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First Carolina Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial NC FDIC cert 35530

Rocky Mount, NC

9 branches across NC · SC · GA · VA

883 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 9 in NC
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First Carolina 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.05% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 6.7% in tier
  • - ROA 0.54% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.42% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 13.70% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NC) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $3.4B
+5.9% YoY +3.0% QoQ
+$600.7M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$92.4B
+2.4% YoY
$6.2B
+9.0% YoY
76%
Total Loans ? $2.7B
+1.3% YoY +1.4% QoQ
+$697.2M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$45.0B
+8.2% YoY
$3.2B
+10.7% YoY
78%
Total Deposits ? $3.0B
+9.4% YoY +6.1% QoQ
+$626.4M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$72.8B
+2.6% YoY
$4.8B
+8.0% YoY
77%
Return on Assets ? 0.83%
+12.1% YoY +63.3% QoQ
-0.54% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
0.99%
+29.5% YoY
1.24%
+13.1% YoY
22%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.40%
+1.0% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-0.42% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.42%
+5.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
35%
Efficiency Ratio ? 74.75%
-2.7% YoY -6.0% QoQ
+13.70% 61.05%
-4.6% YoY
69.88%
-8.6% YoY
66.84%
-3.8% YoY
15%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.84%
+26.6% YoY +2.1% QoQ
-0.05% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.64%
+21.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
33%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 89.64%
-7.3% YoY -4.4% QoQ
+5.43% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
79.67%
+1.0% YoY
76.69%
+0.9% YoY
40%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 22.33%
-12.0% YoY +11.2% QoQ
+1.05% 21.28%
-2.5% YoY
18.50%
+0.3% YoY
22.01%
-1.1% YoY
62%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.65%
-9.0% YoY +0.5% QoQ
-0.02% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.45%
+20.5% YoY
0.66%
+19.3% YoY
33%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.55%
+8.5% YoY +3.0% QoQ
-3.62% 15.17%
+2.0% YoY
20.13%
+3.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
25%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.22%
-26.4% YoY -82.3% QoQ
-0.04% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.21%
+7.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.0% YoY
76%

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 Risk Growth

risk
#29 of 419 • Bottom 6.7% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

419 of 419 Mid-Market banks match · 1462 nationally
→ Stable -11 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 883 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

191
Total Loans
size
Value: $2.66B
Peer Median: $1.97B
#191 of 883 Top 21.5% in $1B-$10B
204
Total Deposits
size
Value: $2.97B
Peer Median: $2.34B
#204 of 883 Top 23.0% in $1B-$10B
214
Total Assets
size
Value: $3.42B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#214 of 883 Top 24.1% in $1B-$10B
217
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.22%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#217 of 883 Top 24.5% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

750
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 74.75%
Peer Median: 61.05%
#750 of 883 Bottom 15.2% in $1B-$10B
691
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.83%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#691 of 883 Bottom 21.9% in $1B-$10B
666
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 11.55%
Peer Median: 15.17%
#666 of 883 Bottom 24.7% in $1B-$10B
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