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Citizens First Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial IA FDIC cert 35477

Clinton, IA

3 branches across IA

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 166 in IA
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Citizens First Bank has 1 strength 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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 0.45% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.99% above tier average
  • - ROA 0.24% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.82% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 1.25% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $359.3M
+9.6% YoY +0.0% QoQ
-$26.8M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$560.1M
+4.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
55%
Total Loans ? $273.8M
+16.6% YoY +0.3% QoQ
+$18.1M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$379.9M
+5.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
63%
Total Deposits ? $288.9M
+9.7% YoY +3.2% QoQ
-$39.0M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$469.6M
+4.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
52%
Return on Assets ? 1.03%
+171.0% YoY +223.4% QoQ
-0.24% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.31%
+22.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
40%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.11%
+31.0% YoY +10.6% QoQ
-0.82% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.52%
+10.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 14.7% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 64.83%
-23.1% YoY -12.1% QoQ
-0.45% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
58.40%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
45%
Delinquency Rate ? 2.14%
-7.2% YoY +4.9% QoQ
+1.25% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.92%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 11.3% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 94.75%
+6.3% YoY -2.8% QoQ
+18.12% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
77.40%
+1.1% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
16%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 11.96%
-5.0% YoY -1.0% QoQ
-10.06% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
17.87%
+0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 14.8% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.63%
-1.2% YoY +5.2% QoQ
+0.99% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.58%
+11.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 9.9% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.87%
-1.5% YoY -1.0% QoQ
-5.96% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
14.34%
+1.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 8.2% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.13%
+1.8% YoY -75.6% QoQ
-0.15% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.12%
+10.7% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
68%

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 (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (6 metrics)

2446
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.87%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2446 of 2664 Bottom 8.2% in $100M-$1B
2402
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.63%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2402 of 2664 Bottom 9.9% in $100M-$1B
2356
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 2.14%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2356 of 2654 Bottom 11.3% in $100M-$1B
2273
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.11%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2273 of 2664 Bottom 14.7% in $100M-$1B
2272
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 11.96%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2272 of 2664 Bottom 14.8% in $100M-$1B
2247
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 94.75%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#2247 of 2664 Bottom 15.7% in $100M-$1B
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