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First Bank Blue Earth

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural MN FDIC cert 5097

Blue Earth, MN

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 152 in MN
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First Bank Blue Earth faces 5 concerns requiring attention

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

No key strengths identified

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 37.2% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 1.21% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.59% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 8.16% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.19% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $321.2M
+5.9% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-$64.9M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$512.9M
+5.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
50%
Total Loans ? $199.8M
-1.9% YoY -5.4% QoQ
-$56.0M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$288.3M
+6.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
49%
Total Deposits ? $281.8M
+7.2% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-$46.2M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$443.8M
+5.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
51%
Return on Assets ? 0.06%
-87.6% YoY -91.7% QoQ
-1.21% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.13%
+10.7% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 4.1% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 2.34%
+3.9% YoY -7.0% QoQ
-1.59% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.93%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 2.2% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 73.44%
-3.2% YoY +9.7% QoQ
+8.16% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
64.77%
-3.3% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
25%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.07%
+257.8% YoY +347.9% QoQ
+0.19% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.04%
+28.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
27%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 70.90%
-8.5% YoY -5.7% QoQ
-5.74% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
76.69%
-0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
65%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.00%
-8.3% YoY +1.4% QoQ
-5.02% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
21.87%
-0.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
32%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.67%
+231.6% YoY +325.4% QoQ
+0.03% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.77%
+27.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
30%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.52%
-1.8% YoY -1.6% QoQ
-6.31% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
15.37%
+0.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 4.7% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.09%
+15.6% YoY -79.7% QoQ
-0.19% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.16%
+5.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
45%

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)

Capital Thin

risk
#249 of 666 • Bottom 37.2% in tier

Tier 1 capital ratio in the bottom quartile of peers. Capital cushion thin relative to peers - regulator-watching cohort.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 9.52%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 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 (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2607
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.34%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2607 of 2664 Bottom 2.2% in $100M-$1B
2557
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.06%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2557 of 2664 Bottom 4.1% in $100M-$1B
2541
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.52%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2541 of 2664 Bottom 4.7% in $100M-$1B
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