$10B
717
Total Deposits
size
Value: $1.05B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#717 of 884 Bottom 19.0% in $1B-$10B
712
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.24B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#712 of 884 Bottom 19.6% in $1B-$10B
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