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First Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural IA FDIC cert 4519

Waverly, IA

8 branches across IA

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 2,643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationwide — 1 of 167 in IA.
  • Deposits +3.1% year over year ($619.8M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.54%.
  • Return on assets 1.54%.
  • Efficiency ratio 47.98% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 90.04% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 167 in IA
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First Bank has 3 strengths but faces 3 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

  • + ROA 0.21% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 16.50% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.38% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 26.0% in tier
  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 35.4% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.17% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $739.9M
+1.8% YoY -1.0% QoQ
+$353.3M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$566.2M
+5.8% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
Top 10.4% in tier
Total Loans ? $558.0M
+7.0% YoY +0.8% QoQ
+$299.7M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$385.0M
+5.4% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Top 7.6% in tier
Total Deposits ? $619.8M
+3.1% YoY -0.5% QoQ
+$293.0M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$472.4M
+6.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
Top 10.9% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.54%
+29.9% YoY +5.5% QoQ
+0.21% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.58%
+39.1% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
67%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.82%
+14.1% YoY +2.0% QoQ
-0.17% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
3.58%
+9.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
43%
Efficiency Ratio ? 47.98%
-5.6% YoY -1.4% QoQ
-16.50% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
57.74%
-6.0% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Top 12.9% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.54%
-8.5% YoY -1.5% QoQ
-0.38% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
0.99%
+12.8% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
44%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 90.04%
+3.8% YoY +1.3% QoQ
+12.09% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
80.39%
+2.7% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
26%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.93%
-0.3% YoY -6.5% QoQ
-4.10% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
17.72%
+0.8% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
36%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.45%
+5.2% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-0.22% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.63%
+7.9% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
42%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 17.38%
+2.9% YoY +2.5% QoQ
+1.47% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
14.69%
+3.0% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
78%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.20%
+16.6% YoY +118.1% QoQ
-0.36% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.24%
+5.5% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
51%

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 17.9%
-0.1pp YoY
-1.2pp QoQ
-4.2pp 22.1% 17.8% 22.2% 36%
Brokered Deposits 0.8%
+0.7pp YoY
-0.5pp QoQ
-7.0pp 7.9% 6.0% 8.5% 16%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 10.1%
-1.8pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-1.4pp 11.6% 12.8% 12.5% 53%
CRE 25.3%
+1.5pp YoY
+0.9pp QoQ
-14.2pp 39.5% 28.3% 41.4% 27%
1-4 Family 22.1%
-0.1pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-10.5pp 32.6% 23.0% 31.3% 35%
Consumer 1.3%
+0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-2.8pp 4.1% 2.9% 5.0% 35%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 17.4%
+0.5pp YoY
+0.4pp QoQ
-1.4pp 18.8% 15.4% 19.7% 66%
Leverage Ratio 12.7%
+1.0pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
+0.5pp 12.2% 12.4% 12.6% 72%
Total Capital Ratio 18.6%
+0.6pp YoY
+0.4pp QoQ
-1.3pp 19.9% 16.5% 20.8% 66%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 81
+1 (+1.2%) YoY
+1 (+1.2%) QoQ
+22 58 64 482 77%
Assets per Employee ($) $9.1M
+0.5% YoY
-2.3% QoQ
+$1.6M $7.5M $8.9M $8.8M 80%
Branch Count 8
0 YoY
0 QoQ
+3 4 5 18 82%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.4%
+0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.1pp 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 79%
Nonaccrual 0.1%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.8pp 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% 22%
Allowance Coverage 2.28x
+16.4% YoY
+4.1% QoQ
-21.87x 24.15x 18.97x 20.23x 51%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 35%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 12.1%
+1.7pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
-0.1pp 12.2% 12.8% 11.6% 50%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.8%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.1pp 1.7% 1.8% 1.7% 57%
Net Income ($, YTD) $5.7M
+30.4% YoY
— QoQ
+$3.1M $2.6M $4.0M $40.4M 90%

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)

Liquidity Strain

risk
#181 of 691 • Bottom 26.0% in tier

Loan-to-deposit ratio above 90% - loan demand outpacing deposits. Bumping against liquidity limits, funding solutions needed.

Why this signature
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 90.04%
(Tier: 77.95%, National: 79.03%)
worse than tier avg
691 of 691 Community banks match · 1092 nationally
→ Stable +81 banks QoQ

Liquidity Overhang

risk
#264 of 742 • Bottom 35.4% in tier

Exceptional capital position (Tier 1 >= 16%, top quartile). Strong fundamentals - opportunity to deploy capital more productively.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 17.38%
(Tier: 15.91%, National: 17.09%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 90.04%
(Tier: 77.95%, National: 79.03%)
worse than tier avg
742 of 742 Community banks match · 940 nationally
→ Stable +7 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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

203
Total Loans
size
Value: $558.04M
Peer Median: $258.35M
#203 of 2643 Top 7.6% in $100M-$1B
277
Total Assets
size
Value: $739.90M
Peer Median: $386.57M
#277 of 2643 Top 10.4% in $100M-$1B
288
Total Deposits
size
Value: $619.77M
Peer Median: $326.73M
#288 of 2643 Top 10.9% in $100M-$1B
343
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 47.98%
Peer Median: 64.48%
#343 of 2643 Top 12.9% in $100M-$1B
574
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 17.38%
Peer Median: 15.91%
#574 of 2643 Top 21.7% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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