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First Citizens Bank

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

Designations: ✓ Community bank

Mason City, IA

7 branches across IA · MN

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationwide — 1 of 27 in IA.
  • Deposits -3.0% year over year ($1.6B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.16%.
  • Return on assets 2.09%.
  • Efficiency ratio 46.24% vs a 59.73% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 83.15% vs a 85.04% peer average.

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885 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 27 in IA
View $1B-$10B leaderboard (IA) →

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 15.3% in tier
  • + Efficiency Ratio 13.48% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.71% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Deposit Outflow: Bottom 35.9% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.33% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.8B
-1.6% YoY -1.4% QoQ
-$996.0M $2.8B
-0.6% YoY
$566.2M
+5.8% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
45%
Total Loans ? $1.3B
-3.0% YoY -1.4% QoQ
-$652.7M $2.0B
-0.3% YoY
$385.0M
+5.4% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
48%
Total Deposits ? $1.6B
-3.0% YoY -1.5% QoQ
-$742.8M $2.3B
-0.5% YoY
$472.4M
+6.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
48%
Return on Assets ? 2.09%
+35.3% YoY +9.0% QoQ
+0.70% 1.39%
+17.0% YoY
1.58%
+39.1% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
Top 9.0% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 3.54%
+15.3% YoY +4.3% QoQ
-0.33% 3.87%
+6.2% YoY
3.58%
+9.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
39%
Efficiency Ratio ? 46.24%
-2.0% YoY -3.7% QoQ
-13.48% 59.73%
-12.6% YoY
57.74%
-6.0% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Top 14.1% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.16%
-79.3% YoY -77.7% QoQ
-0.71% 0.87%
+11.7% YoY
0.99%
+12.8% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
82%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 83.15%
+0.0% YoY +0.1% QoQ
-1.88% 85.04%
-0.1% YoY
80.39%
+2.7% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
60%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 10.06%
+1.4% YoY +3.2% QoQ
-11.21% 21.27%
-1.5% YoY
17.72%
+0.8% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
Bottom 10.8% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.18%
-68.4% YoY -66.8% QoQ
-0.49% 0.67%
+11.7% YoY
0.63%
+7.9% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
75%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.75%
+7.0% YoY -0.6% QoQ
-1.09% 14.84%
-0.4% YoY
14.69%
+3.0% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
61%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.35%
+7.8% YoY +110.6% QoQ
-0.18% 0.53%
+2.5% YoY
0.24%
+5.5% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
61%

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 10.1%
+0.1pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-11.3pp 21.4% 17.8% 22.2% 10%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.5% 6.0% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 13.2%
+0.7pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-0.8pp 14.0% 12.8% 12.5% 60%
CRE 45.6%
-2.5pp YoY
-0.8pp QoQ
-4.4pp 50.0% 28.3% 41.4% 38%
1-4 Family 13.9%
+1.6pp YoY
+0.4pp QoQ
-12.5pp 26.4% 23.0% 31.3% 27%
Consumer 1.2%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-3.5pp 4.7% 2.9% 5.0% 49%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 13.8%
+0.9pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-1.8pp 15.6% 15.4% 19.7% 54%
Leverage Ratio 12.0%
+0.8pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
+0.6pp 11.3% 12.4% 12.6% 76%
Total Capital Ratio 15.0%
+0.9pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-1.7pp 16.7% 16.5% 20.8% 56%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 203
-2 (-1.0%) YoY
-1 (-0.5%) QoQ
-111 313 64 482 42%
Assets per Employee ($) $8.9M
-0.6% YoY
-0.9% QoQ
-$1.6M $10.5M $8.9M $8.8M 52%
Branch Count 7
-1 (-12.5%) YoY
0 QoQ
-13 20 5 18 17%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.2% 0.4% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.2%
-0.6pp YoY
-0.6pp QoQ
-0.7pp 0.8% 1.0% 1.0% 17%
Allowance Coverage 8.69x
+388.8% YoY
+325.9% QoQ
-10.02x 18.71x 18.97x 20.23x 86%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.1%
+0.1pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 74%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 18.6%
+2.9pp YoY
+1.4pp QoQ
+6.0pp 12.6% 12.8% 11.6% 87%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.0%
-0.4pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.1pp 1.9% 1.8% 1.7% 56%
Net Income ($, YTD) $19.0M
+32.8% YoY
— QoQ
-$221K $19.2M $4.0M $40.4M 67%

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
#35 of 222 • Top 15.3% in tier

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

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 2.09%
(Tier: 1.39%, National: 1.30%)
better than tier avg
222 of 222 Mid-Market banks match · 923 nationally
→ Stable | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

Deposit Outflow

decline
#48 of 131 • Bottom 35.9% in tier

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

131 of 131 Mid-Market banks match · 686 nationally
→ Stable +31 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 885 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

81
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 2.09%
Peer Median: 1.39%
#81 of 885 Top 9.0% in $1B-$10B
126
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 46.24%
Peer Median: 59.73%
#126 of 885 Top 14.1% in $1B-$10B
164
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.16%
Peer Median: 0.87%
#164 of 882 Top 18.5% in $1B-$10B
219
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.18%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#219 of 885 Top 24.6% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

790
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 10.06%
Peer Median: 21.27%
#790 of 885 Bottom 10.8% in $1B-$10B
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