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First Heritage Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural KS FDIC cert 4636

Centralia, KS

5 branches across KS

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 118 in KS
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First Heritage 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

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 2.7% in tier
  • + ROA 0.21% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 10.96% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 10.1% in tier
  • - NIB Deposit Bleed: Bottom 17.2% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.43% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $300.4M
+14.9% YoY +1.3% QoQ
-$85.6M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$509.2M
+7.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
46%
Total Loans ? $187.7M
+19.9% YoY -2.1% QoQ
-$68.0M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$338.5M
+8.8% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
46%
Total Deposits ? $276.1M
+13.4% YoY +0.5% QoQ
-$51.8M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$424.4M
+7.3% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
50%
Return on Assets ? 1.48%
+17.8% YoY +0.1% QoQ
+0.21% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.40%
+19.8% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
67%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.50%
+2.8% YoY -1.3% QoQ
-0.43% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.92%
+4.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
30%
Efficiency Ratio ? 54.33%
-12.5% YoY -5.6% QoQ
-10.96% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
62.29%
-5.0% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
75%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.07%
+206.6% YoY -68.2% QoQ
-0.81% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.77%
+10.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
77%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 67.98%
+5.8% YoY -2.6% QoQ
-8.66% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.79%
+1.2% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
70%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 13.86%
-22.3% YoY +5.2% QoQ
-8.16% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
22.83%
-2.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
20%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.05%
+219.9% YoY -69.2% QoQ
-0.59% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.51%
+12.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
79%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.23%
-6.4% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-6.60% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
17.98%
-0.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 2.0% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.05%
-13.0% YoY -78.0% QoQ
-0.23% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.28%
-1.8% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
21%

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)

Credit Quality Leader

growth
#19 of 664 • Top 2.7% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.07%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
664 of 664 Community banks match · 922 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ

Concerns (2)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#133 of 1308 • Bottom 10.1% in tier

Delinquencies rising year-over-year. Credit risk is building - underwriting tools or reserves may need attention.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.07%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
1308 of 1308 Community banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

NIB Deposit Bleed

decline
#35 of 198 • Bottom 17.2% in tier

Non-interest-bearing deposit share dropped 2+ pp YoY and now below the tier median. Cheap funding leaving for higher-yield competitors.

Why this signature
Noninterest-Bearing Deposit Share: 13.86%
(Tier: 22.02%, National: 22.01%)
worse than tier avg
198 of 198 Community banks match · 238 nationally
↓ Shrinking -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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

573
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.05%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#573 of 2664 Top 21.5% in $100M-$1B
618
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.07%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#618 of 2654 Top 23.2% in $100M-$1B
660
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 54.33%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#660 of 2664 Top 24.7% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2613
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.23%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2613 of 2664 Bottom 2.0% in $100M-$1B
2131
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 13.86%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2131 of 2664 Bottom 20.0% in $100M-$1B
2111
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.05%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2111 of 2664 Bottom 20.8% in $100M-$1B
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