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First Secure Community Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial IL FDIC cert 35223

Sugar Grove, IL

5 branches across IL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 211 in IL
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First Secure Community Bank faces 7 concerns requiring attention

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

No key strengths identified

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 28.5% in tier
  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 50.0% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 0.99% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 1.85% above tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 1.98% above tier average
  • - Non-Interest Income / Assets 0.26% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.64% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $528.4M
+5.0% YoY +0.5% QoQ
+$142.3M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+4.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
75%
Total Loans ? $379.7M
+18.7% YoY +1.4% QoQ
+$124.0M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.2B
+5.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
78%
Total Deposits ? $423.9M
+0.7% YoY +0.3% QoQ
+$95.9M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+3.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
72%
Return on Assets ? 0.28%
+77.1% YoY +13.6% QoQ
-0.99% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.04%
+3.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 7.5% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.29%
+1.2% YoY +2.6% QoQ
-0.64% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.61%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
21%
Efficiency Ratio ? 80.31%
+3.8% YoY -1.8% QoQ
+15.02% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
63.68%
-7.4% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
15%
Delinquency Rate ? 2.73%
-13.2% YoY +31.9% QoQ
+1.85% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.15%
+15.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 6.8% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 89.58%
+17.8% YoY +1.0% QoQ
+12.94% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.92%
+1.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
25%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 11.07%
-8.9% YoY -8.4% QoQ
-10.95% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
20.45%
-1.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 13.0% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 2.62%
+30.7% YoY +77.3% QoQ
+1.98% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.78%
+18.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 4.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.55%
-6.5% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-5.28% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.97%
+0.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
17%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.02%
+4.5% YoY -82.5% QoQ
-0.26% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.34%
+6.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Bottom 5.3% 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 (0)

No matched strength signatures this quarter

Concerns (2)

Efficiency Drag

risk
#119 of 414 • Bottom 28.5% in tier

Efficiency ratio above 80% - operating costs elevated relative to revenue. Margin improvement opportunity.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 80.31%
(Tier: 65.29%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
414 of 414 Community banks match · 492 nationally
→ Stable | QoQ rank declining

Capital Thin

risk
#334 of 666 • Bottom 50.0% in tier

Tier 1 capital ratio in the bottom quartile of peers. Capital cushion thin relative to peers - regulator-watching cohort.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 10.55%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

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 (1 metrics)

596
Total Loans
size
Value: $379.69M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#596 of 2664 Top 22.3% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (8 metrics)

2557
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 2.62%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2557 of 2664 Bottom 4.1% in $100M-$1B
2525
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.02%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2525 of 2664 Bottom 5.3% in $100M-$1B
2474
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 2.73%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2474 of 2654 Bottom 6.8% in $100M-$1B
2465
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.28%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2465 of 2664 Bottom 7.5% in $100M-$1B
2319
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 11.07%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2319 of 2664 Bottom 13.0% in $100M-$1B
2262
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 80.31%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2262 of 2664 Bottom 15.1% in $100M-$1B
2211
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.55%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2211 of 2664 Bottom 17.0% in $100M-$1B
2102
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.29%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2102 of 2664 Bottom 21.1% in $100M-$1B
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