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First Citizens Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial IA FDIC cert 4433

Designations: Community bank

Mason City, IA

8 branches across IA · MN

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 27 in IA
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First Citizens Bank has 3 strengths but faces 2 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

  • + Profitability Leader: Top 39.8% in tier
  • + Efficiency Ratio 13.04% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.17% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Deposit Outflow: Bottom 23.1% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.43% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.8B
-3.0% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-$992.9M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$560.1M
+4.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
45%
Total Loans ? $1.3B
-1.6% YoY +0.5% QoQ
-$635.6M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$379.9M
+5.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
49%
Total Deposits ? $1.6B
-4.7% YoY -0.7% QoQ
-$743.8M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$469.6M
+4.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
47%
Return on Assets ? 1.92%
+21.3% YoY +15.7% QoQ
+0.56% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.31%
+22.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Top 12.1% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.39%
+15.3% YoY +7.2% QoQ
-0.43% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.52%
+10.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
34%
Efficiency Ratio ? 48.02%
-2.8% YoY +10.6% QoQ
-13.04% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
58.40%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
83%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.72%
-7.9% YoY -15.1% QoQ
-0.17% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.92%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
40%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 83.11%
+3.2% YoY +1.2% QoQ
-1.10% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
77.40%
+1.1% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
59%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 9.75%
+2.4% YoY +3.8% QoQ
-11.54% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
17.87%
+0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 11.2% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.55%
-2.6% YoY -10.6% QoQ
-0.13% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.58%
+11.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
41%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.84%
+8.4% YoY +1.1% QoQ
-1.32% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
14.34%
+1.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
61%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.16%
+7.0% YoY -75.9% QoQ
-0.09% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.12%
+10.7% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
59%

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)

Profitability Leader

growth
#89 of 221 • Top 39.8% in tier

Top-quartile profitability for peers of this size. Strong fundamentals and operational efficiency.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.92%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

Deposit Outflow

decline
#31 of 130 • Bottom 23.1% in tier

Deposits down 0.5%+ YoY. Funding base eroding - rate competition or franchise weakness.

130 of 130 Mid-Market banks match · 656 nationally
→ Stable -8 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)

108
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.92%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#108 of 884 Top 12.1% in $1B-$10B
149
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 48.02%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#149 of 884 Top 16.7% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

786
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 9.75%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#786 of 884 Bottom 11.2% in $1B-$10B
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